The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) is an alliance of 127 NGOs across 40 European countries established in 1974.[1] ECRE’s mission is to protect and advance the rights of refugees, asylum seekers, and other forcibly displaced persons in Europe and in Europe’s external policies.[2]
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| Founded | 1974 |
|---|---|
| Type | Non-profit |
| Headquarters | Secretariat in Brussels |
| Location |
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| Services | Protecting and advancing the rights of refugees, asylum seekers, and other forcibly displaced persons in Europe and in Europe’s external policies. |
| Fields | |
Members | 127 Member Organisations |
Director | Catherine Woollard |
| Website | https://ecre.org/ |
History
editThe European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) is an alliance of 127 NGOs across 40 European countries established in 1974.[3] ECRE also has international partnerships with organisations not based in Europe.[3]
It has developed and continues to manage the Asylum Information Database (AIDA), the European Database of Asylum Law (EDAL) and the European Legal Network on Asylum (ELENA).[1]
Members
editMember organisations include:
| Region | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Central Europe | Asylkoordination Österreich | Austria |
| Central Europe | Diakonie in Österreich | Austria |
| Central Europe | Plattform Asyl – FÜR MENSCHEN RECHTE | Austria |
| Central Europe | Centre for Refugee Support | Belarus |
| Central Europe | Organization for Aid to Refugees (OPU)
– Organizace Pro Pomoc Uprchlíkům (OPU) |
Czech Republic |
| Central Europe | Afghan LGBT Organization (ALO) | Czech Republic |
| Central Europe | Caritas Germany | Germany |
| Central Europe | Der Paritätische Gesamtverband | Germany |
| Central Europe | Diakonie Deutschland | Germany |
| Central Europe | PRO ASYL | Germany |
| Central Europe | Female Fellows | Germany |
| Central Europe | Terre des Hommes (TDH) Germany
– Hilfe für Kinder in Not |
Germany |
| Central Europe | International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) | Germany |
| Central Europe | Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO) | Germany |
| Central Europe | Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC)
– Magyar Helsinki Bizottság |
Germany |
| Central Europe | Menedék – Hungarian Association for Migrants
– Menedék – Migránsokat Segítő Egyesület |
Germany |
| Central Europe | Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR)
– Helsińska Fundacja Praw Człowieka |
Poland |
| Central Europe | Association for Legal Intervention
– Stowarzyszenie Interwencji Prawnej |
Poland |
| Central Europe | Ocalenie Foundation
– Fundacja Ocalenie |
Poland |
| Central Europe | Human Rights League Slovakia | Poland |
| Central Europe | Slovak Humanitarian Council (SHR)
– Slovenská Humanitná Rada (SHR) |
Slovakia |
| Central Europe | Swiss Refugee Council (SFH)
– Schweizerische Flüchtlingshilfe (SFH) |
Slovakia |
| Central Europe | Swiss Refugee Council (SFH)
– Schweizerische Flüchtlingshilfe (SFH) |
Switzerland |
| Central Europe | AsyLex | Switzerland |
| Central Europe | Right to Protection (R2P)
– Право на захист |
Ukraine |
| Central Europe | The Tenth of April (TTA)
– Десяте Квітня |
Ukraine |
| Western Europe – Ireland, UK, Benelux – International | Flemish Refugee Action
– Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen |
Belgium |
| Western Europe – Ireland, UK, Benelux – International | Flemish Refugee Action
– Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen |
Belgium |
| Western Europe – Ireland, UK, Benelux – International | NANSEN | Belgium |
| Western Europe – Ireland, UK, Benelux – International | Active Citizen Europe (ACE) | Belgium |
| Western Europe – Ireland, UK, Benelux – International | Oxfam EU Office | Belgium |
| Western Europe – Ireland, UK, Benelux – International | SOLIDAR | Belgium |
| Western Europe – Ireland, UK, Benelux – International | Churches' Commission for Migrants in Europe and Conference of European Churches (CCME&CEC) | International |
| Western Europe – Ireland, UK, Benelux – International | Caritas Europa | International
(Belgium) |
| Western Europe – Ireland, UK, Benelux – International | International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) | International
