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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
What would #AsylumResearch look like without reliable Country of Origin Information #COI? Probably very different, and much harder to do. At #Asylos, good COI is at the heart of our research & ecoi.net is one of the main resources. This year, ecoi.net turns 25! This is how they support our work👇
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🤔 Want to hear more before applying for our Funding & Grants Manager role? Join our free info session (14 Sept) or application guidance session (22 Sept). We especially welcome applicants with #livedexperience of #asylum, #displacement or #migration. All details ➡️ asylos.org/funding-gran...
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
After 15 years, we're sharing what we stand for next... Asylum systems under attack. AI reshaping decisions. Legal aid collapsing. Our new 2026-2031 #Strategy sharpens our purpose: 👉 Equitable access to protection through relevant and reliable country information #COI. ✅ asylos.org/strategy/
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Asylos is seeking U.S. immigration lawyers & DOJ-accredited reps to volunteer with our Research Standards Support (RSS) Team. Help strengthen #asylum #COI #research & fair decision-making. 🕒 2 - 4 hrs/week | Remote 📧 salma.fayad@asylos.org 🌍 asylos.org/volunteer-re...
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🤔 Want to hear more before applying for our Funding & Grants Manager role? Join our free info session (14 Sept) or application guidance session (22 Sept). We especially welcome applicants with #livedexperience of #asylum, #displacement or #migration. All details ➡️ asylos.org/funding-gran...
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
We're #hiring a Funding & Grants Manager (part-time, remote from UK/Spain/NL) to help grow the funding behind our volunteer research network supporting people seeking #asylum. £40k–£45k FTE, 2 days/week. Apply by 29 Sept: asylos.org/funding-gran... #CharityJobs #Fundraising
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Our 2025 #AnnualReport is live 📢 🔹 70 case-specific reports completed 🔹59 Home Office CPINs reviewed 🔹172 practitioners trained 🔹~9,774 asylum seekers assisted 🔹7,834 downloads Evidence-based asylum decisions start here. Read the full report 👇 asylos.org/wp-content/u...
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Hear about #AsylosStrategy from our Co-Directors Jo Pettitt & Carolina Albuerne. Find out more about it ➡️ lnkd.in/e5c3vN35 🌍 We are a skilled network standing together for protection decisions based on evidence. This is the foundational cornerstone of our new 2026-2031 strategy.
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
After 15 years, we're sharing what we stand for next... Asylum systems under attack. AI reshaping decisions. Legal aid collapsing. Our new 2026-2031 #Strategy sharpens our purpose: 👉 Equitable access to protection through relevant and reliable country information #COI. ✅ asylos.org/strategy/
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
New project page on #Vietnam is live! The report tackles gaps in #CountryofOriginInformation on #humantrafficking, covering exploitation, risk factors & access to support for trafficked & re-trafficked people. ➡️ Read more and share your feedback here: asylos.org/human-traffi...
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Great to see our Programme Managers Fatima and Emily at the #TalentforGood Forum 2026; a brilliant turnout of graduates and students, with so much curiosity about #Asylos and the impact of our work. The feedback was fantastic. Interested in #volunteering with us? asylos.org/volunteer/
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Big news! 🎉 The Asylos Network is gathering near Amsterdam, June 12th-14th for the #AllAsylosConference 2026. Strategy into action, anti-racism in practice, and a big focus on our Network; the motor of it all. Three days, one team, lots of good energy. Can't wait. 🥳 #AllAsylos26 #AsylosGathering
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
We'll be at the #TalentForGood Forum in The Hague! A day of workshops, panels & networking for young professionals building impact-driven careers. Come and explore opportunities in human rights & beyond. 📅 4 June 📍 Hague Uni of Applied Sciences Register: www.humanityhub.org/talent-for-g...
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Talent for Good Forum 4 June 2026
The Talent for Good Forum is an immersive experience designed to give you the skills and connections to navigate the next steps in your career.
