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European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)

Founded	1974
Type	Non-profit
Headquarters	Secretariat inBrussels
Location	Avenue des Arts / Kunstlaan 7-8, 1210, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Services	Protecting and advancing the rights ofrefugees,asylum seekers, and otherforcibly displaced persons inEurope and in Europe’s external policies.
Fields	Legal Support and Litigation Advocacy Communication
Members	127 member organisations
Director	Catherine Woollard
Website	https://ecre.org/

TheEuropean Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) is a pan-European alliance of 127 organisations in 40 countries protecting and advancing the rights ofrefugees,asylum seekers and otherforcibly displaced people. ECRE's mission is to promote the establishment of fair and humane European asylum policies and practices in accordance with international human rights law.^[1]

The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) was established in 1974.^[2]

It has developed and continues to manage theAsylum Information Database (AIDA), theEuropean Database of Asylum Law (EDAL) and theEuropean Legal Network on Asylum (ELENA).^[3]

*Associate member organisation

**This designation is without prejudice to positions on status and is in line withUnited Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 and theInternational Court of Justice Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.^[2]

TheECRE Weekly Bulletin includes information about the latest developments in the areas of asylum and refugee protection.^[4]TheELENA Legal Update (ELU) includes information about important recent developments in international and European asylum law.^[5]TheECRE Press Review consists of a weekly overview of the latest news in the areas of asylum and migration.^[6]ECRE publications include comments papers, legal notes, policy notes, policy papers, working papers. ECRE also publishesAIDA reports (country reports, comparative reports and briefings).^[7]ECRE legal submissions include legal challenges, interventions and implementation of judgments.^[8]

ECRE is active on the following social media platforms:

• Bluesky:ECRE
• Facebook***:European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
• LinkedIn:European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
• Instagram:ECRE @theecre
• X***:ECRE @ecre

*** Currently inactive

• ECRE Official Site

• Refugee aid organizations in Europe
• Human rights organisations based in Belgium
• European migrant crisis

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