European Council on Refugees and Exiles

EU Legislative Interests

Propositions législatives dans domaine d'asile et migration, de l'emploi. La politique des affaires externes et coopération internationale de l'UE. ECRE analyse la mise en œuvre de la régime européen d’asile commun avec l’outil AIDA (www.aida.org) ECRE analyse jurisprudence avec EDAL Base de données européennes du droit d’asile (www.edal.org) ECRE analyse les activités des agences de l’UE - EUAA< Frontex et FRA Législation spécifique: Directive Accueil (refonte) Directive Procédure Directive Retour Directive Qualification (refonte) Directive Protection temporaire Directive Résidents de longue durée Directive Retour Règlement établissant un filtrage des ressortissants de pays tiers aux frontières extérieures Règlement instituant une procédure commune en matière de protection internationale Règlement relatif à la gestion de l’asile et de la migration Règlement visant à faire face aux situations de crise et aux cas de force majeure dans le domaine de la migration et de l’asile Règlement relatif à la création d’Eurodac Le Pacte comporte également plusieurs recommandations et une orientation Recommandation sur les voies légales d’accès à une protection dans l’Union européenne Recommandation relative à la coopération entre les États membres en ce qui concerne les opérations effectuées par des bateaux détenus ou exploités par des entités privées aux fins d’activités de recherche et de sauvetage Recommandation relative à un mécanisme de l’UE de préparation et de gestion de crise en matière de migration Orientations sur la mise en œuvre des règles de l’Union européenne relatives à la définition et à la prévention de l’aide à l’entrée, au transit et au séjour irréguliers

Communication Activities

Conférences et tables rondes (+/- 12 par an) et formations (+/- 10 par an) Website (www.ecre.org): Average of 19,500 visitors per month in 2025 Press Review: 5,300 subscribers (subscription via the website) Weekly Bulletin: 15,500 subscribers (subscription via the website) Weekly Bulletin LinkedIn Newsletter: 23,200 subscribers Social media: - Bluesky: 1,100 followers - Facebook: 29,200 followers - Instagram: 4,800 followers - LinkedIn: 71,600 followers Media engagement: 94 requests from media organisations in 2025 Publications (always available on ECRE website) To be added. ECRE Publications 2022 ECRE Policy Notes • ECRE, Policy Note 40: A Step Too Far: Introducing “Instrumentalisation” in EU Law, March 2022 • ECRE, Policy Note 41: Schengen Borders Code Amendments: More Hostile Borders; Less Space for Human Rights, March 2022 • ECRE/PICUM Policy Note: Displacement from Ukraine: the EU’s Financial Response, October 2022 • ECRE Policy Note 42: Monitoring the Implementation of Returns: A Complex Puzzle with Missing Pieces, December 2022 ECRE Policy Papers • ECRE, Policy Paper 8: Quo Vadis EU Asylum Reform? Stuck between Gradual Approach, (Mini)-Package Deals and “Instrumentalisation”, September 2022 ECRE Legal Notes and interventions • ECRE Legal Note 12: Effective Remedies in National Security-Related Asylum Cases, with a Particular Focus on Access to Classified Information, May 2022 ECRE Comments Papers • ECRE Comment Paper: ECRE Comments on the Commission Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council Addressing Situations of Instrumentalisation in the Field of Migration and Asylum, COM(2021) 890, January 2022 • ECRE Comment Paper: ECRE Comments on the Commission Proposal for a Regulation Amending Regulation (EU) 2016/399 on a Union Code on the Rules Governing the Movement of Persons Across Borders COM(2021) 891, March 2022 ECRE Working Papers • ECRE Working paper: La Stratégie de Gestion des Migrations de l’Union Européenne envers les Pays Africains Analysée depuis le Sénégal et l’Afrique de l’Ouest, May 2022 • ECRE Working paper: Higher Education in Europe: A Pathway to Protection for Afghans?, December 2022 ECRE statements ECRE Statement: EU response to displacement from and within Ukraine, March 2022 • Joint Statement: Mounting global needs call for renewed European leadership on resettlement, June 2022 • Joint Statement: NGOs call on Member States: Agreeing on the Instrumentalisation Regulation will be the Final Blow to a COMMON European Asylum System (CEAS) in Europe, September 2022 • Joint Statement: One year after the country’s takeover by the Taliban – How did Europe welcome Afghans in need of protection?, September 2022 • Joint Statement: EU admits Croatia to Schengen Without Regard to Abuses at the Border, December 2022 Other publications • ECRE Information Sheet: Measures in response to the arrival of displaced people fleeing the war in Ukraine, May 2022 • ECRE Recommendations: The EU’s Response to Displacement from Ukraine, June 2022 • ECRE Commentary: An Analysis of the Fiction of Non-entry as Appears in the Screening Regulation, September 2022 • ECRE/UNHCR, Follow the Money IV: The Use of AMIF and ISF-BV Funds outside the EU, November 2022 • ECRE Information Sheet: Measures in response to the arrival of displaced persons fleeing the war in Ukraine (Update), November 2022 • ECRE Factsheet: Asylum statistics and the need for protection in Europe, December 2022 AIDA Country reports

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Additional Information

In 2024, ECRE received core unrestricted funding from: Adessium, SRT, Oak, JRCT and RBF. ECRE receives project funding from: Porticus and the EU. In 2024, EU funding amounted to EUR 288,782 ECRE does not receive operational funding from the EU as stated above ECRE also receives funding from membership fees and provision of expertise, including to public bodies