Country of origin information

The purpose of this research is to assess the security situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) for the period from 1 January 2018 to 23 March 2019. This document is an update of two COI Focuses: one on the security situation in the CAR of 17 November 2017 and the other on the security situation in Bangui of 19 April 2018. Documentary research was closed on 25 March 2019.

The present report is an update of the COI Focus of 20th July 2018 entitled Sort des Congolais rapatriés en République démocratique du Congo (RDC) depuis 2015 [Fate of Congolese repatriated to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since 2015]. It concerns the attitude of the Congolese authorities towards their citizens returning after having illegally left the country and/or having applied for international protection (DPI) in Belgium and/or having lived there. The treatment of returned citizens by their authorities on account of their political, ethnic, religious or terrorist profile is not the subject of this research.

This report covers the period between July 2018 and May 2019.