Information which could provide a definite answer to this question could not be found among the sources currently available to the IRBDC. Sources consulted include the currently available publications on foreign constitutional and civil legislation and the departments of External Affairs and Employment and Immigration Canada.

Panama has no diplomatic representation in Canada, and the Panamanian diplomatic representation in the United States is currently staffed by volunteers who could not provide a definite answer. However, official staff -who may be able to provide an answer to this question- is expected to arrive by the third week of February 1990. The telephone number of the Embassy of Panama in Washington is (202) 483-1407. The search for an answer to your question may be continued by the IRBDC upon request.

Follow-up2 March 1990

1990/03/00eSubject:

Information on situation of Chinese population in Panama, particularly cases of harassment, violence and authorities' neglect towards it (1980-1990)
From:

IRBDC, Ottawa
Keywords:

Panama / Chinese minorities / human rights / human rights violations / discrimination / ethnic discrimination / integration / assimilation / conflict / ethnic conflict

As stated in the response to your Information Request 4229, the UNHCR office in Washington sent us an article referring to Chinese in Panama. Please find attached the article, "Noriega Associates Sold Panamanian Passports" (The Washington Post, 3 February 1990), which refers mostly to the situation of Chinese who recently migrated to Panama.