(Belgium) |
| Western Europe – Ireland, UK, Benelux – International | International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) | International
(Belgium) |
| Western Europe – Ireland, UK, Benelux – International | Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Europe | International
(Belgium) |
| Western Europe – Ireland, UK, Benelux – International | Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) Europe | International
(Belgium) |
| Western Europe – Ireland, UK, Benelux – International | Voicify | International
(Belgium) |
| Western Europe – Ireland, UK, Benelux – International | Irish Refugee Council | Ireland |
| Western Europe – Ireland, UK, Benelux – International | Caritas Luxembourg | Luxembourg |
| Western Europe – Ireland, UK, Benelux – International | Passerell | Luxembourg |
| Western Europe – Ireland, UK, Benelux – International | Dutch Council for Refugees (DCFR)
– VluchtelingenWerk Nederland |
The Netherlands |
| Western Europe – Ireland, UK, Benelux – International | University Assistance Fund (UAF)
– Stichting voor Vluchteling-Studenten (UAF) |
The Netherlands |
| Western Europe – Ireland, UK, Benelux – International | British Red Cross | United Kingdom |
| Western Europe – Ireland, UK, Benelux – International | British Refugee Council | United Kingdom |
| Western Europe – Ireland, UK, Benelux – International | Immigration Law Practitioners' Association (ILPA) | United Kingdom |
| Western Europe – Ireland, UK, Benelux – International | Scottish Refugee Council | United Kingdom |
| Western Europe – Ireland, UK, Benelux – International | Student Action for Refugees (STAR) | United Kingdom |
| Mediterranean | Cyprus Refugee Council (CyRC) | Cyprus |
| Mediterranean | Refugee Rights Association (RRA)
– Mülteci Hakları Derneği (MHD) |
Cyprus (Northern) |
| Mediterranean | Forum Réfugiés | France |
| Mediterranean | Emmaus Europe | France |
| Mediterranean | France terre d'asile | France |
| Mediterranean | Entraide Pierre Valdo | France |
| Mediterranean | French Refugee Council | France |
| Mediterranean | Safe Passage France | France |
| Mediterranean | Greek Council for Refugees (GCR)
– Ελληνικό Συμβούλιο για τους Πρόσφυγες (ΕΣΠ) |
Greece |
| Mediterranean | Solidarity Now | Greece |
| Mediterranean | Fenix – Humanitarian Legal Aid | Greece |
| Mediterranean | Greek Forum of Refugees
– Ελληνικό Φόρουμ Προσφύγων |
Greece |
| Mediterranean | Communauté Ivoirienne de la Grèce – Ιβοριανή Κοινότητα Ελλάδας | Greece |
| Mediterranean | Safe Passage International A.M.K.E | Greece |
| Mediterranean | Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) Greece | International
(Greece) |
| Mediterranean | Italian Council for Refugees (CIR) (CIR ONLUS)
– Consiglio Italiano per i Rifugiati (CIR) |
Italy |
| Mediterranean | MOSAICO – Action for Refugees
– MOSAICO – Azioni per i Rifugiati |
Italy |
| Mediterranean | Asilo in Europa (AE) | Italy |
| Mediterranean | Refugees Welcome Italia | Italy |
| Mediterranean | Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Malta | Malta |
| Mediterranean | aditus foundation | Malta |
| Mediterranean | Conselho Português para os Refugiados (CPR) | Portugal |
| Mediterranean | Union of Refugees in Portugal (UREP)
– União de Refugiados Em Portugal (UREP) |
Portugal |
| Mediterranean | Accem | Spain |
| Mediterranean | Spanish Commission for Refugee Aid (CEAR)
– Comissió Espanyola D'ajuda Al Refugiats (CEAR) |
Spain |
| Mediterranean | NGO Rescue
– ONG Rescate |
Spain |
| Mediterranean | Spanish Red Cross
– Cruz Roja Española |
Spain |
| Mediterranean | Convive Cepaim Foundation
– Convive Fundación Cepaim |
Spain |
| Mediterranean | Red Acoge | Spain |
| Mediterranean | Andalucía Acoge | Spain |
| Mediterranean | Movimiento por la Paz (MPDL) | Spain |
| Mediterranean | Extranjeristas en Red | Spain |
| Mediterranean | Refugee Rights Turkey (RRT)
– Mülteci Hakları Merkezi (MHM) |
Turkey |
| Mediterranean | Mültecilerle Dayanışma Derneği (Mülteci-Der) | Turkey |
| Mediterranean | Association for Social Development and Aid Mobilization (SGDD-ASAM)
– Sosyal Gelişim ve Dayanışma Derneği (SGDD-ASAM) |
Turkey |
| Mediterranean | MUDEM
– MUDEM Mülteci Destek Derneği |
Turkey |
| Baltic & Nordic | Danish Refugee Council | Denmark |
| Baltic & Nordic | Estonian Refugee Council
– Eesti Pagulasabi |
