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The European Union’s response to the refugee situation in Afghanistan:

Migration, asylum and borders

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The European Union’s response to the refugee situation in Afghanistan:

What role for the EU Pact on Migration and the UN Global Compact on Refugees?

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This webinar aims to examine the main policy responses of the European Union to the challenges experienced by refugees and people looking for international protection from Afghanistan.

The event will interrogate the EU’s role and the kinds of contributions that can be expected in light of the proposals outlined by the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum, as well as current responses from EU Member States and Ministries of Interior.

The discussion will also assess to what extent the Union’s current response has reflected the call for international solidarity and other political commitments for facilitating legal pathways for refugees as envisaged in the UN Global Compact on Refugees and the next UN Global Refugee Forum.

The UN GCR calls for more equitable and effective arrangements for responsibility sharing. It states that it is to be grounded in international refugee protection and international human rights instruments. The UN GCR places protection as an overall guide of application.

The policy webinar brings together a group of high–level and long-standing policy makers and experts from EU institutions and agencies, international organisations and civil society, with a group of students and young researchers who will be acting as Discussants.

The event falls within the scope of the first ASILE H2020 Project Training School, which is jointly organised by CEPS and the Migration Policy Centre (MPC) of the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence.

 

  

 Chair:  

  • Sergio CarreraCEPS/EUI, Scientific Project Coordinator of the ASILE Project 

 

Panel:  

  • Juan Fernando López Aguilar, MEP, European Parliament 
  • Johannes Luchner, Deputy Director-General DG HOME, European Commission
  • Madeline Garlick, Chief of the Protection Policy and Legal Advice Section in the Division of International Protection, UNHCR   
  • Cecilia Vejby Andersen, Head of Unit, Danish Refugee Council – DRC 
  • Tamas Molnar, Programme Officer , Legal Research Research & Data Unit, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights – FRA 

                         

Discussants:  

  • Eleonora Milazzo, Research Associate, EUSOL – Solidarity in the European Union, King’s College London) 
  • Shaddin AlmasriPhD Candidate, Danube University Krems 
  • Valentina MarconiPhD Candidate, University of Urbino Carlo Bo 

 

Concluding Remarks by Prof. Andrew GeddesDirector, MPC, EUI 

Host
Sergio Carrera Sergio Carrera
Sergio Carrera

Senior Research Fellow and Head of Justice and Home Affairs unit

Speakers list
Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR

MEP, European Parliament

Madeline GARLICK

UNHCR

Cecilia VEJBY ANDERSEN

DRC

Tamas MOLNAR

FRA

Eleonora Milazzo

Research Associate, EUSOL - Solidarity in the European Union, King’s College London

Shaddin Almasri

PhD Candidate, Danube University Krems

Valentina Marconi

PhD Candidate, University of Urbino Carlo Bo

Prof. Andrew Geddes

Director, MPC, EUI

Johannes Luchner

Deputy Director-General DG HOME, European Commission