About Us
ECRE (European Council on Refugees and Exiles) is a pan-European network of refugee-assisting non-governmental organisations that promotes a humane and generous European asylum policy. ECRE celebrated its 30th year of promoting the rights of asylum seekers and refugees in Europe in 2004. We promote the protection and integration of asylum-seekers, refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) based on values of human dignity, human rights and an ethic of solidarity with international refugee and human rights law being a key reference point for our analysis. We strive to include the voice of wider civil society, the political community and refugee communities in our work. Our goals and activities are decided by the member agencies through recommendations made at biannual conferences. These are translated into action by the secretariat and lead agency projects, which are guided by an elected Executive Committee of member agency representatives. What We Do We respond to EU initiatives and to governmental initiatives at EU level. Through our pro-active policy work and research, we encourage new thinking on refugees and asylum in Europe. We strengthen contact between refugee-assisting non-governmental organisations in Europe through networking. We work to develop the institutional capacity of refugee-assisting non-governmental organisations across Europe. ECRE's company number is 2901508 and it is Registered in England and Wales. |
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