Document #1312128
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Although no information on the protection
of police officers is currently available to the DIRB, a
representative of the Institut de recherche et d'études sur
le monde arabe et musulman (IREMAM) at Aix-en-Provence, France,
told the DIRB that the Algerian state is not in position to offer
special protection to all of its civil servants and attorneys (11
May 1994). He added that judges and state attorneys conducting
trials against people suspected of terrorism are generally escorted
from their homes to their place of work and also have security
guards to control access to their residences (ibid.). An article
published in The Herald states in January 1994 that the
Algerian authorities relocated a large number of state employees to
Algiers from the city of Blida, because they feared for their
security (10 Jan. 1994). Please find attached a copy of
"Protections Guidelines on the Treatment of Algerian
Asylum-Seakers" prepared by the UNHCR in July 1994.
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.
The Herald [Glasgow]. 10 January
1994. Roy Towers. "Europe Is Accused of Inaction as Algeria Teeters
on Brink of Disaster." (NEXIS)
Institut de recherche et d'étude
sur le monde arabe et musulman (IREMAM), Aix-en-Provence. 11 May
1994. Telephone interview with representative.
The Herald [Glasgow]. 10 January
1994. Roy Towers. "Europe Is Accused of Inaction as Algeria Teeters
on Brink of Disaster." (NEXIS)
United Nations High Commission for
Refugees, Geneva. July 1994. "Protection Guidelines on the
Treatment of Algerian Asylum-Seakers."