CNRR - Romanian National Council for Refugees / Fundatia Consiliul National Roman pentru Refugiati

The Romanian National Council for Refugees is a non-governmental organization founded in 1998, having been granted public utility status in 2003. CNRR’s mission is to promote and defend through all legal means human rights in general, and migrants, refugees and asylum seekers’ rights particularly.

Activities
• Offer Specialized legal counseling for registered asylum seekers in all Reception Centers – General Inspectorate for Immigration (Bucharest, Galati, Timisoara, Maramures si Radauti) and for those living in other locations, including tranzit areas and at the border crossing points.

• Offer specialized assistance for vulnerable groups: unaccompanied children, single women, elderly persons etc.

• Write procedural documents for asylum seekers

• Provide legal assistance in court for cases that have a high chance to create a new positive judicial practice

• Provide training and guidance for lawyers and legal counselors with the aim of improving the quality of specialized assistance for asylum seekers

• Provide training and guidance for translators to improve the quality of specialized translations

• Research and provide country of origin information in the refugee status determination procedure for judges, lawyers, legal counselors and other administrative bodies

• Provide training sessions for future legal and social experts in the field of migration

• Advocate to facilitate the access to social services and benefits, labor, citizenship and long term residence, family reunification / reunion and other rights for beneficiaries of international protection

• Provide counselling, legal assistance and translations services for migrants that received a return decision

• Provide counseling and specialized assistance for migrants that are taken in public custody

• Organize roundtables, seminars and debates for stakeholders in the field of migration, integration and asylum

• Are engaged in transnational cooperation – strengthen the cooperation between public authorities and civil society within multiple partnerships in Central and South-East Europe.