Beyond Dublin: Rethinking Europe's Asylum System, Brussels - Main contents
| date | June 3, 2015 15:00 |
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| city | Brussels, Belgium |
| location | Altiero Spinelli building (ASP) i  |
| attending | J. (Judith) Sargentini i et al. |
| organisation | Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) i |
This event is hosted by MEPs Bodil Ceballos, Ska Keller, Jean Lambert, Judith Sargentini, and Josep-Maria Terricabras
Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in English, French, German, Greek and Italian.
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
15:00
Panel I: The political controversy
Chaired by Ska Keller, MEP, Greens/EFA
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-Cecilia Wikström, Dublin rapporteur of the European Parliament
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-Matthias Oel, Head of the Asylum Unit, European Commission
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-Violeta Moreno-Lax, EU Asylum Law Coordinator at the Refugee Law Initiative of the University of London
16:00
Panel II: Dublin and its flaws
Chaired by Judith Sargentini, MEP Greens/EFA
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-Shewit Tsehaye Gebrehiwet who has experienced the Dublin System
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-Stefan Kessler (JRS) on the impact of Dublin on asylum seekers, based on the JRS study "Protection Interrupted" (2013)
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-Eiko Thielemann (London School of Economics) on why people choose a certain country of asylum
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-Madeline Garlick (MPI) on the flaws of Dublin, based on MPI study "Not Adding Up" (2015)
17.10
Panel III: Alternatives to the Dublin System
Chaired by Bodil Ceballos, MEP Greens/EFA
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-Cathryn Costello (University of Oxford)
on the EP study "Dublin without Coercion" (2014)
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-Richard Williams
on a system which is fair to both asylum seekers and Member States, based on "Beyond Dublin" (2015)
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-Kris Pollet (ECRE)
on the proposals of the European Council on Refugees and Exiles
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-Hillel Rapoport (Paris School of Economics)
on tradable refugee-admission quotas and a mechanism for taking the preferences of asylum-seekers into account
18:20
Conclusions
by Jean Lambert, MEP Greens/EFA