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Welcome to the Site of the Country of Origin Information Unit of the Austrian Federal Asylum Office!
According to §60 of the Austrian Asylum Law 2005 a Country of Origin Information Unit was created at the Federal Asylum Office on January 1st, 2006.
In particular, the purpose of country records [by the Country of Origin Information Unit] shall be to gather relevant facts for:
- assessing whether facts exist which allow for the conclusion that there is a danger of persecution in a certain country as defined in the present federal act;
- assessing the credibility of the statements by the asylum seekers and
- deciding whether a certain country is safe within the meaning of art. 39 (safe country of origin) or of art. 4 (safe third country)
In the database of the Austrian Federal Asylum Office (in cooperation with the Red Cross/ACCORD - www.ecoi.net) you will find a comprehensive collection of all relevant and up-to-date documents regarding country of origin information.
Access
If you are interested in getting access to the database of the Country of Origin Information Unit, please refer to the mentioned contact details or fill in the following form: [Form
in Word-format].
For 6 months of access an administrative fee of 60 Euro will be charged. For any further information please do not hesitate to contact us.
Contact
Federal Asylum Office,
Department for Legal
and Dublin Affairs,
Country of Origin Information
Unit (Staatendokumentation)
Landstrasser Hauptstr. 171
A-1030 Vienna, Austria
Tel: +43 1 53126 5978
Fax: +43 1 53126 5982
BMI-BAA-Staatendokumentation@bmi.gv.at