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CCME 18th General AssemblyCCME 18th General Assembly

Prof. Dr Victoria Kamondji (Photo: CCME)

Economic crisis changes patterns of migration in Europe
Prof. Dr Victoria Kamondji elected moderator of CCME

“Christians are migrants by vocation”, underlined H.E. Metropolitan Emmanuel of France, President of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) in his statement to the 18th General Assembly of the Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME)... 

Public Statement of the 18th CCME General Assembly

 

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Day of intercession in memory of those who have died at the borders of the EU, 26 June 2011Day of intercession in memory of those who have died at the borders of the EU, 26 June 2011

Refugee boats in front of the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin. Sculpture by Kalliopi Lemos

In July 2009 the Conference of European Churches declared in Lyon: “As churches in Europe we commit ourselves: to remember those who have died on their journey to find a dignified life in Europe, through an annual day of prayer.” Churches and human rights groups in several European countries will commemorate together on the same day, 26 June 2011, the lethal consequences of the sealing off of the external borders of the EU. Such sealing off takes place through highly perfected technical border protection, through the displacement of border protection measures to neighbouring and transit states of the EU, and through legal agreements with neighbouring and transit states on refugee return, even if this violates human rights. Churches and human rights groups in…read more; DEUTSCH; ESPAÑOL

EU Common Agenda for IntegrationEU Common Agenda for Integration

The Civil Society Input to the New Agenda for Integration

The European Integration Agenda is a paramount instrument to strengthen and improve EU integration policies that should rely on a multi-dimensional process. We welcome the efforts of the European Union (EU) and the Member States to further develop and consolidate the EU common agenda for the integration of third country nationals.
Being aware that the European and International....read more

Emergency in the South MediterraneanEmergency in the South Mediterranean

JOINT NGO STATEMENT: "Emergency in the South Mediterranean – towards a true policy of addressing humanitarian assistance, protection, cooperation and solidarity".

We are representatives of humanitarian, human rights, refugee and migrant assisting organisations from all over Europe who are deeply concerned about and committed to the response to refugees, migrants and other displaced persons in and from North Africa. We believe that this is a moment for action and cooperation by the European Union and Member States, together with NGOs and broader civil society, anchored in the core values of the Union that is solidarity, humanity and ....read more

Churches contribute to European Roma strategiesChurches contribute to European Roma strategies

Budapest - 21/02/2011
The annual meeting of the networks of two European church organizations was held in Budapest from February 14 to 15. It was hosted by the Synod of the Reformed Church in Hungary. Hungarian Reformed experts drafted the program of the first part of the two-day meeting to which the Churches Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME), Eurodiaconia invited representatives of their partner organizations and cooperating churches.
CCME was represented by....read more

CCME Press releasesCCME Press releases

Please find press-releases and press-announcements of CCME, as well as common Christian Comments. These contain common positions by the Christian organizations indicated in the document on respective issues.

 

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