Document #1315780
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Specific information on whether there are
any restrictions on the issuance of passports to persons considered
to be "anti-communist" could not be found among the sources
consulted by the DIRB. However the following may be of
interest.
Country Reports 1993 indicates that
since the defection of two well-known members of the National Union
for the Total Liberation of Angola (UNITA), the government had
denied permission to travel abroad to UNITA National Assembly
deputies (1994, 4). According to the same source, "the government
made it difficult for other opposition party members to travel
abroad during legislative recess by limiting their access to
requisite foreign exchange" (ibid., 4, 5). Further information or
corroboration could not be obtained.
In a 22 February 1995 telephone interview,
the Consul of the Embassy of the Republic of Angola in Washington,
DC stated that all Angolan citizens can obtain an Angolan passport,
providing that they submit to the local passport office a completed
passport application, two photos, a copy of the applicant's ID card
and a letter from the Department of Justice stating that the
applicant has no criminal record. According to the Consul,
information on the applicant's political affiliation is not
required (ibid.).
In its October 1993 report on Angola, the
Berne-based Office Fédéral des Réfugiés
(ODR) indicates that Angolan nationals who wish to leave the
country require an exit and entry visa known as the Visto de
Saida et Entrada (Oct. 1993). According to the ODR, a Visto
de Saida et Entrada should be valid for 45 days (ibid.).
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 attached the list of
sources consulted in researching this information request.
Country Reports on Human Rights
Practices for 1993. 1994. United States Department of State.
Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office.
Embassy of the Republic of Angola,
Washington, DC. 22 February 1995. Telephone interview with
Consul.
ODR-Bulletin d'Information
[Berne]. October 1993. "Angola."
ODR-Bulletin d'Information
[Berne]. October 1993. "Angola."
Africa Confidential [London].
Janaury 1993-present.
Africa Research Bulletin
[Oxford]. 1992-present.
Amnesty International Report.
1992-1994.
Country Reports on Human Rights
Practices for 1993. 1994.
The Courier [Brussels].
January-February 1992 to November-December 1994.
Documentation-Réfugiés [Paris]. January
1993-October 1994.
Edicesa News [Harare].
January-November 1993.
Foreign Broadcasts Information Service
(FBIS) Report. January 1993-present.
Human Rights in Developing Countries
Yearbook 1994. 1994.
Human Rights World Watch 1994.
1994.
La lettre hebdomadaire de la FIDH
[Paris]. January 1993-present.
New Act [Harare]. January
1994-present.
New African [London]. January
1993-present.
West Africa [London]. January
1993-present.
On-line searches and oral sources.