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.

1,262 Documents since 18 December 2019

354,649 Documents in total

160 sources covered on a regular basis

169 Countries

Blog News

14 January 2020

HRW publishes World Report 2020

Human Rights Watch published its annual World Report, covering events in 2019.

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20 December 2019

ACCORD published three new reports: Ethiopia, Russia, Venezuela

ACCORD recently published three reports: a COI compilation on Ethiopia, on the current situation in Venezuela, on conscription and dedovshchina in Russia.

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19 December 2019

Article on COI in UK Country Guidance cases (International Journal of Refugee Law)

An article in the International Journal of Refugee Law discusses standards regarding the use of COI in UK Upper Tribunal country guidance cases.

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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.