Dokument #1091951
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
Information on the Chinese community in
Guatemala is scarce and not up to date.
Guatemala has a very small commmunity of
Chinese (AP 18 July 1993). According to data first published in
1982, there were 13,700 ethnic Chinese living Guatemala, compared
to 3323 in 1955 (International Migration Review Fall 1990,
488, 496). This population established itself mainly in the capital
and other urban areas (Buhrer and Levenson 1980, 144). Further
information could not be found among the sources currently
available to the DIRB in Ottawa.
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. Please find attached the list of
additional sources consulted in researching this information
request.
Associated Press (AP). 18 July 1993.
AM Cycle. Juan Zamorano. "Chinese Immigrants Find Difficult Life in
Panama." (NEXIS)
Buhrer, J. C. and C. Levenson. 1980.
Le Guatemala: les populations. Bruxelles: Editions
Complexe.
International Migration Review
[New York]. Fall 1990. Vol. 24, No. 3. Dudley L. Poston Jr. and
Mei-Yu Yu. "The Distribution of the Overseas Chinese in the
Contemporary World."
Area Handbook Series: Guatemala: A
Country Study. 1984. Edited by Richard F. Nyrop. Washington,
DC: Foreign Area Studies, The American University, p. 23.
Associated Press (AP). 18 July 1993. AM
Cycle. Juan Zamorano. "Chinese Immigrants Find Difficult Life in
Panama." (NEXIS)
Buhrer, J. C. and C. Levenson. 1980.
Le Guatemala: les populations. Bruxelles: Editions Complexe,
pp. 142-144.
International Migration Review
[New York]. Fall 1990. Vol. 24, No. 3. Dudley L. Poston Jr. and
Mei-Yu Yu. "The Distribution of the Overseas Chinese in the
Contemporary World," pp. 480-508.
Amnesty International Report.
1990-1994.
Central America Newspak [Austin,
Tx]. Bi-monthly.
Central America Report [Guatemala
City]. Weekly.
Central America Update [Toronto].
Monthly.
Country Reports on Human Rights
Practices. 1990-1993.
Human Rights Watch World Report.
1990-1994.
Latin America Update
[Washington]. Monthly.
NACLA Report on the Americas.
Monthly.
Minority Rights Group
International. Various dates.
Problèmes d'Amérique
latine. Quarterly.
World Directory of Minorities.
1990.
On-line search and oral sources.