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23 Mar 2023

Guinee: La situation ethnique

Ethnic origin

Le présent rapport a été réalisé avec l'aide du Fonds européen pour l'asile, la migration et l'intégration (FAMI). Il s’intéresse à la situation ethnique en république de Guinée, mettant à jour le précédent COI Focus daté du 3 avril 2020.

La recherche pour cette mise à jour a été clôturée le 9 mars 2023.

Le 5 septembre 2021, un coup d’Etat militaire a eu lieu par le Comité national du rassemblement et du développement (CNRD), avec à sa tête le colonel Mamadi Doumbouya. Alpha Condé, le président déchu, effectuait alors un troisième mandat contesté par l’opposition. Après avoir dissout le gouvernement, l’Assemblée et la Constitution, la junte au pouvoir a annoncé une période de transition, toujours en cours au moment de la clôture de ce COI Focus.

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03 Mar 2023

Morocco: Le mariage forcé

Gender

Le présent rapport porte sur la pratique du mariage forcé au Maroc.

Un mariage forcé est un mariage contracté sans le libre consentement des deux époux ou lorsque le consentement d'au moins un des époux a été donné sous la contrainte physique et/ou morale (violence, menaces, chantage affectif, pressions psychologiques, etc.).

Cette recherche a été clôturée le 1er mars 2023.

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28 Feb 2023

Pakistan: Security situation

Security situation

The purpose of this COI Focus is to assess the security situation in Pakistan. It is a partial update of the Country of Origin Information Report Pakistan: Security situation which was drafted by Cedoca and published on 27 October 2021 by the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA). This update is particularly focused on the period from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022. Events that took place during the drafting of this report in January and February 2023 are also included.

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Afghanistan

EASO COI Report. Individuals targeted by armed actors in the conflict
11 December 2017

The information is a result of desk research of public, specialised paper-based and electronic sources until 27 November 2017. In addition, during the research, EASO researchers conducted extensive interviews with three experts (Borhan Osman, Abubakar Siddique and Anand Gopal).

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EASO COI Report. Individuals targeted under societal and legal norms
11 December 2017

This report is based on desk research of public, specialised paper-based and electronic sources. The main research was completed up until 30 November 2017. In addition, during the research, EASO researchers conducted extensive interviews with several field experts.

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EASO COI Report. Key socio-economic indicators, state protection, and mobility in Kabul City, in Mazar-e Sharif, and Herat City
23 August 2017

The report provides a general description of the socio-economic situation in three cities in Afghanistan – Kabul, Mazar-e Sharif and Herat – covering the following topics: economic growth; employment; poverty; food security; access to education; health care; housing; and coping strategies.

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EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Security situation
09 November 2016

The report aims to provide information which is relevant for international protection status determination (refugee status and subsidiary protection). In the first part, a general description is given of the security situation in Afghanistan and regional differences are highlighted. These are then explained in greater detail in the second part.

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EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Recruitement by armed groups
19 September 2016

This report is an update of the European Asylum Support Office’s (EASO) COI report “Afghanistan, Taliban strategies, recruitment”, first published in 2012.

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Albania

Algemene situatie
15 December 2022

Deze COI Focus geeft zicht op de actuele situatie in Albanië. De informatie in deze COI Focus loopt tot en met 24 november 2022.

Dit document is een actualisering van de gelijknamige COI Focus van 15 juni 2020.

Sinds jaren volgt Cedoca de situatie in Albanië op de voet. Informatie over de jaren vóór 2016 is, voor zover niet relevant, niet opgenomen in dit overzicht.

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