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European Council on Refugees and Exiles
Founded	1974
Type	Non-profit
Location	Secretariat in Brussels;
Services	policy initiatives, research, advocacy, capacity building
Fields	Promote protection and integration of refugees
Members	103 member organisations
Key people	Catherine Woollard (Director)
Website	http://www.ecre.org

Established in 1974, ECRE is a European network of 105 NGOs in 39^[1] European countries.

In 2011, the council raised concerns regarding planned repatriations of Afghan asylum children.^[2]

In 2014, the council was critical of EU cutbacks of migrant rescue operations in the Mediterranean.^[3]

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^ "European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)". www.ecre.org. Retrieved 2019-09-23. ECRE is an alliance of 105 NGOs across 39 European countries. ECRE's mission is to protect and advance the rights of refugees, asylum-seekers and other forcibly displaced persons in Europe and in Europe's external policies.
^ "UK 'may return Afghan asylum children next year'". www.bbc.co.uk. 24 November 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
^ "Many asylum seekers 'have no legal way to access EU'". www.bbc.co.uk. 26 February 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2022. The European Council on Refugees has criticised an EU decision to scale back operations to rescue migrants drowning in the Mediterranean Sea.