asked Her Majesty's Government:

Why the travel problems of inhabitants of Abkhazia are not mentioned in the Country of Origin Information Service (COIS) reports on either Georgia or Russia; and whether they will incorporate the information about such problems supplied by Professor George Hewitt of the School of Oriental and African Studies in future editions of COIS reports.[HL5359]

The Country of Origin Information Service (COIS) publishes COI reports for the 20 countries that generate the most asylum claims. For other countries, such as Russia and Georgia, COIS publishes COI key documents which provide a brief country profile and an index of key external source documents (produced by a wide range of reliable organisations such as the United Nations, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch).

The current Russia and Georgia key documents list external source documents that provide information on freedom of movement for Abkhazians. The COIS will consider including information that Professor Hewitt has supplied in updates of the COI key documents.