European Council on Refugees and Exiles

The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) is an alliance of 128 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]

European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)

Founded	1974
Type	Non-profit
Headquarters	Secretariat in Brussels
Location	Avenue des Arts / Kunstlaan 7-8, 1210, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Services	Protecting and advancing the rights of refugees, asylum seekers, and other forcibly displaced persons in Europe and in Europe’s external policies.
Fields	Legal Support and Litigation Advocacy Communication
Members	128 Member Organisations
Director	Catherine Woollard
Website	https://ecre.org/

History

The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) is an alliance of 128 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

Member organisations include:

Member organisations^[3]

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

The 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

ECRE 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