Churches' Commission for Migrants in Europe
Budget
€417,861
EP Access
1
accredited persons
Staff
2
1 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
"CCME is an ecumenical organisation that serves the churches in their commitment to promote the vision of an inclusive community through advocating for an adequate policy for migrants, refugees and minority groups at European and national level. In fulfillment of this mandate it is responding to the message of the Bible which insists on the dignity of every human being and to the understanding of unity as devoid of any distinction between strangers and natives.” (CCME mission statement) Founded in 1964, the Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME) is an organisation of churches and ecumenical councils from currently eighteen European countries. Since the General Assembly of CCME in October 1999 in Järvenpää/Finland the mandate of CCME has been expanded to cover the whole area of migration and integration, refugees and asylum, and racism and xenophobia. CCME s work on uprooted people is part of the cooperation with the Conference of European Churches and the World (...)
EU Legislative Interests
Asylum and migration policy (e.g. asylum and migration pact), in particular safe passages to Europe, anti discrimination/anti racism, search and rescue, EU external borders/FRONTEX responses to displacement from Ukraine.
Communication Activities
Regular advocacy papers on pact, its implementation and externalisation of asylum Mobilising votes on EP elections (discussion events)
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
CCME is co-chair of the European NGO platform on asylum and migration EPAM CCME maintains close collaboration with the Conference of European Churches and represents this in the European Council on Refugees and Exiles ECRE. CCME is part of the Global Ecumenical Network on Migration (GEM) of the World Council of Churches CCME is a (founding) member of the European Network Against Racism (ENAR).
Organisation Members
Diakonie Austria(0), ART Armenia (0) United Prot. Church Belgium(0), Church of Cyprus(0), Ev Lutheran church of Denmark (0) Finnish Lutheran Church(0), Finnish Ecumenical Council(0), Orthodox Church of Finland(0), French Prot. Federation/CIMADE(0), United Protestant Church France (0) CIMADE FR(0), Ev. Kirche in Deutschland(0), Diakonie Germany(0), Church of Greece(0), Hungarian Reformed Church(0), Indian orthodox church ireland (0) Fed. Protestant Churches Italy(0), Protestant Church Netherlands(0), Council of Churches NL(0), Remonstrante (NL,0) Church of Norway(0), AIDRom Romania(0), Christian council Norway (0) Evang. Church Spain(0), Church of Sweden(0), Council of Churches SE(0), Evagelical Reformed Church Switzerland(0), Churches Together In Britain and Ireland(0), Council of Afro Caribbean Churches(0), Methodist Church UK(0), Joint Council for Anglo Caribbean Churches UK(0), Cherubim and Seraphim Council of Churches Europe(0) Indian orthodox Church in Ireland (IE) Kalunba non Profit (HU) European Methodist Council (int.) United Reformed Church UK Evangelical lutheran Church Denmark (0) Convocation of Episcopal Churches Europe (0)
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.