European Country of Origin Information Network

Founded by ACCORD (Austria), Informationsverbund Asyl (Germany) and the Swiss Refugee Council (Switzerland), ecoi.net collects and structures country resources with a specific focus on the needs of asylum lawyers, professional and volunteer refugee counsels as well as persons deciding on claims for asylum or other forms of international protection.
Its website proposes many ressources around a dozen of countries of origin of migrants towards Europe, ressources about migration policies in Europe, annual and special reports as well as appeals and news releases.

Electronic Immigration Network

EIN is charity providing information on UK immigration and refugee law via the Internet. EIN also contains information on immigration/asylum issues and caselaw from the European Union and selected documents from other English-speaking jurisdictions.
The site comprises two main areas: The Members’ Site and The Public Site. The Members’ Site is aimed primarily at immigration law practitioners and advisors and contains extensive information on legislation, caselaw and countries of origin (provided by HJT). It also contains extensive resources relevant to the immigration professional. The Public Site contains general resources and links for asylum seekers and immigrants, students, journalists and others with an interest in immigration and asylum.

International Thesaurus of Refugee Terminology

The ITRT is designed to facilitate information retrieval and exchange. In print since 1988, the Thesaurus is now available as an interactive and searchable tool online, in English, French and Spanish.

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre

The site of the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre is an information tool designed to complement already available sources of humanitarian information both in the field and at the global level. The country profiles offer a more holistic and historical understanding of the situation of internal displacement. The database regularly updates over 50 country profiles. The website also includes other publications such as training information in downloadable modules, detailed maps and statistics and alerts available by email. Site also available in French and Spanish.

Forced Migration Online

Forced Migration Online (FMO), based at the RSC provides access to a wide variety of online resources dealing with the situation of forced migrants worldwide.
As well as an introductory guide to forced migration for visitors who are new to the subject, the website contains: a searchable digital library consisting of full-text documents that can be read online or printed out; a searchable catalogue with descriptions of and links to Internet-based resources; a series of geographic and thematic research guides; and an organizations directory.

Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch is made up of over 150 dedicated lawyers, journalists, academics, and country experts supported by a cadre of volunteers. The group tracks developments in countries, monitors both governments and rebels and does research into issues such as women’s rights, children’s rights and LGBT rights.
The website has articles, briefing papers and publications online which can be searched by countries or themes. It also contains audio and visual resources. Website is available in Portuguese, Spanish, French, Russian, German, Chinese and Arabic.