On this page, you can download our Türkiye Country of Origin Information (COI) Repository, developed jointly by Asylos and Clifford Chance. This repository contains a list of national, regional and international sources and presents current country information under...
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.
Iran COI Repository
On this page, you can download our Iran Country of Origin Information (COI) Repository, developed jointly by Asylos and Clifford Chance. This repository contains a list of national, regional and international sources and presents current country information under...
Ukraine COI Repository
On this page, you can download our Ukraine Country of Origin Information (COI) Repository, developed jointly by Asylos and Clifford Chance. This repository contains a list of national, regional and international sources and presents current country information on...
Rwanda: Asylum System
On this page, you can download our commentary on the UK Home Office’s recently published Country Policy and Information Note: Rwanda, asylum system and on the related Country Policy and Information Note: Rwanda, assessment. In addition, you can download our Country of...
Disability-Focused COI Research
Project duration: April 2021 - March 2022. The next project of this format focusing on statelessness is currently ongoing. Through consultations with legal representatives in the UK, we became aware of the absence of relevant Country of Origin Information about...
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 Research Centre (ARC) Foundation and kindly funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. Our report combines relevant and timely publicly...
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+ persons in Ghana. The topic was chosen through consultation with legal representatives in the UK who identified an existing gap in country of origin...
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. We develop and teach a research training curriculum to legal representatives in the UK, who use these skills to better...
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 Vietnam from the UK. The topic was chosen after consultation with legal representatives who identified a major gap in country-of-origin...
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 gap in country-of-origin information (COI) relating to young person and child-specific persecution and harm and a common barrier for...









