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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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Updates to this page Published 9 December 2016
Last updated 20 December 2024
+show all updates 20 December 2024 Updated information on ethnic and religious minority groups published.
29 July 2024 Country policy and information note: Unaccompanied children, July 2024 has been published.
31 January 2024 Information on Hoa Hao Buddhism updated.
18 December 2023 Updated the country policy and information note on trafficking.
31 August 2023 Information on opposition to the state updated.
17 January 2023 Updated information on fear of illegal money lenders published.
9 February 2022 Updated country policy and information note: ethnic and religious groups, and added HTML accessible version.
30 September 2021 Added country policy and information note: unaccompanied children.
24 September 2021 CPIN on mental healthcare in Vietnam added (PDF format).
21 April 2020 Updated country policy and information note on trafficking, Vietnam for April 2020.
13 February 2020 Attached new guidance on Hoa Hao Buddhism.
11 September 2019 Report of fact-finding mission published.
19 December 2018 New country policy and information note on fear of illegal moneylenders.
17 September 2018 Updated country policy and information note on trafficking.
12 September 2018 New country policy and information note on the opposition to the state.
28 March 2018 Updated guidance on ethnic and religious minority groups published.
9 December 2016 First published.
