Uk Visas Immigration Details 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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Published 9 December 2016
Last updated 17 October 2023
+show all updates 17 October 2023 Information about women fearing gender-based harm or violence, September 2018, has been removed because it is out of date.
15 September 2023 Added information on unsuccessful asylum seekers.
16 June 2023 Removed information on 'Unsuccessful asylum seekers' and 'Opposition to government' as it is out of date.
15 January 2020 Added Country Policy and Information Note: Unsuccessful asylum seekers, Democratic Republic of Congo, January 2020.
21 November 2019 Replaced the Democratic Republic of Congo - Opposition to Government document.
30 January 2019 Added a new document: Democratic Republic of Congo: Unsuccessful asylum seekers
21 September 2018 Replaced 'Women fearing gender-based harm or violence, Democratic Republic of the Congo, June 2017' with 2018 version.
7 September 2018 Updated the opposition to the government document.
20 June 2017 New country policy information note on women fearing gender-based harm or violence.
20 February 2017 Removal of the country of origin information report for the Democratic Republic of Congo, 9 March 2012.
9 December 2016 First published.
