Ethiopia: country policy and information notes
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
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Country policy and information notes (previously known as country information and guidance reports) are used by UK Visas and Immigration officials to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
The notes also give information on asylum seekers’ countries of origin.
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Last updated 1 March 2024 + show all updates
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Updated the information for actors of protection.
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Accessible version of 'Background information, including internal relocation' added.
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Removed 'Country policy and information note: report of a Home Office fact-finding mission: the political situation, Ethiopia, February 2020' and 'Country policy and information note: Oromos including the ‘Oromo Protests’, Ethiopia, October 2019'.
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Information added about Oromos, the Oromo Liberation Front and the Oromo Liberation Army.
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Removed document "Country policy and information note: opposition to the government, Ethiopia, July 2020" as it is no longer current.
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Added document: "Country policy and information note: report of a Home Office fact-finding mission: the political situation, Ethiopia, February 2020"
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Removal of the Home Office fact-finding mission Ethiopia report - the political situation, February 2020.
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Updated the documents 'Actors of protection' and 'Background information, including internal relocation'.
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Updated opposition to the government CPIN.
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Home Office fact-finding mission Ethiopia report, the political situation added.
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Added new 'Country background note: Ethiopia' document.
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Replaced the Country Policy and Information Note Ethiopia: Oromos document.
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Updated to add Country policy and information note: opposition to the government, Ethiopia, August 2019
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New country policy and information note on Oromos including the ‘Oromo Protests’.
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Background note (including actors of protection and internal relocation) published.
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Updated guidance on opposition to the government.
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First published.