Syria: 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.
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Updates to this page
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Added accessible HTML version of the note on the humanitarian situation.
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Updated the note on the humanitarian situation in Syria to version 3.
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Added a new country policy and information note on criticism of the government.
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Added the country policy and information note: children, Syria, March 2026.
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Added the country policy and information note: religious minorities (excluding Alawites), Syria, February 2026.
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Added country policy and information notes on women, internal relocation and Kurds and Kurdish areas.
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Added accessible versions.
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Published updated country policy and information notes for Syria.
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Amendments to paragraph 2.4.2 of 'returnees' note.
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Accessible versions added.
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Added country policy and information notes on the humanitarian situation, returnees and security situation. Removed country policy and information note on the civil war, August 2020.
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Updated country policy and information note on Syrian Civil War.
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