Document #1236066
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Page two of the Country Reports
1996 attachment states:
Indo-Fijians are subject to occasional
harassment and crime based on race, which is compounded by
inadequate police protection. There have been no credible
allegations of government involvement in such incidents, which the
police have investigated, sometimes resulting in arrests
(1997).
Additional information on the
above-mentioned topic could not be found among the sources
consulted by the DIRB.
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
additional sources consulted in researching this Information
Request.
Reference
Country Reports on Human Rights
Practices for 1996. 1997. United States Department of State.
Washington, DC. [Internet] [Accessed 13 Feb. 1997]
Attachment
Country Reports on Human Rights
Practices for 1996. 1997. United States Department of State.
Washington, DC. [Internet] [Accessed 13 Feb. 1997]
Additional Sources Consulted
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Bimonthly.
Asian Survey [Berkeley,
Calif.]. Monthly.
Asiaweek [Hong Kong].
Weekly.
Bulletin of Concerned Asian
Scholars [Boulder, Col.]. Biannually.
DIRB country file on Fiji.
DIRB databases.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service
(FBIS) Daily Reports.
News from Asia Watch [New
York]. Monthly.
Pacific Affairs [Vancouver].
Quarterly.
Pacific Islands Monthly [Suva,
Fiji].
On-line search of media sources.
Unsuccessful attempts to contact oral
sources.