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
📹 Now available to watch | Online Seminar: "#Vietnam: Country of Origin Information on #HumanTrafficking, Vulnerabilities, and Protection". Hosted by the Human Trafficking Research Network (HTRN). 🔗 Watch the seminar here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6P4... #CountryOfOriginInformation #COI
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HTRN online seminar 4
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Access our NEW resource: Principles for Conducting #HumanTrafficking-related #COI. Guidance for lawyers, NGOs & decision-makers conducting COI research on trafficking themes, published alongside our new Human Trafficking in Vietnam report. 🔗 Download the Principles doc: asylos.org/thematic-pri...
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
📢 Download our thematic report on #HumanTrafficking in #Vietnam and our newly published Principles for Conducting Trafficking-related #COI: 🔗 Vietnam report: asylos.org/vietnam-traf... 🔗 Principles document: asylos.org/thematic-pri...
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
New research 👉 #HumanTrafficking in #Vietnam: Patterns of exploitation, risk factors, and access to support. Addressing #COI information gaps for legal reps & anti-trafficking practitioners in the UK asylum field. 🔗 Download here: www.asylos.org/vietnam-trafficking-2026-report
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
📢 New policy paper from @WiRL_Network and Asylos. 💡 ‘The Impact of ‘Safe Country’ Concepts on Women Seeking Asylum in the UK’: asylos.org/impact-safe-... 🖊️ Christel Querton (WiRL Network) and Emily Wilbourn (Asylos). 👏 Thanks to all those who collaborated on this project. #womeninrefugeelaw
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
🚨 New Asylos Spotlight Series’ Report: The Situation in #ElFasher, #Sudan. After an 18-month siege, the RSF seized the city in Oct25, triggering documented mass atrocities. Read the full report: asylos.org/spotlight-su... #RefugeeProtection #Darfur #AsylumLaw #COI
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
📢 New Asylos' Spotlight Report Series, to proactively address #COI gaps in #asylum procedures. 2nd report: #ElFasher, #Sudan. Documents mass atrocities after Oct 2025 RSF takeover: 100,000 displaced. Systematic violence & killing. Communications blackout. Full report: asylos.org/spotlight-su...
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
📢 NEW Asylos’ open-access research: #Taliban's "Vice and Virtue" law impact on #Afghanmen. 50%+ of detentions = beard/hair violations. Men face arbitrary detention, flogging, job loss for non-compliance with appearance rules. Access the report & its sources ➡️ asylos.org/afghanistan-...
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
AsyLex & Asylos are teaming up to help access to reliable asylum legal information, building a collaborative hub where expert orgs contribute & users get trusted info instantly. +INFO: Join our webinar Weds Jan 28th - 12h BST / 13h CET Register here: forms.gle/aZSRizG9yJNu... #RightsInExileCOI
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
📢 NEW Asylos’ open-access research: #Taliban's "Vice and Virtue" law impact on #Afghanmen. 50%+ of detentions = beard/hair violations. Men face arbitrary detention, flogging, job loss for non-compliance with appearance rules. Access the report & its sources ➡️ asylos.org/afghanistan-...
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
AsyLex & Asylos are teaming up to help access to reliable asylum legal information, building a collaborative hub where expert orgs contribute & users get trusted info instantly. +INFO: Join our webinar Weds Jan 28th - 12h BST / 13h CET Register here: forms.gle/aZSRizG9yJNu... #RightsInExileCOI
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Asylos turns 15! 🎉 From a small #COI community to a volunteer-led model supporting hundreds of legal advisors and asylum seekers with reliable evidence. 2026 brings new strategy, new roles, same mission. Read our Trustees' blog ➡️ asylos.org/looking-back...
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
🎉 AsyLex & Asylos are partnering to transform #COI for asylum cases. We're enhancing the #RightsInExile platform, combining COI expertise with digital management, to create an accessible, expert-led resource hub. Join our webinar to find out more! Register ➡️ forms.gle/aZSRizG9yJNu...
