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Title	Zimbabwe: Existence of any threat from the Robert Mugabe government to Zimbabweans residing in neighbouring countries (1999-June 2002)
Publisher	Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Country	Zimbabwe
Publication Date	27 June 2002
Citation / Document Symbol	ZWE39538.E
Reference	2
Cite as	Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Zimbabwe: Existence of any threat from the Robert Mugabe government to Zimbabweans residing in neighbouring countries (1999-June 2002), 27 June 2002, ZWE39538.E, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3df4bed024.html [accessed 30 May 2012]
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Zimbabwe: Existence of any threat from the Robert Mugabe government to Zimbabweans residing in neighbouring countries (1999-June 2002)

Information on the existence of any threat from the Robert Mugabe government to Zimbabweans residing in neighbouring countries could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

However, alleging "security concerns," a 1 May 2002 Daily News article noted that an UNHCR representative in Botswana refused to reveal the name of a Zimbabweans who fled his country to seek refugee in Botswana. While the cause of those "security concerns" was not specified in the article, the same source of information, citing another UNHCR official, stated that the life of a Zimbabwean who sought refuge in Namibia "was under threat because of the close political relations between Zimbabwe and Namibia." (ibid.).

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 additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Reference

Daily News [Harare]. 1 May 2002. "Zimbabwe; Citizens Flee to Neighbouring States." (NEXIS/AN)

Additional Sources Consulted

Africa Confidential 1999-May 2002.

Amnesty International. 2002. Annual Report. Electronic Version.

IRB Databases.

Jeune Afrique/L'Intelligent January-June 2002.

Resource Centre Country files. Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, RSA, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum. August 2001. Political Motivated Violence in Zimbabwe 2000-2001: A Report of the Campaign of Political Repression Conducted by the Zimbabwean Government under the Guise of Carrying Out Land Reform.

Websites, including:

Amnesty International.

BBC Africa.

The Botswana Gazette.

The Financial Gazette [Harare].

Human Rights Watch (HRW).

LEXIS/NEXIS.

The Mail & Guardian [Johannesburg].

Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA).

Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).

Missionary Service News Agency (MISNA).

The Namibian.

Panafrican News Agency (PANA).

ReliefWeb.

UNHCR.

USCR.

Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum.

Zimbabwe News.

Copyright notice: This document is published with the permission of the copyright holder and producer Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB). The original version of this document may be found on the offical website of the IRB at http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/. Documents earlier than 2003 may be found only on Refworld.

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