A representative of the Albanian Helsinki Committee in Tirana state in a 26 October 1999 correspondence that the membership to the Communist Party was not a requirement for attending state university or working in a state institution from 1987 to 1991.

Corroboration of this information could not be found by the Research directorate within the time constraints of this information request.

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.

Albanian Helsinki Committee, Tirana. 26 October 1999. Correspondence from representative.

Area Handbooks: Albania: A Country Study. 1994.

Eastern Europe and the Commonweath of Independent States 1999.

Yearbook on International Communist Affairs 1989.

One oral source could not provide the requested information within the research deadlines.