Trafficking-related COI – Project page

Project duration: March 2025 - 29 April 2026 In 2025, consultations with legal representatives, UK charities and experts in human trafficking and modern slavery highlighted an inadequate and up-to-date Country of Origin Information (COI) on human trafficking. Building...

Human Trafficking in Vietnam: Patterns of exploitation, risk factors, and access to support

On this page you can download our report Human Trafficking in Vietnam: Patterns of exploitation, risk factors, and access to support, produced by Asylos and kindly funded by the Trust for London, and view the Online Seminar hosted by the Human Trafficking Research...

The Impact of ‘Safe Country’ Concepts on Women Seeking Asylum in the UK

As governments in the UK and across Europe increasingly seek to apply ‘safe country’ concepts as a way of managing borders, Women in Refugee Law (WiRL) Network and Asylos have worked in close collaboration to explore the impact of ‘safe country’ legislation on women...

Sudan: The Situation in El Fasher – Spotlight Report Series

This report, part of Asylos' Spotlight Report Series, examines the situation in El Fasher, Sudan, following its capture by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in October 2025. After an 18-month siege, the RSF seized the city on October 26th, 2025, marking their control of...

Afghanistan: Treatment of men showing signs of non-conformity to Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (PVPV) regulations

Asylos has published another open access research report covering the situation of men in Afghanistan showing signs of non-conformity to Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (PVPV) regulations. Since the Taliban's return to power, the Law on the...

Projects

In addition to our ongoing, case-based research, we undertake a range of projects to improve access to information for asylum claims, manage knowledge in our own organisation, and explore how technology can help improve decision-making on asylum claims.

Take a look at some of our ongoing and previous projects below. If you have a project idea that you want to share with us, contact us on info@asylos.org.

Disability-Focused COI Research

Disability-Focused COI Research

Project duration: April 2021 - March 2022. The next project of this format focusing on statelessness is currently ongoing.  Through ...
Nigeria: Children and Young People with Disabilities

Nigeria: Children and Young People with Disabilities

On this page you can download our report Nigeria: Children and Young People with Disabilities, produced jointly by Asylos and Asylum ...
Ghana: State Treatment of LGBTQI+ Persons

Ghana: State Treatment of LGBTQI+ Persons

This joint report by Asylos and ARC Foundation addresses an information gap on the topic of state treatment of LGBTQI+ ...
Country of origin information research training

Country of origin information research training

Project duration: November 2019 - ongoing This project aims to improve asylum decision-making by raising the quality of country information ...
Vietnam: returned victims of trafficking

Vietnam: returned victims of trafficking

This joint report by Asylos and ARC Foundation addresses an information gap on the topic of victims of trafficking returned to ...
Albania: trafficked boys and young men

Albania: trafficked boys and young men

Legal representatives representing young Albanian asylum seekers in the UK and elsewhere in Europe identified this topic as a major ...
Afghanistan: young male 'westernised' returnees to Kabul

Afghanistan: young male ‘westernised’ returnees to Kabul

Endorsed and peer-reviewed by the Asylum Research Centre (ARC) Foundation and the Dutch Council for Refugees, Asylos has compiled this country-of-origin information (COI) research ...
Research under pressure in the legal system

Research under pressure in the legal system

Thorough research is vital for a successful asylum claim. Such country-of-origin information (COI) is used to support specific elements in ...