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  Cover to the magasin Refugees nr. 134, 2004.

Country of origin information

Afghanistan

July 2009

UNHCR's Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of asylum/seekers from Afghanistan

December 2007

UNHCR's Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Afghan asylum/seekers

September 2006

Afghanistan Situation Operational Update

May 2006

Economic and Social Rights in Afghanistan - Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission

May 2006

Humanitarian Consideration with regard to Return to Afghanistan

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Angola

Januray 2004

UNHCR Position on Return of Rejected Asylum-seekers to Angola

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Colombia

March 2005

International Protection Consideration Regarding Colombian Asylum-Seekers and Refugees

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Cote D´Ivorie/Ivory Coast

Update on international protection needs of asylum-seekers from Cote D´Ivoire

UNHCR Position on the Return of Rejected Asylum-seekers to Cote D'Ivoire

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Eritrea

April 2009

UNHCR ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES - Eritrea

UNHCR eligibility guidelines for assessing the international protection needs of asylum-seekers from Eritrea.

UNHCR Country Briefing Folder on Eritrea

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Greece

December 2009

Observations on Greece as a country of asylum

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Iraq

April 2009

UNHCR Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Iraqi Asylum-Seekers

This paper replaces UNHCR’s position regarding the international protection needs of asylum-seekers from Iraq, set out originally in UNHCR Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Iraqi Asylum-Seekers (“Eligibility Guidelines”)1 and its Addendum to UNHCR’s Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Iraqi Asylum-Seekers (“Addendum”),2 issued in August and December 2007 respectively. While these documents may still be consulted for archival purposes, they are all hereby superseded accordingly.

December 2007

UNHCR's Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Iraqi Asylum-seekers

These Guidelines complement the UNHCR Return Advisory and Position on International Protection Needs of Iraqis Outside Iraq dated 18 December 2006 (Corr. April 2007).

Augusti 2007

UNHCR's Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Iraqi Asylum-seekers

Assimilation, Exodus, Eradication:
Iraq’s minority communities since 2003
by Preti Taneja, published by Minority Rights Group International

December 2006

UNHCR Return Advisory and Position on International Protection Needs of Iraqis Outside Iraq

October 2005

Guidelines Relating to the Eligibility of Iraqi Asylum-Seekers

October 2005

Country of origin information Iraq

October 2005

Background Information on the Situation of Non-Muslim Religious Minorities in Iraq

September 2004

UNHCR Return Advisory Regarding Iraqi Asylum Seekers and Refugees

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Japan

February 2006

Refugees and asylum-seekers

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Lebanon

November 15, 2006

UNHCR Position on the international protection needs of asylum-seekers from Lebanon displaced as a result of the recent conflict

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Liberia

August 2005

UNHCR’s position on the treatment of Liberian asylum seekers and return to Liberia

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Kosovo

November 2009

UNHCR’s Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Individuals from Kosovo

March 2005

UNHCR Position on the Continued International Protection Needs of Individuals from Kosovo

August 2004

UNHCR Position on the Continued International Protection Needs of Individuals from Kosovo

June 2005

Update on the Kosovo Roma, Ashkaelia, Egyptian, Serb, Bosniak, Gorani and Albanian Communities in a Minority Situation

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Serbia

August 2004

The Possibility of Applying the Internal Flight or Relocation Alternative Within Serbia and Montenegro to Certain Persons Originating from Kosovo and Belonging to Ethnic Minorities There

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Somalia

January 2008

UNHCR Country Briefing Folder on Somalia

The Country Briefing Folders contain general background information, information relating to the legal context of the country, human rights, international protection considerations regarding particular groups, and additional information.

November 2005

UNHCR Advisory on the Return of Somali Nationals to Somalia

Janury 2004

UNHCR Position on the Return of Rejected Asylum-Seekers to Somalia

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Sri Lanka

July 2009

Note on the Applicability of the 2009 Sri Lanka Guidelines

April 2009

UNHCR ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES - Sri Lanka

UNHCR eligibility guidelines for assessing the international protection needs of asylum-seekers from Sri Lanka.

December 2006

UNHCR position on the internation protection needs of asylum seekers from Sri Lanka

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Sudan

February 2006

UNHCR’s position on Sudanese asylum-seekers from Darfur

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Togo

August 2006

Update on International Protection Needs of Asylum-Seekers From Togo

August 2005

UNHCR’s position on the treatment of asylum seekers from Togo

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Uzbekistan, Republic of

March 2006

International Protection Considerations Regarding Asylum-Seekers and Refugees From the Republic of Uzbekistan

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