Responses & Recommendations
ECRE statement on initial EU response to the huge refugee resettlement needs
Date: 25-09-2008
ECRE Statement on JHA Council.pdf (110.24 KB)
Joint Letter Calling on EU Member States to Resettle Palestinians from Iraq
Date: 28-07-200814 NGOs, including ECRE, call on EU governments to urgently help solve the desperate plight of Palestinian refugees from Iraq.
The letter encourages all EU Member States to follow the example of Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden and to engage in resettlement of more than 3000 Palestinians currently living in Iraq. Due to the horrific conditions in camps and exposure to attacks and threats from armed groups, 837 families are left stranded in an emergency situation. While the efforts to improve the situation in camps by UNHCR are restricted, resettlement would provide a durable solution and help from preventing a possible catastrophe.
The recommendations set in the letter aim to provide a very important and positive first step to implementing the conclusions on Iraqi refugees adopted by the JHA Council on 24-25 July 2008.
IraqPal EU Resettlement Joint NGO Letter.pdf (77.43 KB)
UNHCR-ECRE Joint European Advocacy Statement on Resettlement
Date: 24-07-2008UNHCR and ECRE recently signed a joint advocacy statement setting out their common position on resettlement, which was made public at the UNHCR Annual Consultations with NGOs in Geneva on 25 June 2008.
This statement is intended as a tool to foster cooperation between UNHCR and NGOs at the national level across Europe, in the context of their joint objective to encourage and support European countries to resettle more vulnerable refugees who cannot find protection or a durable solution to their plight in the first country to which they have fled. UNHCR and ECRE work closely together at the EU level to support efforts by the EU institutions and Member States to increase the resettlement of refugees to Europe and develop a European Resettlement Programme.
UNHCR-NGO RST Statement_Jun08.pdf (65.67 KB)
Memorandum to the French Presidency
Date: 27-06-2008ECRE launches a Memorandum to the French Presidency, which contains an overview of key recommendations and indicators by which the French Presidency will be assessed.
As a country with a long tradition in offering asylum and in view of the importance it will give to immigration and asylum issues during its Presidency through its forthcoming Pact, France has the potential to make a significant contribution to improving Europe's role in the global refugee protection system.
ECRE Memorandum French Presidency ENG June 08.pdf (165.29 KB)
ECRE Memorandum French Presidency FR June 08.pdf (176.46 KB)