Guidance

Libya: 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鈥 countries of origin.

Updates to this page

Published 9 December 2016
Last updated 22 April 2025 show all updates
  1. Updated the county and policy information notes on the humanitarian and security situation in Libya.

  2. The following CPINs are out of date and have been removed: Actual or perceived supporters of former President Gaddafi, Libya, April 2019; Ethnic minority groups, Libya, February 2019; Women, Libya, January 2018.

  3. Updated security and humanitarian situation guidance.

  4. Updated country policy and information note: actual or perceived supporters of former President Gaddafi, Libya.

  5. Updated country policy and information note on ethnic minority groups.

  6. Updated to remove prison conditions document - now out of date

  7. Updated country policy and information note on women in Libya.

  8. Note on security and humanitarian situation added.

  9. Removal of security and humanitarian situation guidance.

  10. Updated guidance on 'Actual or perceived supporters of former President Gaddafi'.

  11. Updated country policy and information note on the security and humanitarian situation in Libya.

  12. First published.

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