Advocacy urged to increase refugee resettlement to Europe

22 March, 2016

Press Release No: 16/07
22 March 2016
Brussels

The following is a joint press release from the Conference of European Churches, Churches' Commission for Migrants in Europe, and the World Council of Churches. 

The Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME), Conference of European Churches (CEC) and World Council of Churches (WCC) sent a letter to member churches and partner organizations in Europe urging them to undertake increased advocacy for more refugee resettlement with their national governments and parliaments in the next weeks.

National governments are currently preparing for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) pledging conference for “pathways of admission for Syrian refugees” on 30 March in Geneva. “We believe that concerted efforts for resettlement in many European countries would have benefits beyond the situation of Syrian refugees alone,” the letter states. “It would hopefully re-open the doors for more safe and legal pathways into Europe in general.”

Leaders from the CCME, CEC, and WCC believe that refugee protection in Europe is predominantly discussed by political actors in the context of curbing irregular access to the territory. “Direct contacts with your government department responsible for asylum and migration would certainly be most effective, but involvement of parliamentarians could also prove useful,” the letter states.

Please click here for a full text of the letter.

Related links:

Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe

Conference of European Churches

World Council of Churches
For more information or an interview, please contact:

Erin Green
Communication Coordinator
Conference of European Churches

Rue Joseph II, 174 B-1000 Brussels
Tel. +32 2 234 68 42
Fax +32 2 231 14 13
E-mail: eeg@cec-kek.be
Website: www.ceceurope.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ceceurope
Twitter: @ceceurope

The Conference of European Churches (CEC) is a fellowship of some 114 Orthodox, Protestant, Anglican and Old Catholic Churches from all countries of Europe, plus 40 national council of churches and organisations in partnership. CEC was founded in 1959. It has offices in Brussels and Strasbourg.
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