Document #1026561
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
For Canadian and international media
reports on the above-mentioned subject, please consult the attached
documents and Response to Information Request GHA19422.E of 16
January 1995. Information from Ghanaian media outlets could not be
found among the sources consulted by the DIRB. Please find below
the list of additional sources consulted in researching this
Information Request.
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.
The Associated Press (AP). 28 August
1994. AM Cycle. (NEXIS)
_____. 27 August 1994. PM Cycle.
"Friday's Sports In Brief." (NEXIS)
Calgary Herald. 28 August 1994.
Final Edition. Allyson Vaughan. "Missing Athletes Spotted."
(NEXIS)
The Commercial Appeal [Memphis].
28 August 1994. Larry Starks. "Golden Girl Dawes Sparkles at
Gymnastics." (NEXIS)
Daily Mail. [London]. 29 August
1994. Ian Woolridge. "Absentees Give Seal of Approval." (NEXIS)
Evening Standard [London]. 30
August 1994. Michael Herd. "Let us all Remember, it was Only a
Games." (NEXIS)
The Independent [London]. 30
August 1994. "Today's Number: 9." (NEXIS)
Reuters. 30 August 1994. BC Cycle.
"Reuter Africa Highlights 0500 GMT Aug 29." (NEXIS)
Star Tribune [Minneapolis]. 27
August 1994. Metro Edition. "Regents to Probe UNLV Deal."
(NEXIS)
West Africa [London]. 3-9 October
1994. "`Missing Athletes Within the Law'," p. 1716.
_____. 19-25 September 1994. "Ghana:
Sports Defectors Pursued," p. 1636.
Africa Confidential [London].
Africa Report [New York].
Africa Research Bulletin: Political,
Social and Cultural Series [London].
DIRB Country File.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service
(FBIS) Reports.
Indexed Media Review (IMR).
Jeune Afrique [Paris].
New African [London].