China: Loan Shark Activities, Police Protection and Corruption, and support, including mental health, to female returnee victims of trafficking

Asylos has published another open access research report covering the situation in China, regarding loan shark activities, police protection and corruption, and support, including mental health, to female returnee victims of trafficking. This research can be used as a...

Afghanistan: The situation of individuals who worked for the former government, international forces, or the judiciary under the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004 – 2021)

On this page, you can download: Asylos’ commentary covering the UK Home Office’s Country Policy and Information Note: “Fear of the Taliban”, covering V4.0 & V5.0, published in August 2024 and August 2025 respectively. This commentary was developed with valuable...

Asylos’ report and commentary on Afghanistan

Afghanistan: the situation of individuals who worked for the former government, international forces, or the judiciary under the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004 – 2021) Asylos’ new COI report covers the situation of individuals who worked for the former...

Call to Action: Recognising Lived Experience as Expertise

On June 6th, 2025, Asylos co-hosted a workshop with the Human Trafficking Research Network (HTRN) and the generous support from Clifford Chance, designed to explore how lived experience can be more effectively recognised as vital expertise in research and policy....

December 2025 – COI research training

We are thrilled to announce that we have once again partnered with Refugee Action. Through their Front Line Immigration Advice Project, we will be delivering the second series of free COI research training webinars, end 2025. These sessions are designed for legal...

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Transgender and trafficked from Thailand

Transgender and trafficked from Thailand

The second in a series of posts that portray the complex journeys of individual asylum seekers who come to Asylos. by Michaela Korodimou This instalment of Asylum stories brings you the story of A, a young person from Thailand who like so many others faced the...

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Register for our research training webinars

***Registration for these webinars is now closed.*** We are pleased to announce that we have now opened registration for a series of free training webinars throughout Spring 2023, aimed at legal representatives and those providing Country-of-origin information (COI)...

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We’re recruiting Volunteer Researchers

-- The application procedure has now closed -- Asylos is a network of volunteer researchers providing on demand background research to support asylum claims. The research concerns the situation in the country of origin of the asylum seeker or other facts relating to...

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Read our Annual Report 2021

In 2021, we: Consistently filled COI gaps Created additional COI research capacity Improved the accessibility and reach of high-quality COI Identified and served the most vulnerable people seeking asylum Continued to build the capacity of the COI sector In our Annual...

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