Guidance

Kenya: country policy and information notes

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

Documents

Country policy and information note: female genital mutilation (FGM), Kenya, June 2021

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Country policy and information note: Internal relocation, May 2020

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Country background note: Kenya, May 2020

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Country policy and information note: actors of protection, May 2020

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Country policy and information note: sexual orientation and gender identity, Kenya, April 2020

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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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Published 9 December 2016
Last updated 11 June 2021 + show all updates
  1. Information on female genital mutilation updated.

  2. New country policy and information note: Internal relocation, May 2020.

  3. Added new country background note.

  4. New country policy and information note on actors of protection, May 2020.

  5. Updated country policy and information note: sexual orientation and gender identity, Kenya, April 2020.

  6. New country policy and information note on background information, including actors of protection and internal relocation.

  7. New report on female genital mutilation (FGM).

  8. Updated guidance on 'sexual orientation and gender identity'.

  9. 'Country of origin information report: Kenya, May 2013' removed.

  10. 'Operational guidance note: Kenya, December 2013' removed.

  11. First published.