Document #1229075
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
No specific information could be found on
the above-mentioned subject among the sources consulted by the
DIRB. However, please find attached articles on deportations of
Colombian citizens from Venezuelan territory.
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. Please find below the list of
sources consulted by the DIRB for this Response to Information
Request.
Attachments
Inravision Television Canal A Network
[Santa Fe de Bogota, in Spanish]. 16 March 1995. Jose Marcano.
"Government Note Questions Venezuelan Deportations."
(FBIS-LAT-95-052 17 Mar. 1995, p. 32)
_____. 16 March 1995. Orlando Guerrero.
"Samper Wants Venezuelan Situation To 'Cool Down'."
(FBIS-LAT-95-052 17 Mar. 1995, p. 32)
_____. 16 March 1995. Sergio Lopez
Gomez. "1,000 Peasants Expected To Cross Venezuelan Border."
(FBIS-LAT-95-052 17 Mar. 1995, pp. 32-33)
_____. 3 April 1992. "Foreign Minister
on Venezuelan Deportation Plan." (FBIS-LAT-92-068 8 Apr. 1992, p.
21)
El UNIVERSAL [Caracas, in Spanish]. 8
December 1994. Berenice Gomez Velasquez. "Army Arrests 100
Undocumented Colombian Citizens." (FBIS-LAT-94-238 12 Dec. 1994,
pp. 74-75)
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