Please find attached copies of Responses to Information Requests CUB10032 of 10 January 1992, CUB11569 of 21 August 1992 and CUB12848 of 18 January 1993. These responses cite Cuban authorities and human rights organizations as stating that although travel abroad may be denied to the relatives of traitors, families of defectors have been allowed to travel and reunite. These responses stress the Cuban authorities' position that each application for passport or migration is evaluated on an individual basis by the Dirección de Inmigración y Extranjería, and that a general answer on questions of travel and documentation cannot be provided.

Also attached, please find sections of the Country Reports 1992 and the Critique 1991 that refer to freedom to travel abroad and emigration from Cuba. The first document reports for 1992 that the Cuban government allowed a few thousand people to emigrate, including hundreds of ex-political prisoners, adding that the government also refused permission to travel abroad to persons whose cases are considered sensitive and recently denied exit visas to the families of two air force defectors (Country Reports 1992 1993, 378). The Critique 1991 reports that many dissidents were allowed to emigrate in 1991, although the source describes Cuba's emigration policies as "overly restrictive" (Critique 1991 1992, 79).

Recent changes to the attached information and additional or corroborating information could not be found among the sources currently available to the DIRB.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1992. 1993. U.S. Department of State. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Critique: Review of the Department of State's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1991. 1992. New York: Lawyers Committee for Human Rights.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1992. 1993. U.S. Department of State. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 378.

Critique: Review of the Department of State's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1991. 1992. New York: Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, p. 79.

Documentation, Information and Research Branch (DIRB), Immigration and Refugee Board, Ottawa. 18 January 1993. Response to Information Request CUB12848.

Immigration and Refugee Board Documentation Centre (IRBDC), Ottawa. 21 August 1992. Response to Information Request CUB11569.

. 10 January 1992. Response to Information Request CUB10032.