Lobby organisation
Churches' Commission for Migrants in Europe
Religious body · Human rights & humanitarian · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry
As of 7 November 2026, Churches' Commission for Migrants in Europe appears in 13 declared MEP meetings (5 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.
In their own words
“"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.”
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“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 (...)”
Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.
Who they meet, and when
Which groups they meet
Share of this organisation's 13 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (6 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.
Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.
The MEPs they meet most
The 13 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Jun 2026 | Victor Negrescu | Meeting on EU social policies, inclusion and community resilience |
| 8 Dec 2025 | Tineke Strik | EU migration and asylum policy |
| 8 Dec 2025 | Tineke Strik | EU migration policy |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Tineke Strik | EU migration policy |
| 1 Apr 2025 | Birgit Sippel | Implementation CEAS |
| 12 Feb 2025 | Birgit Sippel | Work of the LIBE WG on Implementation of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum |
| 14 Jan 2025 | Lena Düpont | Migration matters |
| 4 Oct 2024 | Birgit Sippel | Commissioner Hearings |
| 9 Sep 2024 | Birgit Sippel | New Pact |
| 10 Sep 2020 | Birgit Sippel | Exchange of Views on New Pact on Migration and Situation in Cyprus |
| 20 May 2020 | Tineke Strik | European Asylum and Migration Policy |
| 20 May 2020 | Erik Marquardt | Asylum paper |
| 22 Jan 2020 | Tineke Strik | Recast Returns Directive |
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