Document #1028334
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
No mention of the appointment of an Arab sheik in the town of Yafran (Yafren, Yifrin) 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
Resource Centre Country Files: Libya
Internet sources including:
Amnesty International
Amazigh World Congress
Country Reports 1999
Fédération Internationale
des droits de l'Homme (FIDH)
Human Rights Watch (HRW)
Libya Amazigh Site
World News Connection (WNC)
Search engines including:
Altavista
Copernic
Dogpile
Fast
Google
Hotbot
Metacrawler
Northern Light
Oral sources:
Four oral sources could not provide the
requested information within the research time limits.