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.

1,031 Documents since 26 August 2025

442,663 Documents in total

160 sources covered on a regular basis

173 Countries

Blog News

26 September 2025

Up and down (and up?) the AI hype cycle

In the 3rd post of our methods series, we talk about Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the field of COI.

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13 August 2025

USDOS publishes annual report on human rights for 2024

The US Department of State released its annual report on human rights, covering 2024. [Post updated 2 September].

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17 June 2025

ecoi.net user survey 2025

We're conducting a user survey and need your input.

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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.