Philip Rudge – A Tireless Campaigner for Refugee Rights in Europe

26th June 2025 | Editorials / Op-eds, News

By Martin Barber and Jeff Crisp We were both working at the British Refugee Council (BRC) in 1984, when Philip Rudge arrived to set up the office of the modestly-named European Consultation on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) on the top floor of 3-9 Bondway, in Vauxhall in...

AIDA Country Report on Egypt

19th June 2025 | News

ECRE has published the first AIDA report on Egypt. It was researched and drafted by Refugees Platform in Egypt and edited by ECRE, and it uses the AIDA methodology which was developed by ECRE. The report introduces the asylum context in Egypt, the situation of Egypt...

ECRE Annual General Conference 2025

29th May 2025 | News

The ECRE Annual General Conference (AGC) 2025 will take place 09.00-18.00 on Thursday 5 June 2025 in Warsaw, Poland. Participation in the AGC is open to representatives of ECRE member organisations, other organisations (e.g. other NGOs, think tanks, academic...

Proposed reform of the Safe Third Country concept

21st May 2025 | Editorials / Op-eds, News

Background The 2024 agreement on the Asylum Procedures Regulation (APR) in the Pact on Migration and Asylum included a review of the Safe Third Country (STC) concept due to disagreements among EU member states. The European Commission has completed the review and has...

Webinaire sur les approches sensibles au genre de la traite des êtres humains : renforcer le soutien aux femmes et au filles demandeuses d’asile

19th May 2025 | News

France terre d’asile et ECRE organisent un webinaire consacré aux approches sensibles au genre dans la lutte contre la traite des êtres humains, avec un focus sur le soutien aux femmes et filles demandeuses d’asile en Europe. Date : vendredi 23 mai 2025 Horaire : de...