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It’s our pleasure to be able to share with you the latest issue of Around Europe, the newsletter of the Quaker Council for European Affairs. In this final issue of the 2010s, we take stock of QCEA’s busy autumn of peace and human rights advocacy, as well as a recent fact-finding mission to Ukraine to […]
QCEA’s Strategic Plan for the period 2019-2024 has been published after being agreed by our General Assembly this October. The document maps out the overall direction for our peace and human rights work for the coming five years. Click here to read. For more documentation about our work, please click here.
It’s our pleasure to be able to share with you the latest issue of Around Europe, the newsletter of the Quaker Council for European Affairs. In this issue, we speak to Magid Magid MEP in an interview which explores his first impressions of life in the European Parliament, as well as his views on Brexit. […]
Join us for delicious food in aid of a good cause! The Quaker Council for European Affairs and Magid Magid MEP (Greens-EFA, Yorkshire and the Humber) invite you a Syrian dinner in Quaker House Brussels, in aid of the humanitarian NGO Refugee Rescue. Refugee Rescue is a grassroots NGO operating a skilled Search and Rescue […]
It’s our pleasure to be able to share with you the latest issue of Around Europe, the newsletter of the Quaker Council for European Affairs. In this issue, we digest the results of the recent European Parliament elections from a Quaker perspective. What do they mean for climate and migration policies? Is consensus in EU […]
QCEA and thirteen other civil society organisations have signed a joint letter expressing their deep concern about the EU’s proposal for a European Peace Facility (EPF), and specifically the aspects which foresee the training and equipment of third-country militaries – including the provision of weaponry. They call on the EU to re-think this proposal ahead […]
QCEA’s governing body, the General Assembly, met in Brussels on 15 and 16 March 2019. This statement was agreed at the end of their meeting. To all Friends everywhere. The staff, Executive Committee and representatives from ten countries met in Brussels in a spirit of confidence in the dedicated work of QCEA, but […]
At the 2019 High-Level Political Forum in July, governments will come together at the United Nations headquarters in New York to review their progress implementing commitments under Sustainable Development Goal 16 (SDG16) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. To help them measure progress, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and participating governments […]
It’s our pleasure to be able to share with you the latest issue of Around Europe, the newsletter of the Quaker Council for European Affairs. In this issue, we cover the launch of our campaign for the European elections in May, #ChooseRespect, which aims to tackle anti-migrant hate speech during the election campaign. Part of […]
QCEA’s ongoing research into the practice of child immigration detention in Europe continues to represent some of the most authoritative work on this matter of concern. In 2017, we published the most precise statistics available concerning the numbers of children held in detention for their migration status. After extensive consultation with governments across Europe, we’re […]