UNHCR released its annual Global Trends report, covering displacement that occurred during 2021. The report says the number of people forcibly displaced was 89.3 million at the end of 2021, leaving the population of forcibly displaced at another record high.

The US Department of State released its annual report on the freedom of religion, covering 2021.

The report on the Russian Federation covers political protests and dissidence in the context of the conflict in Ukraine. The report on the Democratic Republic of the Congo covers the situation of the Banyamulenge from 2020 to March 2022 (South Kivu: security situation and armed groups; attacks agains Banyamulenge; humanitarian situation; North Kivu and Ituri: situation of Banyamulenge)

We are pleased to introduce an improvement to country pages on ecoi.net.

In early 2022, 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.

The US Department of State released its annual report on human rights, covering 2021.

Amnesty International’s Annual Report 2021/22 was released today. This edition covers 2021.

The ACCORD training manual “Researching Country of Origin Information” is now available in Korean. It was translated by UNHCR Korea.

The European Asylum Agency (EUAA, formerly EASO) has published a COI report on the security situation in Iraq.

Together with the Federal Agency for Reception and Support Services, ACCORD held a COI webinar on Afghanistan on 22 February. Its written documentation is now available.