Africa Team

This page displays the volunteer coordinators and researchers of the Africa team.

Maria Rosaria Torrisi

Maria Rosaria Torrisi is an Africa team researcher. She has a background in International Crimes and Criminology. Read more

Teris Wetter is an Africa team researcher, she currently works as Program Manager for Circles of Care, reuniting high needs youth with their community. She is passionate about working towards reconciliation in Canada through harm-reduction and community care. Read more

Pauline Vidal

Pauline Vidal is an Africa team researcher. She is the Research Facilitator of the Refugee-Led Research Hub (RLRH) in East Africa, an initiative of the Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford. At RLRH, she provides training and mentorship to refugee researchers, and supports the implementation of a study on Refugee-Led Organisations in East Africa (RLOs). Read more

Michelle Adormaa Owusu

Michelle Adormaa Owusu's is an Africa team researcher, her work experience includes teaching English in Iraqi Kurdistan, Georgia and Somaliland and working in international law and Canadian immigration law. Read more

Agathe Menetrier

Agathe Menetrier is one of our Africa Team Coordinators. She wrote a PhD thesis on UNHCR resettlement for LGBT West Africans. Her fieldwork brought her to Dakar, Nouakchott and Banjul. Read more

Lisa Incledon

Lisa Incledon is one of Asylos' Africa Team Coordinators. She is a caseworker at a charity in London which supports immigration detainees with health needs. Read more

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Carol Bohmer

Carol Bohmer, is an Asia and America's team researcher. She is a lawyer and sociologist, a retired academic, currently a Visiting Scholar in the Government Department at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.
Maria Rosaria Torrisi

Maria Rosaria Torrisi is an Africa team researcher. She has a background in International Crimes and Criminology.
Russia/CIS Team

This page displays the volunteer coordinators and researchers of the Russia/CIS team.
MENA team

This page displays the volunteer coordinators and researchers of the MENA team.

Afghanistan COI Repository

This page contains extensive and current Country of Origin Information (COI) about Afghanistan, including on the security situation, medical care, livelihoods, IDPs, women, children and targeted groups.
Ukraine COI Repository

This page contains current Country of Origin Information (COI) about stateless, at risk of statelessness, and/or undocumented people in Ukraine. The repository covers persecution, medical care, documentation, freedom of movement, military service, livelihood, IDPs, women, children and targeted groups.
about us

Asylos researchers use investigative research techniques to access country of origin information and help refugees claim their right to asylum.
volunteer

Can you spare two hours per week? Join one of our research teams and help us research information for asylum claims.
Iran COI Repository

This page contains current Country of Origin Information (COI) about the situation of asylum seekers from Afghanistan in Iran, including on the security situation, documentation (visas/passports), medical care, livelihood, women, children and targeted groups.
meet the team

Asylos's 100 volunteers are organised into regional teams and supported by dedicated staff and consultants, a board of trustees and the advisory committee.
We're recruiting an Operations Assistant

Asylos is looking for an ambitious Operations Assistant based In the Netherlands or the UK with attention to detail and a passion for human rights and asylum. The application deadline is 12 June 2022.
Pakistan COI Repository

This page contains current Country of Origin Information (COI) about the situation of asylum seekers from Afghanistan in Pakistan, including on the security situation, documentation (visas/passports), medical care, livelihood, women, children and targeted groups.
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Your fundraising can help us conduct research for refugees. Make a donation today to help us give all asylum seekers and refugees the evidence they need to prove their claims and live in safety.
albania: trafficked boys and young men

This report addresses a major gap in the COI literature and contributes to a more transparent and informed debate about young male victims of trafficking from Albania.