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Guidance

Syria: country policy and information notes

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

From:
UK Visas and Immigration
Published
9 December 2016
Last updated
1416 JulySeptember 2025 — See all updates

Documents

Country policy and information note: Alawites and actual or perceived Assadists, Syria, July 2025 (accessible)

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Country policy and information note: Alawites and actual or perceived Assadists, Syria, July 2025

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Country and policy information note: humanitarian situation, Syria, July 2025 (accessible)

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Country and policy information note: humanitarian situation, Syria, July 2025

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Country policy and information note: Kurds and Kurdish areas, Syria, July 2025 (accessible)

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Country policy and information note: Kurds and Kurdish areas, Syria, July 2025

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Country policy and information note: military service, Syria, July 2025 (accessible)

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Country policy and information note: military service, Syria, July 2025

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Country policy and information note: religious minorities, Syria, July 2025 (accessible)

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Country policy and information note: religious minorities, Syria, July 2025

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Country policy and information note: returnees after fall of Al-Assad regime, Syria, July 2025 (accessible)

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Country policy and information note: returnees after fall of Al-Assad regime, Syria, July 2025

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Country policy and information note: security situation, Syria, July 2025 (accessible)

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Country policy and information note: security situation, Syria, July 2025

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Details

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.

We are aware that these publications may have accessibility issues. We are reviewing them so that we can fix these.

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Updates to this page

Published 9 December 2016
Last updated 1416 JulySeptember 2025 + show all updates

  2. Published updated country policy and information notes for Syria.

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Update history

2025-09-16 17:54
Added accessible versions.

2025-07-14 12:33
Published updated country policy and information notes for Syria.

2022-06-30 10:53
Amendments to paragraph 2.4.2 of ‘returnees’ note.

2022-06-23 12:01
Accessible versions added.

2022-06-20 12:19
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.