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Palestine: country policy and information notes

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

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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.

Updates to this page

Published 9 December 2016
Last updated 2 October 2025 show all updates
  1. Updated to change 'Occupied Palestinian Territories' to 'Palestine', and updated the 'Points to note' section in both documents.

  2. Updated country policy and information notes.

  3. Updated country policy and information notes.

  4. Information about the humanitarian situation in Gaza has been removed as it no longer accurately reflects the current situation.

  5. Occupied Palestininan Territories: the humanitarian situation in Gaza version 3.0 added.

  6. Added Home Office fact-finding mission report.

  7. Occupied Palestinian Territory (Gaza): security and humanitarian situation version 2.0 added.

  8. Background information, including actors of protection, and internal relocation published.

  9. 'Operational guidance note: Occupied Palestinian Territories, March 2013' and 'Country of origin information report: Occupied Palestinian Territories, 15 May 2012' removed.

  10. First published.

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