New ACCORD training manual on “Researching Country of Origin Information”, 2024 edition

ACCORD will publish a revised edition of the training manual “Researching Country of Origin Information”, updating the 2013 edition. Register for its online launch event on 14 March.

Blog post in "Blog Asyl" on the role of COI

The "Blog Asyl" published an article by ACCORD on the role of country of origin information in international protection procedures.

UNHCR launches revamped Refworld

UNHCR launched a revamped version of its law and policy database Refworld with new design and improved functionalities.

New featured topic on Syria: Military service

We published a new feeatured topic on Syria (in German language).

HRW publishes World Report 2024

Human Rights Watch published its annual World Report, covering events in 2023.

ACCORD report on Guinea

ACCORD published a COI compilation on Guinea, commissioned by UNHCR.

New: Easy search in our search form

We are pleased to introduce an improvement to the search form on ecoi.net, allowing you to speficy your search more easily.

New country priorities on ecoi.net

In September 2023, we updated our country priorities. These priorities define which sources are covered on ecoi.net, i.e. which documents you can expect to find for a country. The update is based on Austrian, European and global asylum statistics and affects what sources we cover for what countries.

UNHCR reports 108.4 million displaced

UNHCR released its annual Global Trends report, covering displacement that occurred during 2022. The report says the number of people forcibly displaced was 108.4 million at the end of 2022, leaving the population of forcibly displaced again at another record high.

USDOS publishes annual report on religious freedom for 2022

The US Department of State released its annual report on the freedom of religion, covering 2022.

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