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Jesuit Refugee Service - Europe

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

As of 9 September 2026, Jesuit Refugee Service - Europe appears in 11 declared MEP meetings (5 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

11
declared meetings
with current MEPs
5
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
7.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“JRS Europe is the regional office of Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) in Brussels and has been established in 2004 as aisbl. It coordinates with 23 JRS country offices across Europe, of which 15 are in EU member states. JRS Europe is part of JRS, a worldwide humanitarian organization currently present in 58 countries. In 2025, JRS provided direct services to…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 11 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party436%
Socialists & Democrats327%
Greens/EFA218%
Renew Europe218%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (3 in 2023).

2019
1
2020
0
2021
2
2022
2
2023
3
2024
0
2025
2
2026
1

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

Lena Düpont
4 meetings · EPP
Birgit Sippel
3 meetings · S&D
Erik Marquardt
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Jan-Christoph Oetjen
1 meeting · Renew
Malik Azmani
1 meeting · Renew

The 11 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
18 Mar 2026Birgit SippelReturn Regulation
6 Nov 2025Jan-Christoph OetjenDiscussion on current migration policies
12 Jun 2025Erik MarquardtBook Launch Event on Refugee Integration
15 Nov 2023Erik MarquardtCEAS and APR
12 Oct 2023Birgit SippelNew Pact on Migration and Asylum
21 Mar 2023Lena DüpontAsylum and Migration
19 Apr 2022Lena DüpontAsylum and Migration
15 Mar 2022Lena DüpontAsylum and Migration
18 Mar 2021Malik AzmaniCrisis and Force Majeure Regulations
23 Feb 2021Lena Düpontreturn directives and migration
19 Nov 2019Birgit SippelExchange of Views on the Future of European Migration Policy

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