Conferences and Workshops
Published: 1 Jun 2016
Canadian Council for Refugees’ National Spring Consultation, Saskatoon, 2-4 June 2016
The Canadian Council for Refugees Spring Consultation in Saskatoon on 2-4 June 2016 will explore questions affecting refugee protection and newcomer settlement and take stock of achievements and challenges in welcoming Syrian refugees. With views from all Canadian provinces and with participants in fields as diverse as healthcare and the law, the conference offers opportunities for professional development, networking and strategy. All are welcome.
Policy Roundtable on the reception of unaccompanied minors, 6 June 2016, Brussels
To mark the end of the project “No Longer Alone: Advancing Reception Standards for Unaccompanied Children,” ECRE and its project partners are organising a policy roundtable to highlight key challenges and solutions for the reception of unaccompanied minors. The final roundtable aims to discuss the challenges, best practices and solutions encountered, and to evaluate whether the reception models studied are transferrable to other situations, especially in light of the current developments. The roundtable will take place on Monday 6 June 2016, from 14:30 to 17:30 in Brussels. The event is open to policy and decision makers, child rights professionals and NGOs. Registration is available through this link.
Roundtable on strategic litigation for refugees and stateless persons, 14 June, Geneva
The annual Strategic Litigation Roundtable will be held on 14 June 2016 at the UNHCR Headquarters in Geneva. Participants will discuss and debate the ways the law and strategic litigation in particular, can help refugees and stateless persons access rights and obtain protection. Register your place by email by 7 June 2016. For any questions, email Alen Mirzaat Asylum Access.
Workshop on learning from history about today’s refugee crises, 20 June, London
The University of East Anglia and the Birkbeck’s Pears Institute for the study of Antisemitismare hosting a workshop entitled Placeless People: What Can History Tell Us About Today’s Refugee Crises? The event will take place on 20 June at Birkbeck, University of London and will bring together experts to explore how history, in its broadest political, cultural and social senses, can usefully be employed to inform our understanding of the current refugee crisis and help shape our responses. For more information and to reserve a place, please register here.
Conference on the future of immigration and asylum law and policy, 27-28 June, London
The Migration and Law Network 2016 Conference hosted by the Queen Mary University of London revolves around future trajectories of immigration and asylum law and policy. In particular, the event will focus on the movement of people within Europe and the EU’s frameworks for addressing the migration crisis, and will take place on 27-28 June 2016 at Mason Lecture Theatre in the Bancroft Building at Queen Mary University of London. Please contact the conference organisers here, and for tickets, click here.
Conference about regional and global perspectives on asylum, 4-6 August, Berlin
The Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin is accepting applications to speak at the Seeking Asylum – Regional and Global Perspectives conference, taking place from 4-6 August 2016 in Berlin. The conference will mainly address the situation in Syria, but is open to papers foregrounding other locations. Submissions must include the submitter’s name; title of proposed talk; a maximum of 500-word summary description of the talk; affiliation and contact information. Kindly contact the conference organisers and submit conference proposals here.
Training workshops across Europe for people working with refugees
RedR UK, in partnership with the Humanitarian Leadership Academy, is hosting two-day workshops for volunteers and grassroots organizations working in the context of the European refugee crisis. The workshops are taking place in northern France, the UK, Serbia, Macedonia, Slovenia, Croatia and in Greece throughout June, July, and August 2016. The training workshops aim to ensure volunteers are able to understand the context in which they are working, and to operate more effectively while keeping themselves and those they are working with safe.