Symposium: Assessing Accountability for Harms against Migrants in Europe – Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Assessing Accountability for Harms against Migrants in Europe Symposium on accountability for violations of migrant rights and open discussion involving research and activism Discussant: Thomas Spijkerboer (Professor of Migration Law, VU Amsterdam) Chair: Patrick van Berlo (PhD fellow, Leiden University)…

Forum: Politicization of EU Freedom of Movement. Does EU Mobility Promote Socio-Political, IES Brussels

Policy Form Wednesday 2 December 2015 // 12:00 – 14:00 Politicization of EU Freedom of Movement. Does EU Mobility Promote Socio-Political Integration? EU freedom of movement, at its origins, was assumed to promote economic and political integration, economic benefits as…

Call For Papers – South-South Migration, Refugees & Diasporic Communities, Singapore

16-17 February 2016 Call For Papers – South-South Migration, Refugees & Diasporic Communities The Migration Research Cluster in the National University of Singapore, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

CfP Critical Approaches to Irregular Migration Facilitation: Dismantling the Human Smuggler Narrative

Call for Papers Critical Approaches to Irregular Migration Facilitation: Dismantling the Human Smuggler Narrative European University Institute Florence, Italy April 5-6, 2016 In contemporary mainstream narratives of migration, the human smuggler has earned a privileged if infamous spot as one of…

MIGRANT INTEGRATION AND TRANSNATIONAL MOBILITY: DRIVERS AND OBSTACLES – ITHACA PROJECT FINAL CONFERENCE, EUI

Migrant Integration and Transnational Mobility: Drivers and Obstacles, final event of the project ITHACA (Integration, Transnational Mobility and Human, Social and Economic Capital Transfers) 21-22 October 2015, Villa La Fonte, Via delle Fontanelle 18, 50014 Fiesole (Florence) – Italy   The…

6th Annual International Symposium on Preventing Human Trafficking – Brussels

6th Annual International Symposium on Preventing Human Trafficking: Strengthening Cooperation, Developing a Multilevel Approach Thon Hotel Brussels City Centre, Brussels Tuesday 1st December 2015 KEY SPEAKER: Peter Josef von Bethlenfalvy Founder and Executive Director CEIP Event Details  Website  Register to Attend The problem…

CfP: IMISCOE Spring conference – February 2016, Copenhagen

Centre for Advanced Migration Studies (AMIS) and IMISCOE jointly organize a conference on controlling migration, University of Copenhagen, 18-19. February 2016. Keynote lectures: Adrian Favell (University of Leeds) and Sarah Fine (King’s College London) In response to increasing and new patterns of migration, policies of control…

Newsletter: European Web Site on Integration

74th issue of the European Web Site on Integration‘s newsletter Mainstreaming refugee integration with EU funds On 25 September, the European Commission met with managing authorities of the European Social Funds (ESF) and Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived…

CfP: International Affairs Conference (EUIA), Brussels, 11-13 May 2016

Call for papers and panels on Migration and Diversity at the European Union in International Affairs Conference (EUIA), Brussels, 11-13 May 2016 The Institute for European Studies at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (IES-VUB), the Institut d’Études Européennes at the Université Libre de Bruxelles…

FROM EUROPEAN BORDERS TO A EUROPEAN BORDER: Solutions for Migration and Mobility in the EU

FROM EUROPEAN BORDERS TO A EUROPEAN BORDER: Solutions for Migration and Mobility in the EU Date: 21 Sep 2015 18:22:48 WEST The Union of European Federalists (UEF) Political Commission ‘Social Europe and Citizens’ Rights’ and the Young European Federalists (JEF) Political Commission ‘Internal Policies’ will hold a…