European Council on Refugees and Exiles

- European Policy Centre
- EU Forum on Migration and Asylum
- Centre for European Policy Studies

None declared

Jan 2015 - Dec 2015

650,000€

291,208 € (Source: DG Home, DG Justice, EuropAid, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Programme)

None declared

ECRE is regularly consulted by DG Home on asylum-related issues in particular with regard to implementation of EU asylum legislation and has participated in contact committee meetings on the transposition and implementation of the recast Qualification Directive, the recast Reception Conditions Directive and the Return Directive. ECRE is also invited to participate in the consultation by the Commission on the Smart Border Package. ECRE participates in the Annual European Migration Forum that brings together NGO, local and regional authorities and representatives of Member States and is a forum for policy dialogue on migration, asylum and integration.

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- Implementation of the recast asylum Directives and application of the recast Dublin Regulation inter alia through ECRE's AIDA-website (Asylum Information Database) and developments in jurisprudence through the EDAL (European Database on Asylum Law) database.
- ECRE is also closely following and influencing the implementation of the European Agenda on Migration that was adopted in May 2015 and has shaped the framework for the EU's asylum and migration policy in the short; mid and long term. ECRE is in particularly focussing on the development of the "hotspot" concept as a tool to deal with increased migratory pressure at the external borders of the EU and its implications for access to the asylum procedure in practice, the relocation of asylum seekers and other arrangements, such as the controversial EU-Turkey arrangement, that have become part of the EU's overall strategy on immigration, asylum and border management.

- Policy and research on EU asylum Law;
- Advocacy and public awareness at EU and national level in Europe;
- Next to the topics above, we have a particular concern about the need for a holistic approach to the situation in the Mediterranean.

ECRE works on a regular basis with Members of the European Parliament and the political advisors within the various political groups in the European Parliament and provides expert input on a variety of topics in the asylum and migration field to experts within the Permanent Representations of the Member States as well as the relevant units within the European Commission.

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The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.

1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.

• Date	17 Jan 2023	Location	Berlaymont
  Subject	To discuss temporary protection directive.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson
  Portfolio	Home Affairs
  Attending	Giulio Di Blasi (Cabinet member)

• Date	02 Mar 2021	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Consultation with the members of the Expert Group on the views of migrants regarding the Talent Partnerships
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson
  Portfolio	Home Affairs
  Attending	Ylva Johansson (Commissioner) Raul Hernandez Sagrera (Cabinet member) Alexandra Cupsan-Catalin (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Ocalenie Foundation Italian National Union of Refugees and Exiles Migrant Women Association Malta

• Date	05 May 2020	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Migrants’ challenges in the current COVID-19 crisis and their contribution to economic recovery
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson
  Portfolio	Home Affairs
  Attending	Ylva Johansson (Commissioner) Alexandra Cupsan-Catalin (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	BUSINESSEUROPE International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

• Date	17 Feb 2016	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Roundtable Fundamental Rights
  Cabinet	Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights
  Attending	Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)
  Other Lobbyists	Human Rights Watch

• Date	05 May 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Upcoming migration agenda
  Cabinet	Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights
  Attending	Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)
  Other Lobbyists	Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants

• Date	09 Jan 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Roundtable with NGO's on fundamental rights
  Cabinet	Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights
  Attending	Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)
  Other Lobbyists	European Network on Religion and Belief

• Date	09 Jan 2015	Location	Brussels, Belgium
  Subject	Roundtable with NGOs on fundamental rights and non-discrimination
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová
  Portfolio	Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality
  Attending	Věra Jourová (Commissioner)
  Other Lobbyists	European Network on Religion and Belief