European Country of Origin Information Network

By securing easy and fast access to high-quality and up-to-date country of origin information for all actors involved in asylum cases, ecoi.net contributes to a fair, effective and efficient refugee status determination procedure.

1,284 Documents since 16 March 2024

423,390 Documents in total

160 sources covered on a regular basis

172 Countries

Blog News

10 April 2024

Extended country pages now available for all countries of priority A

Extended country pages are now available for all countries of priority "A".

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5 March 2024

New ACCORD training manual on “Researching Country of Origin Information”, 2024 edition

ACCORD will publish a revised edition of the training manual “Researching Country of Origin Information”, updating the 2013 edition. Register for its online launch event on 14 March.

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29 February 2024

Blog post in "Blog Asyl" on the role of COI

The "Blog Asyl" published an article by ACCORD on the role of country of origin information in international protection procedures.

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About ecoi.net

How we work

Cover more than 160 sources like the United Nations, international NGOs, media services or government agencies
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What we want

Offer high quality country of origin information for fair and efficient refugee status determination procedures
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Who we are

Cooperating with partners, managed by ACCORD
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ecoi.net is run by the Austrian Red Cross (department ACCORD) in cooperation with Informationsverbund Asyl & Migration. ecoi.net is funded by the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, the Austrian Ministry of the Interior and Caritas Austria. ecoi.net is supported by ECRE & UNHCR.