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Day 1 Tuesday, 19 May 2009
16.00 h Registration
16.20 h Opening Remarks
- Ralf Fücks, Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Berlin
- Viola Seeger, Robert Bosch Stiftung, Stuttgart
- Michael Bird, British Council, Berlin
16.40 h Film Presentation
"I Broke my Future - Paradise Europe" (2007)
Carla Gunnesch, Director, Berlin
17.40 h Tea-/Coffee-break
18.00 h Poverty Meets Fortress
Keynote:
Fatou Diome, Writer, Strasbourg
18.30 h Panel Discussion
- Peter Altmaier, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Berlin
- Francis Etienne, Director, Ministry of Immigration, Integration, National Identity and Development, Paris
- Omid Nouripour, MP, Parliamentary Group Alliance 90/The Greens, Frankfurt a. M.
- Ambassador Mahamat S. Annadif, Permanent Representative of the African Union at the European Union, Brussels
- Klaus Roesler, Director of Operations Division, Frontex, Warschau
Chair: Melinda Crane, Deutsche Welle TV, Berlin
20.00 h Reception and Music: Shri with DJ Badmarsh, London
Day 2 Wednesday, 20 May 2009
9.00 h Registration
9.30 h Opening
9.45 h Africa-Europe Dynamic: The Push and Pull Factors of Migration
Keynote:
Elizabeth Adjei, Director, Ghana Immigration Service, Accra
Discussion
10.30 h Parallel Roundtables
Roundtable 1 – In Search of Security: High Risk at Any Cost?
Who are the people crossing?
How do they cross the borders?
What do they face upon arrival?
Input
Yayi Bayam Diouf, Women’s Association against Illegal Migration, Thiaroye
Pippo Costella, NGO "On the Road", Martinsicuro
Prof. Loren Landau, Director Forced Migration Studies Programme, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Chair: Dr. Derek Lutterbeck, Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies, Malta
Roundtable 2 – In Search of Cheap Labour: Jobs for Illegals?
What are the jobs waiting for undocumented migrants?
What is the gender division?
What is the effect on local labour markets?
Input
Martin Baldwin-Edwards, Co-Director Mediterranean Migration Observatory, Athens
Prof. Mehdi Lahlou, Institute National de Statistique et d'Economie Appliquée, Rabat
Hakam El Asri, Director, Labour Migration Partnership, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Paris
Chair: Dr. Jean-Pierre Cassarino, International Training Centre of the International Labour Organisation, Turin
Roundtable 3 - Migration vs. Security? Border Management in the Euro-Mediterranean
- How does security comply with the EU immigration and asylum policy?
- What is the EU border management strategy?
- What are the challenges?
Input
- Manuel Ferrer Muñoz, Centro Europeo de Estudios sobre Flujos Migratorios, Canary Islands
- Prof. Mustafa Omar Attir, University of El-Fatah and the Academy of Graduate Studies, Tripoli
- Dr. Henk van Houtum, Head of the Nijmegen Centre for Border Research, Nijmegen
Chair: Julien Simon, Programme Manager for Mediterranean Transit Migration Dialogue, Vienna
13.15 h Lunch
14.30 h Plenary Session with Roundtable Speakers
15.30 h Tea-/Coffee-break
16.00 h EU-Africa Partnership: Towards a Common Perspective
- Kerstin Müller, MdB, Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, Köln
- Hugh Bayley, MP, Labour Party, City of York
- Ambassador Nehad Abdel Latif, Director General, Secretariat for Coordination and Implementation Egypt-EU Partnership, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cairo
- Manuel Pombo, Special Representative of the Director General, International Organization for Migration, Madrid
Chair: Melinda Crane, Deutsche Welle TV, Berlin
17.30 h Closure |
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