Dokument #1316119
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
For detailed information on former
vice-president Ali Samatar, please see the attached bibliographic
data contained in Who's Who in the Arab World 1990-1991
(1990, 503).
According to former Somali professor of
African studies at the University of Florida at Gainsville who is
now resident in Ottawa, Ali Samatar lives in exile in Italy (18
July 1994). The professor explained that although Ali Samatar was
loyal to Siad Barre, as a member of the Midgan, one of the minority
clans that are not part of the main Somali clan structure, he is
not allied with any of the warlords and does not have political
and/or military backing in Somalia (ibid.).
This response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does
not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular
claim to refugee status or asylum.
Who's Who in the Arab World 1990-1991.
1990. 10th ed. Gabriel M. Boutros. Beirut: Publitec
Publications.
Former Somali professor of African
studies, University of Florida, Gainsville now resident in Ottawa.
19 July 1994. Telephone interview.
Who's Who in the Arab World
1990-1991. 1990. 10th ed. Gabriel M. Boutros. Beirut: Publitec
Publications.