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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.
Coverage of sources
On ecoi.net, more than 160 sources are covered regularly, which means our editorial staff goes through the newest publications of these sources and adds them to ecoi.net if relevant. Coverage of sources is the most comprehensive for countries of priority A, and the least comprehensive for priority E. To ensure consistency, we use application statistics from the past 3 years. Statistics on applications lodged in Austria and the EU are weighted slightly higher in our ranking.
Changes are marked in bold.
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A countries |
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Afghanistan Eritrea Iran, Islamic Republic Iraq Nigeria (previously B) |
Pakistan Russian Federation Somalia Syria, Arab Republic Türkiye [+R] (previously B+R) |
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B1 countries |
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Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina (previously C) Chad China Congo, Democratic Republic Egypt (previously C) Georgia |
India Moldova, Republic Myanmar (Burma) North Macedonia Palestine Serbia South Sudan |
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B2 countries |
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Algeria Azerbaijan Bangladesh Cameroon Central African Republic Colombia Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Cuba El Salvador Ethiopia Gambia Guatemala Guinea Haiti |
Honduras Lebanon (previously C) Libya (previously C) Mali Morocco Mexico Nicaragua Niger (previously C) Senegal Sudan Tunisia (previously C) Ukraine Venezuela Vietnam Yemen |
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C countries |
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Armenia (previously B) Belarus (previously D) Benin (previously E) Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Chile (previously D) Ecuador (previously D) Ghana Guinea-Bissau (previously D) Jamaica (previously D) Jordan (previously D) Kosovo |
Kuwait (previously E) Malaysia Mongolia (previously D) Montenegro (previously E) Nepal (previously D) Peru Rwanda (previously D) Sierra Leone Zimbabwe Sri Lanka Tajikistan Uzbekistan (previously D) |
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D countries |
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Angola Argentina (previously E) Congo (Brazzaville) Dominican Republic Indonesia Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan |
Liberia Mauritania (previously E) Philippines South Africa Tanzania, United Republic (previously E) Togo Uganda |
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E countries |
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Australia Austria Bahrain Belgium Bhutan Bolivia Botswana Brazil Bulgaria [+R] Canada Costa Rica Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark (previously +R) Germany Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Estonia Eswatini Fiji Finland France Gabon Greece [+R] Guyana Hungary [+R] Iceland Ireland Israel Italy [+R] Japan Laos, People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar |
Malawi Maldives Malta Mauritius (new) Mozambique Namibia New Zealand Netherlands North Korea Norway Oman Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Poland [+R] Portugal Qatar Romania [+R] (previously D+R) Saudi Arabia (previously D) Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Spain [+R] South Korea Suriname Sweden [+R] Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Timor Leste Trinidad and Tobago Turkmenistan (previously C) Uruguay United Arab Emirates United States United Kingdom Western Sahara Zambia |
What country priorities mean for coverage of sources is best explained in reversed order:
Countries of priority E receive only the most important publications: publications explicitly produced in the asylum context, like guidelines/positions or COI query responses; the main annual reports (USDOS, HRW, ai, Freedom House); as well as reports from UN CAT.
Countries of priority D receive, additionally, reports of UN committees, including NHRI reports.
Countries of priority C receive, additionally, publications from most of our sources: for instance, IWPR articles, ICG publications, as well as NGO reports for UN committees. Also, while coverage for priorities D and E is limited to annual reports by ai and HRW, priority C receives their other publications as well.
Countries of priority B receive, additionally, either a general media source (like BBC) for priority B2, or a country-specific source (like the Afghanistan Analysts Network) for priority B1. Which one of these two options is decided per country, based on availability and feasibility.
Countries of priority A receive coverage of all of the above.
For a country with the modifier "[+R]", we include basic information on reception conditions. When choosing these countries, we took into account the numbers of Dublin requests - both incoming and outgoing.
If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact us: info@ecoi.net.
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