Help by country
Country-specific helplines, statutory routes, and cult-recovery networks. Each hub lists the helplines for emergency situations, domestic abuse / coercive control, modern-slavery / trafficking, child safeguarding, and mental-health crisis, plus the local cult-recovery networks where they exist.
If you are in immediate danger, use the local emergency number (UK / EU: 112 / 999; US / Canada: 911; Australia: 000; NZ: 111; Japan: 110 / 119; South Korea: 112 / 119; India: 112; Thailand: 191 / 1669; Singapore: 999 / 995). The country pages below give more detail for non-emergency situations.
North America
- United StatesHelplines, statutory routes, and cult-recovery networks for survivors, current members, and concerned family in the United States. Many resources are organised at the state level; the federal helplines below are the right first call.
- CanadaHelplines, statutory routes, and cult-recovery networks for survivors and concerned family in Canada. Many provincial services exist alongside the federal lines below.
Oceania
- AustraliaHelplines, statutory routes, and cult-recovery networks for survivors and concerned family in Australia. State-level safeguarding and consumer-protection routes apply alongside the federal lines below.
- New Zealand / AotearoaHelplines, statutory routes, and cult-recovery support for survivors and concerned family in New Zealand. The 2025 Centrepoint and Gloriavale legal proceedings have substantially raised public awareness of high-control-group dynamics in Aotearoa.
Europe
- GermanyHelplines and statutory routes for Germany, where the Länder-level Sektenbeauftragte (sect commissioners) are the established public-sector route for cult-related concerns.
- Europe (broader)Pan-European resources for jurisdictions not covered by a dedicated country hub. The European-network organisations below maintain referral lists for most EU member states and the UK.
East Asia
- JapanHelplines and statutory routes for Japan, where post-Aum Shinrikyo regulation and post-2022 Unification Church proceedings have reshaped the public conversation on high-control groups.
- South KoreaHelplines and statutory routes for South Korea, home to several internationally significant high-control religious movements (Shincheonji, Unification Church, JMS, Salvation Sect, others).
Southeast Asia
- ThailandHelplines and routes for Thailand, where public-information on cult-specific support is limited but federal helplines for the most-acute concerns are well-staffed.
- SingaporeHelplines and routes for Singapore, where the Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act and active regulatory environment shape the cult-related public-information landscape.
Helplines are checked at the date listed on each country page. CLCI Hub does not provide legal, medical, or clinical advice; the helplines and statutory services listed are the appropriate route for substantive concerns.