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.

1,142 Documents since 11 April 2021

377,044 Documents in total

160 sources covered on a regular basis

169 Countries

Blog News

22 April 2021

Dissertation on the assessment of the probative value of COI in the context of international protection standards in guidance for decision-making

Femke Vogelaar's summary of the dissertation she published in December 2020.

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7 April 2021

AI releases Annual Report 2020/21

Amnesty International’s Annual Report 2020/21 was released today. This edition covers 2020.

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1 April 2021

USDOS publishes annual report on human rights for 2020

The US Department of State released its annual report on human rights, covering 2020. An update is announced for later this year.

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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.