The decisions are made by the authorities. The Danish Refugee Council and its member organisations have always been active close to the refugees' homes. Over the years this has involved extensive collaboration for the benefit of many million refugees in the world's crisis zones. The Danish Refugee Council is one of the largest Danish organisations involved in international refugee work. In several locations the projects are managed with one or more member organisations, such as Danish People's Aid, Caritas Denmark, Danish Save the Children, DanChurchAid, ADRA and the Danish Association for International Co-Operation.
Danish experts collaborate with local organisations and networks, local staff and local authorities.
The Danish Refugee Council's Emergency List sends out experts for emergency tasks around the world at very short notice. In recent years hundreds of thousands of refugees have been helped by Danish Refugee Council programmes and field workers in Bosnia, Serbia, Kosovo, Chechnya, Somalia, East Timor etc. Private donations enable the Refugee Council to act fast when necessary. Such donations are also a condition of getting long-term grants from for instance Danida and the European Union. FIN is a consultancy service used by many local authorities, firms etc for various tasks aimed at helping refugees to manage on equal terms with others in Denmark.