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    Asylum Information Database

    Through the AIDA Project, ECRE and its partners aim to offer independent, useful, and up-to date information to the media, researchers, advocates, legal practitioners and the public on asylum practice in EU Member States in particular with regard to asylum procedures, reception conditions and detention. Read more

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    Resettlement saves lives

    Resettlement is a vital protection tool for many thousands of refugees. In 2012 alone, 172,000 refugees are in need of resettlement. Currently the Member States of the European Union offer only 5,500 resettlement places each year, compared to the 60,000 places offered by the United States, 8,000 places by Canada and 6,000 by Australia for 2012 alone. Read more

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    Return of Children Project

    ECRE and Save the Children publish a comparative study on the return of children in Europe, aimed at supporting Member States in developing an effective system for considering the return of children (unaccompanied or within families) to non European states. Read more

Working Together to Protect
and Respect Refugees

Our mission

The European Council on Refugees & Exiles (ECRE) is now a pan-European Alliance of refugee-assisting non-governmental organisations. ECRE is concerned with the needs of all individuals who seek refuge and protection within Europe.

It aims to promote the protection and integration of refugees in Europe based on the values of human dignity, human rights, and an ethic of solidarity.

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