European Legal Network on Asylum (ELENA)
ELENA facilitates networking and exchange of information, and contributes invaluable information to ECRE's policy and advocacy work, as it did for the survey on the implementation of the Qualification Directive in 20 EU Member States. The work of ELENA is coordinated by the ECRE Secretariat in Brussels in continuous and close consultation with the ELENA National Coordinators comprising of practising legal advisors from a range of European countries. ELENA runs regular training courses on topics of international refugee law and has produced a number of research papers. The ELENA Index lists around 500 asylum practitioners across Europe and is updated periodically. |
The European Legal Network on Asylum (ELENA) is a forum for legal practitioners who aim to promote the highest human rights standards for the treatment of refugees, asylum seekers and other persons in need of international protection in their counselling and advocacy work.