An alliance dedicated “to protect and advance the rights of refugees, asylum-seekers and other forcibly displaced persons in Europe and in Europe’s external policies.” Its members’ work “covers the full circle of displacement from zones of conflict, to the dangerous routes and arrival in Europe, to long-term inclusion in European societies, with their activities including humanitarian relief, social service provision, legal assistance, litigation, monitoring policy and law, advocacy and campaigning.”

Publications:

• ECRE Publications
• Legal Submissions
• News
• ECRE Weekly Bulletin
• ELENA Weekly Legal Updates
• HIGHLIGHTS:
  • Asylum Information Database (AIDA) – A database “containing information on asylum procedures, reception conditions and detention across 23 countries.”
  • European Database of Asylum Law (EDAL) – An online database managing “a compilation of summaries of refugee and asylum case law from the courts of 22 EU Member States, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).”
  • European Legal Network on Asylum (ELENA) – A forum of legal practitioners promoting “the highest human rights standards for the treatment of refugees, asylum seekers and other persons in need of international protection in their daily individual counselling and advocacy work.”