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Happy New Year from Asylos! 🎊 Here's to 2026 - another year of supporting asylum seekers through quality #COI research, dedicated volunteers, and evidence-based decision-making. Thank you to everyone in our network who makes this vital work possible. #HappyNewYear #AsylumRights #RefugeeSupport
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
📢 We're hiring for a 2nd post! Asylos also seeks a Network Coordinator (part-time, remote UK/NL/ES). Support our 50+ volunteer researchers doing vital asylum research. Apply ➡️ asylos.org/job-advert-n... #JobOpportunity #HumanRights
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
📢 We're hiring! Programme Manager – Network Research (part-time, remote UK/NL/ES). Lead our volunteer network producing #COI research for asylum seekers. We encourage applications from people with #livedexperience of displacement. Apply ➡️ asylos.org/job-advert-p...
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
📢 We're hiring for a 2nd post! Asylos also seeks a Network Coordinator (part-time, remote UK/NL/ES). Support our 50+ volunteer researchers doing vital asylum research. Apply ➡️ asylos.org/job-advert-n... #JobOpportunity #HumanRights
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
📢 We're hiring! Programme Manager – Network Research (part-time, remote UK/NL/ES). Lead our volunteer network producing #COI research for asylum seekers. We encourage applications from people with #livedexperience of displacement. Apply ➡️ asylos.org/job-advert-p...
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
🚀 Excited to announce our webinar on the enhanced #COI section of Rights in Exile—a partnership between AsyLex & Asylos! 📅 Jan 28th | 12h BST/13h CET Learn how experts are transforming access to Country of Origin Information. Register➡️ forms.gle/aZSRizG9yJNu... #RightsInExile
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
June 6th workshop brought together experts & people with #livedexperience of #migration #exploitation. Result 👉 a #CallToAction for recognising lived experience as #expertise. 📖 Read & sign to commit: asylos.org/call-to-acti... #LivedExperienceMatters
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
🚀 Excited to announce our webinar on the enhanced #COI section of Rights in Exile—a partnership between AsyLex & Asylos! 📅 Jan 28th | 12h BST/13h CET Learn how experts are transforming access to Country of Origin Information. Register➡️ forms.gle/aZSRizG9yJNu... #RightsInExile
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
June 6th workshop brought together experts & people with #livedexperience of #migration #exploitation. Result 👉 a #CallToAction for recognising lived experience as #expertise. 📖 Read & sign to commit: asylos.org/call-to-acti... #LivedExperienceMatters
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
🔍 In case you missed it... New Asylos’ open access report examines #China's loan shark crisis, corruption & #trafficking survivor support. Read the full report ➡️ asylos.org/china-loan-s... #ChinaCOI #HumanRights #ModernSlavery
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Who should shape asylum policy? The people affected by it. Sounds obvious. Rarely happens. Asylos & HTRN's #CallToAction outlines practical steps for genuine inclusion of #LivedExperience in research & policy. 📖 Read & sign: asylos.org/call-to-acti... #LivedExperienceMatters #Migration
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
About the #Statelessness & #Innovation conference last week. 100+ people in Berlin to reimagine solutions. Community voices in majority. Innovation labs explored tech solutions, community lawyering, & intersectional justice. Read the full story: www.statelessness.eu/updates/blog...
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Building Power Through Collective Action: Reflecting on our Statelessness & Innovation Conference
A conference born from solidarity  The Berlin conference was born from a remarkable show of solidarity by Statefree co-founder and ENS Trustee, Christiana Bukalo. Christiana reached out to me in March...
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
🎓 LAST SEATS! Register now for free #COI research training webinars with us & @refugeeaction.bsky.social this December. 📌1 Dec - Fundamentals of COI 📌3 Dec - Disability-Specific COI 📌10 Dec - Child-Specific COI For legal reps, OISC caseworkers & COI researchers ➡️ 👉 asylos.org/december-202...
