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...
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New Spotlight Report Series – Sudan: The Situation in El Fasher

Asylos is launching the Spotlight Report Project, aiming to consistently and proactively meet COI demand and fill COI gaps with quality research in asylum procedures in the UK and globally, improving the accessibility and reach of high-quality COI. The project enables...
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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...
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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...
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Looking back, moving forward

Steph and I met as COI researchers in 2007, back when we were working for a UK legal advice charity that had a COI unit to support its legal advisors (imagine!). Unfortunately, changes to the way legal aid was funded meant that it was no longer feasible to fund COI...
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Atheist asylee: Aynoor’s story

In this edition of our asylum stories, we bring you the journey of Aynoor*, a young Pakistani woman who feared returning to Pakistan due to her atheist beliefs. by Eden Gebremeskel   International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on...

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Remembering Lara Casalotti

Remembering Lara Casalotti

By Sophie Kloos, Olivia Baskerville, Maya Pritchard and Serena Sorrenti Lara Casalotti joined Asylos in autumn 2015 as a volunteer coordinator of the Afghanistan research team. Since then her unyielding commitment to the principle that all asylum-seekers should be...

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New report on autism in Sierra Leone

New report on autism in Sierra Leone

We are pleased to share a new report covering: Sierra Leone: autism. This report was produced in response to a query from an asylum professional, and responds to the research questions submitted to us. By making our research more widely available, we hope to...

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