Document #1160579
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
No information on the current Tamil
representation in Colombo's economic life, particularly in larger
business enterprises, could be found among the sources consulted by
the Research Directorate.
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the Research Directorate 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. Please find below the
list of sources consulted in researching this Information
Request.
Sources Consulted
Asia 1998 Yearbook: A Review of the
Events of 1997. 1998.
The Far East and Australasia
1998. 1998.
Research Directorate. January 1999.
Human Rights Package: Sri Lanka: Supplement.
_____. July 1998.
Human Rights Package: Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka: A Bitter Harvest. February
1996.
Sri Lanka: A Travel Survival
Kit. May 1993.
The Tragedy of Sri Lanka: Ethnic
Conflict and Forced Migration. 1998.
Electronic sources: CISNET, Internet,
IRB Databases.
Non-documentary sources:
Unsuccessful attempts to contact - the
Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo - Federation of
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Sri Lanka, Colombo. - Ceylon
National Chamber of Industries, Colombo. - One other oral source in
Colombo.