Seminar: Det mindste onde? Politiske logikker og praksisser ved forflytning og tilbageholdelse af flygtninge i Middelhavsområdet

TIME: Thursday, 6 October at 14 – 17 hours

VENUE: Danish Institute for International Studies, Main Auditorium, ground floor, Strandgade 71, Christianshavn, 1401 Kbn K

TIME: Thursday, 6 October at 14 – 17 hours

VENUE: Danish Institute for International Studies, Main Auditorium, ground floor, Strandgade 71, Christianshavn, 1401 Kbn K

The arrival of more than 45.000 African boat migrants and asylum seekers in Italy this year has caused much public and political attention in Europe. One response is to call for increased sea patrols to prevent irregular crossings of the Mediterranean Sea. Another response is detention, deportation and forced removal of irregular migrants and rejected asylum seekers who have reached Europe.

Such practices are already important objectives in European migration management and policies but are likely to become even more significant in coming negotiations with North African migrant sending and transit countries.

This seminar examines practices of deportation, readmission and detention from a policy and migrant perspective. It will address the following questions: What are the policy logics and readmission agreements in the Euro-Mediterranean area? How is detention and deportation of irregular migrants carried out? And how do deported migrants deal with their situation?

This is the second of four seminars in the 2011 Migration Seminar Fall Series, The Politics of Deportation. Based on cutting-edge research and ongoing policy involvement, the seminars present current policy development as well as migrant responses and practices, questioning common sense assumptions and presenting new perspectives on deportation. For abstracts and information on forthcoming seminars, see link.

Speakers:

* Jean-Pierre Cassarino, Part-time Professor, EUI, Florence, Italy
* Rutvica Andrijasevic, Lecturer, University of Leicester, UK
* Hans Lucht, Postdoc, University of Copenhagen
* Nauja Kleist, Senior Researcher, DIIS

More details about the seminar and programme are available on DIIS’ website.

The seminar will be held in English.

Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. Please use the online registration form no later than Wednesday, 5 October 2011 at 12.00 noon.

Please await confirmation by e-mail from DIIS for participation.