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Church Asylum Berlin is part of the German Ecumenical Committee on Church
Asylum (Ökumenische Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Asyl in der Kirche) which
forms a network of associations of German protestant, catholic and free church
parishes ready to offer church asylum. Parishes offering asylum to refugees feel
bound by their Christian faith to protect people from deportation from the
territory, if there is reasonable doubt concerning a safe return. These parishes
place themselves between refugees and the authorities in order to bring about a
re-examination of cases and to prevent deportation.Church Asylum Berlin aims
at supporting refugees, alerting to their living conditions, representing their
interests publicly and establishing understanding in the local community.
Church Asylum Berlin acts from Christian responsibility and works within an
ecumenical network. The association offers counseling for refugees und shelters
single refugees in adversity though placement and accompanying. Public events
and publications inform about the situation of refugees. Working as political
lobbyists, we take a stand for the rights of refugees. The target group of our
work are refugees, asylum seekers and people without documents.