Soviet Union: Information on whether internal passports issued before 1990 indicated the ethnicity or nationality of the bearer
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 July 1997 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | SUN27229.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Soviet Union: Information on whether internal passports issued before 1990 indicated the ethnicity or nationality of the bearer, 1 July 1997, SUN27229.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac2b40.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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For information on whether ethnicity or nationality was indicated in internal passports during the Soviet era, please consult the third paragraph of the first page of the attached 19 August 1996 report in The Times, and the fifth- and sixth- to-last paragraphs of the second page of the 27 August 1995 Courier-Journal attachment. For additional information on the above-mentioned topic, please consult Responses to Information Requests SUN21533.E of 9 August 1995, UKR21142.E of 27 July 1995, SUN19269.E of 13 December 1994, SUN13238 of 1 March 1993 and SUN6649 of 14 August 1990,
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.
Attachments
The Courier-Journal [Louisville, Ky.]. 27 August 1995. Metro Edition. Leonid Dayen. "Series; Ukraine: Pivotal State in New Europe Special to the Courier-Journal." (NEXIS)
The Times [London]. 19 August 1996. Roger Boyes. "Embers of Ancient Hatred Glow Again." (NEXIS)