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
About the #Statelessness & #Innovation conference last week. 100+ people in Berlin to reimagine solutions. Community voices in majority. Innovation labs explored tech solutions, community lawyering, & intersectional justice. Read the full story: www.statelessness.eu/updates/blog...
statelessness.eu
Building Power Through Collective Action: Reflecting on our Statelessness & Innovation Conference
A conference born from solidarity  The Berlin conference was born from a remarkable show of solidarity by Statefree co-founder and ENS Trustee, Christiana Bukalo. Christiana reached out to me in March...
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Have you read our new trustee Yigit Aksakoglu's blog? “Why I Joined the Board of Asylos”. This is not only a new responsibility but also a deeply personal commitment for me ➡️ asylos.org/welcoming-th... So great to have you on board! 🎉
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
🚨 #China's illegal lending crisis: violent debt collection & inadequate police protection for female #trafficked returnees. Our report (2017-2025) provides essential #COI for practitioners supporting Chinese #asylumseekers For download ➡️ asylos.org/china-loan-s... #ChinaCOI
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China: Loan Shark Activities, Police Protection and Corruption, and support, including mental health, to female returnee victims of trafficking - Asylos
Research report examining loan sharks in China, police corruption, and barriers to mental health support for returned trafficking victims.
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Who knows the asylum system best? People who've been through it. Who shapes policy? Often everyone BUT them. Change this. 📖 Read & sign to commit: asylos.org/call-to-acti... #LivedExperienceMatters
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
🎓 LAST SEATS! Register now for free #COI research training webinars with us & @refugeeaction.bsky.social this December. 📌1 Dec - Fundamentals of COI 📌3 Dec - Disability-Specific COI 📌10 Dec - Child-Specific COI For legal reps, OISC caseworkers & COI researchers ➡️ 👉 asylos.org/december-202...
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
📢 New Asylos #ChinaCOI report on loan shark operations with interest rates up to 6,000%, corruption & gaps in #trafficking survivor support, specially women. Essential for legal practitioners working with Chinese #asylumseekers. Read the full report ➡️ asylos.org/china-loan-s...
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Who knows the asylum system best? People who've been through it. Who shapes policy? Often everyone BUT them. Change this. 📖 Read & sign to commit: asylos.org/call-to-acti... #LivedExperienceMatters
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Our #COI analysis challenges UK HomeOffice's assumptions on #Afghanistan (Fear of #Taliban V4.0/V5.0). ❌ Country information doesn't support that there're no risks to former government officials 📊 Reporting gaps matter Download: asylos.org/afghanistan-... #AfghanistanFearOfTaliban #COIAfghanistan
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
🚨 #China's illegal lending crisis: violent debt collection & inadequate police protection for female #trafficked returnees. Our report (2017-2025) provides essential #COI for practitioners supporting Chinese #asylumseekers For download ➡️ asylos.org/china-loan-s... #ChinaCOI
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China: Loan Shark Activities, Police Protection and Corruption, and support, including mental health, to female returnee victims of trafficking - Asylos
Research report examining loan sharks in China, police corruption, and barriers to mental health support for returned trafficking victims.
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
📢 New Asylos #ChinaCOI report on loan shark operations with interest rates up to 6,000%, corruption & gaps in #trafficking survivor support, specially women. Essential for legal practitioners working with Chinese #asylumseekers. Read the full report ➡️ asylos.org/china-loan-s...
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Asylos @asylos.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Our #COI analysis challenges UK HomeOffice's assumptions on #Afghanistan (Fear of #Taliban V4.0/V5.0). ❌ Country information doesn't support that there're no risks to former government officials 📊 Reporting gaps matter Download: asylos.org/afghanistan-... #AfghanistanFearOfTaliban #COIAfghanistan
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