European Council on Refugees and Exiles

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European Council on Refugees and Exiles

Founded| 1974
Type| Non-profit
Location|

* Secretariat in Brussels

Services| policy initiatives, research, advocacy, capacity building
Fields| Promote protection and integration of refugees

Members

| 103 member organisations

Key people

| Catherine Woollard (Director)
Website| http://www.ecre.org

Established in 1974, ECRE is a European network of 105 NGOs in 39[1] European countries.

In 2011, the council raised concerns regarding planned repatriations of Afghan asylum children.[2]

In 2014, the council was critical of EU cutbacks of migrant rescue operations in the Mediterranean.[3]

## Members[edit]

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* Organisation suisse d'aide aux réfugiés

## References[edit]

1. ^ "European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)". www.ecre.org. Retrieved 2019-09-23. "ECRE is an alliance of 105 NGOs across 39 European countries. 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. ^ "UK 'may return Afghan asylum children next year'". www.bbc.co.uk. 24 November 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
3. ^ "Many asylum seekers 'have no legal way to access EU'". www.bbc.co.uk. 26 February 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2022. "The European Council on Refugees has criticised an EU decision to scale back operations to rescue migrants drowning in the Mediterranean Sea."

## External links[edit]

* ECRE Official Site
* Refugee Stories Project

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* Israel
* United States

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