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.

1,015 Documents since 20 May 2018

329,552 Documents in total

160 sources covered on a regular basis

169 Countries

Blog News

30 May 2018

EASO publishes update on the security situation in Afghanistan

The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) has published an update to its COI report on the security situation in Afghanistan.

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27 April 2018

The April 2018 issue of The Researcher

The Researcher is published two times a year by the Refugee Documentation Centre (RDC) in Ireland. It is a publication which combines academic papers, summaries of caselaw, guides to new legislation, reports of conferences, articles on RDC services and items of country of origin information. 

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20 April 2018

US Department of State releases the 2017 human rights reports

The US Department of State released its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, covering 2017.

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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.