UNHCR released its annual Global Trends report, covering displacement that occurred during 2017. The report says the number of people forcibly displaced was 68.5 million at the end of 2017, leaving the population of forcibly displaced at another record high.

Issues covering the year 2017 are now available. The new overviews are extended to show more aspects of the data. The overviews are published by ACCORD and based on data collected by the Armed Conflict & Location Event Data Project (ACLED).

The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) has published an update to its COI report on the security situation in Afghanistan.

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. 

The US Department of State released its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, covering 2017.

Amnesty International’s Annual Report 2017/18 was released today. This edition covers 2017.

The UK's Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration examined "examined the efficiency and effectiveness of the Home Office functions that produce and use COI, specifically how COI products are commissioned, developed and disseminated, and how they are used within the asylum process."

The new version of ecoi.net is online. The new website features a modern design, a new search engine, and more speed.

Human Rights Watch published its annual World Report, covering events in 2017.

The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) has published two COI reports on Afghanistan and one on The Gambia.