Document #1267156
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
No information on an authorization necessary for ethnic Albanian citizens of Macedonia to leave the country nor on restrictions on travels abroad for reasons of safety and security 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
IRB Databases
LEXIS/NEXIS
Refworld
Travel Information Manual (TIM)
[Hoofddorp, The Netherlands]. December 1999. "Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia"
Unsuccessful attempts to contact three
oral sources.
Internet sites including:
Amnesty International (AI)
The Balkan Human Rights Web Pages
British Helsinki Human Rights Group
(BHHRG)
Le courrier des Balkans
Freedom in the World 1999-2000
Human Rights Watch (HRW)
International Crisis Group (ICG)
International Helsinki Federation for
Human Rights (IHF-HR)
Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
(RFE/RL)
U.S. Department of State
World News Connection (WNC)