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26 Sep 2024

Het doel van dit onderzoek is een stand van zaken op te maken over de algemene situatie in Venezuela. Het onderzoek richt zich hierbij op de politieke situatie, de veiligheidssituatie en de socio-economische situatie van het land om een zo breed mogelijke analyse te maken van de huidige stand van zaken. De situatie van specifieke profielen, zoals bijvoorbeeld journalisten of politieke activisten, vormen geen voorwerp van deze analyse. Deze COI Focus richt zich in het bijzonder op de periode van augustus 2023 tot augustus 2024 en is een update van het gelijknamige rapport van 8 augustus 2023. Het onderzoek werd afgesloten op 9 september 2024.

17 Sep 2024

The aim of this research is to provide an overview of the security situation in Burkina Faso. It covers the period from 10 June 2023 to 9 July 2024. This document updates the COI Focus of 13 July 2023.

13 Sep 2024

In deze COI Focus bestudeert Cedoca de prevalentie van corruptie en documentenfraude in Afghanistan. Dit rapport is een actualisering van de COI Focus Afghanistan Corruptie en documentenfraude van 14 januari 2021 (update). Dit document bevat de nieuwe ontwikkelingen sinds januari 2021 en spitst zich toe op de huidige situatie. Op die manier bespreekt dit rapport de overgang van de Republiek Afghanistan naar het door de Taliban uitgeroepen Islamitisch Emiraat Afghanistan na hun machtsovername in augustus 2021. Cedoca sloot het onderzoek af op 23 augustus 2024.

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Somalia

09 June 2017

This COI Focus describes the security situation in the Somalian capital of Mogadishu, in particular for the period from 1 September 2016 to 1 June 2017. This document updates the COI Focus of 6 September 2016.

28 February 2016

This report was drafted by Country of Origin Information (COI) specialists from the COI units or asylum administrations listed as co‑authors in the Acknowledgements section, together with the European Asylum Support Office (EASO).

Syria

09 October 2023

The purpose of this report is to provide relevant information for the assessment of international protection status determination, including refugee status and subsidiary protection, and in particular for use in updating EUAA’s country guidance development on Syria.

The report covers the period of August 2022 – August 2023, and provides a limited update of selected sections previously addressed in the EUAA COI reports: Syria - Targeting of individuals (September 2022) and Syria - Targeting of individuals (March 2020) as well as an update of the EUAA COI report: Syria - Socio-economic situation in Damascus city (September 2022). This report should be read in conjunction with the EUAA COI report: Syria – Security situation (September 2023).

The drafting of this report was finalised on 31 August 2023. Any event taking place after this date is not included in this report.

09 October 2023

The purpose of this report is to provide relevant information for the assessment of international protection status determination, including refugee status and subsidiary protection, and in particular for use in updating EUAA’s country guidance development on Syria.

The report covers the period of August 2022 – August 2023, and provides an update of the EUAA COI report: Syria - Security situation (September 2022). The report should be read in conjunction with the EUAA COI report: Syria - Country Focus (October 2023).

The security situation report examines the nature of armed conflicts taking place in the territory, the nature of the violence and presence of armed actors in different areas, and the impact on civilians, for example in terms of casualties/fatalities and conflict-linked displacement.

The drafting of this report was finalised on 31 August 2023. Any event taking place after this date is not included in this report.

15 September 2022

The purpose of this security situation report is to provide relevant information for the assessment of international protection status determination, including refugee status and subsidiary protection, and in particular for use in updating EUAA’s country guidance development on Syria.

The report covers the period of April 2021 – July 2022, and it is an update of the EUAA COI Report: Syria – Security situation (July 2021). A limited update of sections addressing the justice system in government-held areas and areas under the control of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, previously covered in the EUAA COI Report: Syria –Actors (December 2019), is also included.

The drafting of this report was finalised on 17 August 2022. Any event taking place after this date is not included in this report.

02 September 2022

The purpose of this report is to provide relevant information regarding the targeting of individuals in Syria, for international protection status determination, including refugee status and subsidiary protection, and in particular for use in the update of EUAA’s Country Guidance on Syria.

This report addresses topics related to the targeting of individuals by different armed actors operating in Syria, including the Government of Syria, the Syrian Democratic Forces, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, the Syrian National Army, and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant among others. Targeting of individuals by sectors of society is also addressed where relevant.

This report is an update of the EUAA COI Report: Syria – Targeting of individuals (March 2020). It also provides updated information on profiles and topics covered previously in the following EUAA COI reports: EUAA COI Report – Situation of women (February 2020), EUAA COI Report – Military service (April 2021), and EUAA COI Report – Situation of returnees from abroad (June 2021).

The reference period for the events described in this report is from January 2020 until August 2022. The drafting of this report was finalised on 19 August 2022. Any event taking place after this date is not included in this report.

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