On 12 and 13 June 2017, EASO organised a Practical Cooperation meeting on Nigeria in Rome, in the framework of EASO’s Operating Plan in Italy.
The meeting report compiles information presented by key speakers during plenary sessions and subsequent questions and answers related to country of origin information. The different chapters of the report provide literal transcripts, rather than summaries or syntheses.
The external speakers validated the information in this report as of August 2017 and have given their consent to be quoted publicly from this report.
EASO invited the following guest speakers:
Anna Giustiniani, project Manager, IOM Italy
David Pratten, Associate Professor in the Social Anthropology of Africa; Fellow of St Antony’s College, University of Oxford
European Commission - Office of the EU Anti-Trafficking Coordinator
Luisa Inversini, President of the Territorial Commission for International Protection – Milan
Megan Turnbull, Visiting Assistant Professor, PhD, Department of Political Science, Skidmore College
Olumide Femi Makanjuola, Executive Director, TIERs - The Initiative for Equal Rights, Nigeria
Sine Plambech, Anthropologist, PhD, Danish Institute for International Studies
Stella Amadi Odiase, Lawyer and International Development Practitioner, Nigeria
Stephane Jaquemet, UNHCR’s Regional Representative for Southern Europe
UNHCR RSD unit
Policy
The policy implemented by the Commissioner General is based on a thorough analysis of accurate and up-to-date information on the general situation in the country of origin. This information is collated in a professional manner from various, objective sources, including the EASO, the UNHCR, relevant international human rights organisations, non-governmental organisations, professional literature and coverage in the media. When determining policy, the Commissioner General does not only examine the COI Focuses written by Cedoca and published on this website, as these deal with just one aspect of the general situation in the country of origin. The fact that a COI Focus could be out-of-date does not mean that the policy that is being implemented by the Commissioner General is no longer up-to-date.
When assessing an application for asylum, the Commissioner General not only considers the actual situation in the country of origin at the moment of decision-making, he also takes into account the individual situation and personal circumstances of the applicant for international protection. Every asylum application is examined individually. An applicant must comprehensively demonstrate that he has a well-founded fear of persecution or that there is a clear personal risk of serious harm. He cannot, therefore, simply refer back to the general conditions in his country, but must also present concrete, credible and personal facts.
There is no policy paper for this country available on the website.