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Lobby organisation

European Council on Refugees and Exiles

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

As of 7 November 2026, European Council on Refugees and Exiles appears in 67 declared MEP meetings (20 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

67
declared meetings
with current MEPs
20
MEPs met
–
lobbying spend
none reported in 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; b) des analyses juridiques et networking dans des milieux juridiques; c) produire, manier et disséminer des informations et de la documentation.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 67 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats2740%
Greens/EFA2334%
Renew Europe1218%
European People's Party46%
The Left11%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (15 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2019
3
2020
6
2021
6
2022
7
2023
8
2024
7
2025
15
2026
15

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
17 meetings · S&D
Tineke Strik
13 meetings · Greens/EFA
Jan-Christoph Oetjen
4 meetings · Renew
Erik Marquardt
4 meetings · Greens/EFA
Malik Azmani
4 meetings · Renew

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
1 Sep 2026Birgit SippelGeneral exchange of views on migration and asylum
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

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