International (no dedicated hub)
Fallback resources for jurisdictions without a dedicated country hub on CLCI Hub. The international-network organisations below maintain global member directories and can route appropriately.
If you are in a jurisdiction not covered by a dedicated CLCI Hub country page, the international networks below are the most reliable starting point. ICSA, the Freedom of Mind Resource Center, and FECRIS all maintain global referral structures and will route to local services where they exist.
For immediate safety concerns in jurisdictions where you are unfamiliar with local emergency numbers, the US State Department's country-specific pages (travel.state.gov), the UK Foreign Office country pages (gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice), and similar consular resources in your home country usually list the local emergency contact numbers.
If you are in immediate danger
- Local emergency services· 24/7Numbers vary by country. EU and UK: 112. US/Canada: 911. Australia: 000. NZ: 111. Japan: 110 / 119. South Korea: 112 / 119. India: 112. Thailand: 191 / 1669. Singapore: 999 / 995. Other: check the relevant national consular page.
What situation are you in?
If you are worried about someone in a high-control group
Sustain low-pressure contact. Learn the specific group. Avoid confrontation. Position yourself as a soft landing. The /guides/what-to-do-if-loved-one-joined-a-cult guide covers the long version. Loved-one guide →
If you are inside a high-control group
Talk to a single trusted person outside the group. Open a group-invisible communication channel. Begin mapping financial, housing, and employment dependencies. The leaving guide has the longer version. Leaving guide →
If you recently left
Give yourself a long enough horizon for recovery. Religious-trauma-aware therapy materially helps. Build ordinary relationships outside the tradition. Rebuild-identity guide →
If children are involved
Children's situations are not adult-exit-planning. Statutory child-safeguarding helplines and family-law specialists are the appropriate route. Children guide →
If money, documents, or housing are controlled
Document control overlaps with trafficking and domestic-abuse frameworks. The specialist helplines listed on this page are the right first call. Document-control guide →
Cult-recovery networks
- ICSA — International Cultic Studies AssociationLargest international cult-research and recovery network. Annual conferences, clinician referrals, member directory by region.
- Freedom of Mind Resource CenterSteven Hassan's resource hub. Global referrals, family-support advice, BITE-model-based assessments.
- FECRISEuropean cult-information federation; useful for EU and adjacent jurisdictions.
- Open Minds FoundationUK-based but with international outreach on undue influence.
Legal and safeguarding routes
- International modern-slavery helplinesDirectory of international anti-trafficking helplines. Many operate cross-border and accept calls from outside the home country.
International support is necessarily less specific than country-level support. Where possible, the international networks above will route you to a country-specific contact. Where they cannot, online communities for the specific tradition you are leaving (ex-JW, ex-Mormon, ex-FLDS, ex-Scientology, ex-Hasidic, ex-Hindu-guru, ex-MLM, others) often maintain global support networks.
Printable quick-reference checklist
- Identify the local emergency number for your country (consular page if unsure).
- ICSA or Freedom of Mind for cult-specific international advice.
- FECRIS for European routing.
- Tradition-specific online communities for the group you are leaving.
- International modern-slavery helpline directory if document / financial control involved.
- Where local data is limited, the international networks will route as far as possible.
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