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.

1,278 Documents since 19 April 2019

343,800 Documents in total

160 sources covered on a regular basis

169 Countries

Blog News

30 April 2019

The April 2019 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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29 March 2019

Discussion with Joel Wing (Musings on Iraq)

On 28 March, ACCORD and the Diakonie’s Refugee Service invited representatives from all actors involved in asylum procedures to a discussion with Joel Wing.

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14 March 2019

US Department of State releases the 2018 human rights reports

The US Department of State released its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, covering 2018.

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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.