Document #1267926
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Information available to the DIRB on the
above-mentioned topic is scarce. Please find attached two articles
relating to two attacks perpetrated against Tamils in Colombo in
June and July 1986.
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.
Reuters. 11 July 1986. PM Cycle.
Dalton De Silva. "Security Tightened for Tamil Leaders After Hotel
Bombing." (NEXIS)
. 13 June 1986. PM Cycle. Dalton De
Silva. "Sri Lankan Government Warns of More Guerrilla Bomb
Attacks." (NEXIS)
Keesing's Record of World Events.
Yearly. Edited by Roger East. London: Longman.
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