New obstacles to migration, new tactics among migrants

Programme – Workshop “New obstacles to migration, new tactics among migrants”

29 November – room DC2.233 Campus Solbosch Université Libre de Bruxelles – Avenue Depage

9:00 – Introduction

9:15-10:45 Panel 1: Solidarity and mobilisation

Tanja R. Müller (University of Manchester): Remaking citizenship? German Business sector engagement and refugee integration

Maria Sobolewska (University of Manchester): The BAME vote in the Brexit Referendum

Elsa Mescoli (CEDEM): Between invisibility and visibility. Speaking out through art by undocumented migrants in Liege (Belgium)

10:45-11:00 – coffee break

11:00-12:30 Panel 2: The access to rights in Europe

Daniela Vintila and Jean-Michel Lefleur (CEDEM): Migration and social protection in Europe Angeliki Konstantinidou (CEDEM): The external dimension of social protection: EU nationals’

access to social protection in third countries

Bridget Byrne (University of Manchester): School choice among minority and migrant parents in Manchester

12:30-14:00 – lunch

14:00-16:00 Panel 3: Migration controls and their implementation

Andrew Crosby (GERME): Immigration detention and the autonomy of immigration policy in Belgium

Morgane Giladi (GERME): The management of the urgent health assistance by the Public Welfare Centre of Brussels

Léa Lemaire (Université du Luxembourg/GERME): A market of refugees? Relocation and resettlement from Malta

Djordje Sredanovic (University of Manchester/GERME): Variable filters: local bureaucracies in citizenship and nationality procedures in the UK and Belgium

16:00-16:15 – coffee break

16:15-17:45 Panel 4: Refugees, settlement and mobility

Madeline Abbas (University of Manchester): The conflation of ‘Muslim refugee’ and ‘terror suspect’

Hannah Haycox (University of Manchester): Resettlement Policy and Practice: The lived experiences of Syrian refugee families in the UK

Antoine Roblain (GERME): To leave or to stay in Belgium: The role of the social network in the intentions of mobility among migrants wishing to move to England.

17:45-18:15 – Presentation of Federica Infantino’s book: Schengen Visa Implementation and Transnational Policy-Making. Bordering Europe

Organisation and scientific committee: Djordje Sredanovic, Federica Infantino, Dirk Jacobs, Daniela Vintila, Andrea Rea, Jean-Michel Lafleur

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