EASO Country of Origin Information Report: Eritrea – National service and illegal exit

The EASO COI Portal is a gateway to Country of Origin Information (COI) produced by EU+ states and EASO in the context of asylum procedures. It also provides selected COI authored by EU institutions, such as the European Parliament and the External Action Service (EEAS).

COI produced by other organisations (non-governmental organisations, international organisations, research institutes, etc.) is not collected in the Portal since such information can be easily accessed via other complementary platforms such as ecoi.net or Refworld.

It provides carefully selected information on countries of origin to assist asylum practitioners (COI researchers, caseworkers, decisions and policy makers, lawyers, legal aid providers and judges). It allows users to be updated on COI events and publications and on COI workshops or conferences organised by EASO.

EASO COI Portal, was launched in early 2016.The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) published a Country of Origin Information (COI) Report entitled 'Eritrea – National service and illegal exit' in December 2016. The report is an update of the 2015 EASO COI Report Eritrea Country Focus.

It provided an overview on aspects related to national service and illegal exit in Eritrea relevant to international protection status determination of Eritrean applicants. In the first ten months of 2016, Eritrea ranked 7th in the top countries of origin in EU+ countries, with a total of 31 416 applicants.

• Primary Source

EASO: Information and Analysis https://www.easo.europa.eu/information-analysis

EU Bookshop: Find EASO publications through the EU Bookshop. Search for subject then refine by author (EASO) http://publications.europa.eu/en/search-results

EASO: Country of Origin Information Reports https://www.easo.europa.eu/information-analysis/country-origin-information/country-reports

EASO: EASO COI Portal https://coi.easo.europa.eu/

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