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The Quaker Council for European Affairs brings a vision based on the #Quaker commitment to #peace, #justice and #equality to Europe and its institutions. 🌐 https://www.qcea.org/
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QCEA @qcea.bsky.social · Dec 5
#1/5 Welcome to the Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA)! We're a non-profit promoting just, peaceful, & humane solutions to issues affecting Europe & its global relationships.
#quakers #EU
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🚨 The European Parliament is about to start debating a law that would harm millions across Europe. With 250+ groups we call on EU lawmakers to reject it.
November 5, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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📍Thank you to everyone who attended our migration roundtable last week.

Let's reframe the security agenda through the lens of positive peace together! 🤝
November 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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We're hiring! QVA is looking for a Treasurer to join our board of Trustees. You don't have to be a Quaker to apply.

We're a small but vibrant charity, ambitious about our future and keen to diversify our team. Details & how to apply: qva.org.uk/vacancies/

Please repost, we appreciate your help!
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October 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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👋 See you tomorrow at 17:00 on our migration, peace and security roundtable!

🌐 Join online here 👇
us06web.zoom.us/s/8841584937...
October 28, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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👋 See you in 2 days on our migration, peace and security roundtable!

🕒 17:00 – 18:30

Join online here 👇

us06web.zoom.us/j/8841584937...
October 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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📢 Due to huge interest in our migration roundtable - nearly 100 registrations - we’ve decided to host the event as a hybrid one.

📍Registrations will close on Monday.

→ Everyone who registers by then will receive an update asking whether they’d like to attend in person or online.

See you soon! 👋
October 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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👋 Meet panellists at our upcoming ' #Migration, #Peace and #Security Roundtable' - happening in just a week!
October 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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📍Meet our wonderful translators behind the success of our Moving with Dignity Handbook!
October 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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📍 Peace is not only the absence of war.

🎥Watch this bite-sized #explainer to learn what positive peace is and how it connects to migration! (all in less than 60 seconds!)
October 16, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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📍 A very special anniversary is happening today!

The 400th issue of our flagship newspaper, Around Europe, is here.

Read the testimonies of former editors 👉
www.qcea.org/wp-content/u...

📷 Celina Bebenek, the current designer.
October 15, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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📢[NEW REPORT] Last week 26-year old Mahmoud from Palestine killed himself in immigration detention. In 2024 close to 5,000 people were locked up in detention centres in Belgium. To find out about Palestinians, and what we see week after week behind the fences read our latest report: t.ly/GGk2g
October 14, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Climate activist Niamh Purcell believes the @coe.int has one way to signal to young people it takes their demands for climate justice seriously.

Let's legally protect the right to a healthy environment, in a pledge for our shared humanity & future!

bit.ly/4nEpvFy
September 30, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Yesterday, on the 5th of October, we celebrated World Quaker Day 2025 under the theme Love Your Neighbor.🫶

🗨️ As our Migration & Peace officer Feblezi Huebi puts it, "Loving our neighbor means welcoming the stranger."

Learn more about our #migration work here 👉 www.qcea.org/homepage/mig...
An orange image with a photo of QCEA Migration & Peace Officer Feblezi Huebi. The text: 'Loving our neighbour means welcoming the stranger. QCEA’s Migration Programme works to shift European policies from fear and exclusion toward solidarity, protection, and respect for every human life.'
October 6, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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🔎 What happened in the EU and our Quaker House in the past months?

As the summer ended, we returned to Brussels advocacy. Even the cold weather in Belgium could not stop our peace and human rights work. ⚙️⚖️🏛️

Learn more here 👉 mailchi.mp/3f336d5ae84a...
October 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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📍 Save the date: 29 October 2025!

→ Join our new #migration, #security & #peace event!

Register here 👉 www.qcea.org/events/migra...

#QCEAMigrationEvents
September 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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📍 Join our upcoming #migration events!

→ Enter the dialogue, hear diverse perspectives, and gain fresh insights!

🔎 More info soon!
September 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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📍QCEA joins a coalition of Christian NGOs expressing their concerns regarding the new #EU Return Regulation proposal.

🔎 More info 👇
Text: Christian Group Statement on the EU Commission’s Proposal for a Common European System for Returns Text: In March 2025, the European Commission proposed a draft "Return Regulation" that prioritizes forced removals over voluntary returns and adopts a punitive, security-oriented approach. This proposal could lead to the systematic detention of migrants-including children and families - and severely restrict their rights. Text: Therefore, we urge the European Commission to: 1) Use detention only as a last resort in all cases. 2) Consider less coercive measures before resorting to detention. 3) Remove Article 31(2)(e), which pertains to electronic monitoring, from the draft proposal. 4) Adopt an engagement-based approach rather than a punitive one. 5) Grant status on compassionate or humanitarian grounds to individuals whose residency applications have been rejected. Logos of: Eurodiaconia, Caritas Europa, International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC), Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), Europe Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Europe, CCME Churches' Commission for Migrants in Europe, Don Bosco International, Sant'Egidio and COMECE The Catholic Church in the European Union
September 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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🌱 Food security is one of the priorities of the #EU.

📍 However, too often industrial farming harms our environment for profit.

📜 In her article, Alice Privey proposes solutions to this problem.

Read it here 👉 qceablog.wordpress.com/2025/09/11/f...
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September 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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📍The EU’s new “Return Regulation” is in reality a Deportation Regulation.

It expands detention - including in offshore sites - fuels racial profiling & strips away rights.

Here’s why civil society is united in rejecting it ⬇️
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September 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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📣 Quaker organizations: the Israeli government's actions in Gaza and the West Bank constitute genocide.

Full statement 👉 www.qcea.org/quakers-disc...
Quakers Discern Genocide is Occurring in Gaza and Urge Courageous Action.
August 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Enjoy your summer! 🌞 We will get back to you in mid-July!
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June 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Thank you everyone who joined us for the conference 'Faith in Action in an Age of Permacrisis'. It was truly an unforgettable experience! 💙
June 23, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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📍Big news from QCEA!

We're excited to welcome Andrew de Sousa as our new Director, starting July 2025.
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June 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 'Moving with Dignity' launch last week! 💙

This is not the end, but just the beginning of our advocacy for humane and peace-focused #migration policies.

Read it online here 👉 www.qcea.org/moving-with-...
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May 19, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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📢 Celebrate International Conscientious Objection Day by joining our social media initiative! Share our stories & amplify the voices of those who refuse to take part in war.

#COday2025

🔗 Read more here: www.qcea.org/may-15th-202...
EU & Conscientious Objection: International law vs practice
May 15, 2025 at 8:48 AM