In December, Asylos and the Dutch Council for Refugees collectively printed two nation of origin info reviews on Russia, specializing in the treatment of military deserter and of political dissidents. These have been printed in response to 2 reviews by the European Union Agency for Asylum (‘EUAA’) on these points dated April and June 2022.
The EUAA is the EU physique accountable to publish nation of origin info reviews, offering the target proof utilized by EU member states to make their asylum choice. These reviews are basically the equal of the Country Policy and Information Notes (‘CPIN’) utilized by the Home Office in the UK.
Both the Asylos and the EUAA reviews make an fascinating and helpful learn, particularly contemplating that the CPIN paperwork printed by the Home Office on Russia should not notably up-to-date, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. And as reviews of many on the entrance line persevering with to abandon their posts over the previous couple of months and search asylum throughout the continent, asylum functions from former troopers might turn into extra frequent. At time of writing, there isn’t any CPIN out there on the Home Office web site masking the treatment of military deserters in Russia. In phrases of political dissidents, a CPIN is on the market here however it has restricted info on how the scenario modified following the invasion of Ukraine.
Treatment of military deserters
As defined in this earlier publish, Russian males fleeing…
