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Our database features over 700 Country of Origin Information reports which are available for free download.
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6 Tips for Efficient and Thorough Research
by Daniel Buchman Once a year our volunteers join with the Austrian Red Cross’s COI research department to discuss best practices, reinforce research skills, and explore the future of digital investigations. This year, our intern Dan brought back six essential...
A year in asylum research: Asylos’ 2018 Statistics Report
by Daniel Buchman Our intern Dan explores how data helps us understand the process of claiming asylum, whose stories are being heard, and whose aren’t. In our 2018 statistics report, Syrian cases make up a mere 3% of 2018 research requests, despite making up the...
How one asylum lawyer works with Asylos to empower her clients
The research Asylos produces helps give asylum seekers a credible voice in the courtroom. But if country of origin information research is the engine of dignity, the arguments are its fuel. The lawyers who work with Asylos use precise and nimble arguments to defend...
Latest news
Register for our new Statelessness-focused Country of Origin Information Workshops
We are excited to announce that we have partnered with Asylum Aid to bring you a new series of training workshops on Statelessness-focused Country of Origin Information (COI). These co-delivered workshops are free of charge and will consist of the following four...
Read our 2022 Annual Report
We have just released our Annual Report and financial accounts for the year of 2022, detailing the activities we conducted to support asylum decisions that are based on fair process and accurate information. 2022 was a particularly meaningful year for Asylos. Through...
New initiative to increase access to our research
Asylos is launching a new initiative aimed at making a selection of our bespoke research available publicly. By making a selection of our reports - which cover issues in over 100 countries - widely accessible, we hope that they can contribute to fair and...