Refugee Stories Project

The Refugee Stories project has recorded the experiences of 120 men and women seeking protection in the EU, resulting in a selection of powerful and frank accounts of what it means to be an asylum seeker or refugee in Europe today. The project involves partner agencies in 12 EU countries and is co-funded by the European Refugee Fund, Oxfam, UNHCR and the Dutch Refugee Council.

The fate of refugees arriving in Europe is increasingly determined by decisions made in Brussels, but the voices of these men and women are rarely heard in the debates that are shaping the development of the Common European Asylum System. ECRE urges those who play a role in political decision-making to listen to the voices of those who are most affected by their policies on asylum, and to create a system that offers genuine and lasting protection to those in need.

Partner agencies:

Radio Afrika, Austria

Jesuit Refugee Service, Belgium

Poradna Pro Integraci, Czech Republic

Pro Asyl, Germany

Greek Council for Refugees

Menedek – Hungarian Association for Migrants

Consiglio Italiano per i Rifugiati, Italy

Jesuit Refugee Service, Malta

Dutch Council for Refugees

Polish Humanitarian Organisation

ACCEM, Spain