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Lobby organisation

European Council on Refugees and Exiles

NGO / non-profit · Human rights & humanitarian · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, European Council on Refugees and Exiles appears in 64 declared MEP meetings (19 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

64
declared meetings
with current MEPs
19
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
4.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“L'association a pour but non lucratif d’utilité internationale de promouvoir par l'analyse commune, l'action commune, les recherches et l'échange d’information, une politique d’asile humaine et libérale en Europe et de sensibiliser à la crise mondiale des réfugiés et en particulier, sans être exhaustif, en fournissant: a) des analyses de politiques et présentation et représentation des positions politiques adoptées par ECRE;…”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 64 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats2539%
Greens/EFA2336%
Renew Europe1117%
European People's Party46%
The Left12%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (14 in 2025).

2019
3
2020
6
2021
6
2022
7
2023
8
2024
6
2025
14
2026
14

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

Birgit Sippel
16 meetings · S&D
Tineke Strik
13 meetings · Greens/EFA
Erik Marquardt
4 meetings · Greens/EFA
Malik Azmani
4 meetings · Renew
Cecilia Strada
4 meetings · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
11 Jun 2026Ilaria SalisAfghanistan
11 Jun 2026Alessandra MorettiDiscussion on the risks of accelerated deportations to Afghanistan and the proposed Taliban visit to Brussels
11 Jun 2026Erik MarquardtRisks of deportations to Afghanistan
9 Jun 2026Tineke StrikMigration
9 Jun 2026Erik MarquardtImplementation of the Pact on Asylum and Migration
4 Jun 2026Birgit SippelECRE Annual General Conference
4 Jun 2026Erik MarquardtEuropean Asylum Policy
16 Apr 2026Birgit SippelFilm Screening and Panel Discussion on the Criminalisation of Humanitarian Assistance
1 Apr 2026Erik MarquardtAsylum in MFF and Pact Implementation
18 Mar 2026Birgit SippelReturn Regulation
5 Mar 2026Ana Catarina MendesReturn Regulation and Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund within the Multiannual Financial Framework (2028–2034)
26 Feb 2026Iratxe García PérezPerspectives on migration
25 Feb 2026Anna StrolenbergMFF - AMI file
14 Jan 2026Daniel FreundAttack against civil society
10 Dec 2025Anna StrolenbergEU asylum and migration policy

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