The APCI Legacy: A Critical Assessment - Monitoring Home Office Country of Origin Information Products

This report is a study of the impact of the independent monitoring of the Advisory Panel on Country Information on raising the standards and quality of UKBA Country of Origin Service reports. The assessment consists of two distinct parts: an analysis of the work of the APCI and an analysis of limited sections of four COIS reports from a list of ‘Top 10’ refugee producing countries of origin. It is envisaged that findings and recommendations of this report will inform best practice of the new Independent Advisory Group on Country Information and of COIS. It is also intended that this project will inform stakeholders within the refugee status determination process about the quality and limitations of COIS reports.