Estonia |
| Baltic & Nordic | Estonian Human Rights Centre
– Eesti Inimõiguste Keskus |
Estonia |
| Baltic & Nordic | Finnish Refugee Advice Centre
– Pakolaisneuvonta |
Finland |
| Baltic & Nordic | Icelandic Red Cross
– Rauði krossinn á Íslandi |
Iceland |
| Baltic & Nordic | Island Panorama Centre | Iceland |
| Baltic & Nordic | Latvian Centre for Human Rights
– Latvijas Cilvēktiesību Centrs |
Latvia |
| Baltic & Nordic | Lithuanian Red Cross
– Lietuvos Raudonasis Kryžius |
Lithuania |
| Baltic & Nordic | Norwegian Organisation for Asylum Seekers (NOAS)
– Norsk Organisasjon for Asylsøkere (NOAS) |
Norway |
| Baltic & Nordic | Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) | Norway |
| Baltic & Nordic | Memorial Human Rights Centre | Russia |
| Baltic & Nordic | Caritas Sweden
– Caritas Sverige |
Sweden |
| Baltic & Nordic | Amnesty International Sweden | Sweden |
| Baltic & Nordic | The Swedish Network of Refugee Support Groups (FARR)
– Flyktinggruppernas Riksråd (FARR) |
Sweden |
| Baltic & Nordic | Swedish Red Cross
– Svenska Röda Korset |
Sweden |
| Baltic & Nordic | Swedish Refugee Law Centre
– Asylrättscentrum |
Sweden |
| Southeastern Europe | Vaša Prava BiH | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Southeastern Europe | Bulgarian Helsinki Committee
– Български Хелзинкски Комитет |
Bulgaria |
| Southeastern Europe | Bulgarian Red Cross
– Български Червен Кръст |
Bulgaria |
| Southeastern Europe | Refugee Advisory Board (RAB)
– UNCHR България |
Bulgaria |
| Southeastern Europe | Centre for Peace Studies (CPS)
– Centar za Mirovne Studije (CMS) |
Croatia |
| Southeastern Europe | Croatian Law Centre (CLC)
– Hrvatski Pravni Centar (HPC) |
Croatia |
| Southeastern Europe | Are You Syrious (AYS) | Croatia |
| Southeastern Europe | Civil Rights Program Kosovo (CRP/K) | Kosovo* |
| Southeastern Europe | Macedonian Young Lawyers' Association (MYLA)
– Македонското Здружение на Млади Правници (МЗМП) |
Northern Macedonia |
| Southeastern Europe | Law Center of Advocates (CDA)
– Centrul de Drept al Avocaților (CDA) |
Republic of Moldova |
| Southeastern Europe | Romanian National Council for Refugees (CNRR) –
Consiliul Național Român pentru Refugiați (CNRR) |
Romania |
| Southeastern Europe | JRS Romania | Romania |
| Southeastern Europe | Asylum Protection Centre (APC)
– Centar za Zaštitu i Pomoć Tražiocima Azila (CZA) |
Serbia |
| Southeastern Europe | Belgrade Centre for Human Rights
– Beogradski centar za ljudska prava |
Serbia |
| Southeastern Europe | Grupa 484 | Serbia |
| Southeastern Europe | Psychosocial Innovation Network (PIN) | Serbia |
| Southeastern Europe | Centre for Research and Social Development (IDEAS)
– Centar za Istraživanje i Razvoj Društva (IDEAS) |
Serbia |
| Associate Members | Integrationshaus | Austria |
| Associate Members | Solentra | Belgium |
| Associate Members | Amnesty International EU Office | International
(Belgium) |
| Associate Members | Red Cross EU Office | International
(Belgium) |
| Associate Members | SOS Children's Villages | International
(Belgium) |
| Associate Members | Associazione Studi Giuridici Immigrazione (ASGI) | Italy |
| Associate Members | International Cities of Refuge Network (ICORN) | Norway |
| Associate Members | Legal Center for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment (PIC)
– Pravni Center za Varstvo Človekovih Pravic in Okolja (PIC) |
Slovenia |
*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.[3]
Publications
editThe ECRE Weekly Bulletin provides information about the latest developments in the areas of asylum and refugee protection.[4] The ELENA Weekly Legal Update (WLU) provides information about important recent developments in international and European asylum law.[5] The ECRE Press Review provides a weekly overview of the latest news in the areas of asylum and migration.[6] ECRE resource publications include Comments Papers, Policy Papers, Working Papers, Legal Notes and AIDA Publications.:[7] ECRE legal submissions include legal challenges, Interventions and implementation of judgments.:[8]
Social media
editECRE is active on the following social media platforms:
- Facebook: European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
- LinkedIn: European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
- X (Twitter): ECRE @ecre
- Instagram: ECRE theecre