Document #1025634
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
For information on the above subject,
please see attached previous Responses to Information Requests
SLE1813 and GIN8808 and their attachments. In addition, please find
attached some media reports on the Lebanese community in Sierra
Leone.
In addition to the above, according to a
source familiar with political events in Sierra Leone, the Lebanese
community residing in Sierra Leone is not currently subject to
systematic discrimination (3 Feb. 1992).
Additional and/or corroborating information
is currently unavailable to the IRBDC in Ottawa.
African Political Affairs Consultant,
Wisconsin. 3 February 1992. Telephone Interview, Ottawa.
Immigration and Refugee Board
Documentation Centre (IRBDC), Ottawa. 19 June 1991. "Guinea:
Information on the Activities of the Lebanese Hezbollah."
Immigration and Refugee Board
Documentation Centre (IRBDC), Ottawa. 18 August 1989. "Information
Regarding the Treatment of Ethnic Lebanese Sierra Leone and
Regulations Regarding Residence for Foreigners Born in Sierra
Leone." Reuters. 23 May 1987, AM Cycle. "Sierra Leone Arrests 30
Lebanese in Crackdown on Illegal Aliens."
_____. 7 June 1987, AM Cycle. "Police
Offer Reward For Sierra Leone Businessman."
_____. 3 December 1987, AM Cycle.
"Sierra Leone Assures Lebanese Community in Wake of Arrests."