COI Quality Standards in the case of Jordan LGBTIQ+ people
This NANSEN profile discusses the Country of Origin Information (COI) quality standards used by the Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (CGRS) to consider the fear of persecution of a gay man from Jordan because of his sexual orientation as unfounded.
Concept Note : language variations in the asylum procedure
The impact of language variation in the asylum procedure is vastly underrated, both during the asylum interview and in the further course of the asylum procedure. As a result, important factual information might be lost, which may compromise a reliable representation and evaluation of the application. This problem arises in particular when using world languages such as English, French or Arabic. This concept paper focuses specifically on the use of English as a contact language.