EU’s externalisation of borders, Brussels - Main contents
| date | December 5, 2017 |
|---|---|
| city | Brussels, Belgium |
| location | Altiero Spinelli building (ASP) i  |
| attending | (Marie-Christine) Vergiat i, (Cornelia) Ernst i, (Malin) Björk i, (Barbara) Spinelli i et al. |
| organisation | Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) i |
GUE/NGL Hearing 05/12/2017 “EU’s externalisation of borders” Time: 9:00 - 12:30 Room: ASP1G2
Date
05 Dec 17 - 05 Dec 17
GUE/NGL Hearing
“EU’s externalisation of borders”
Time: 9:00 - 12:30
Room: ASP1G2
Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Swedish, Spanish, Farsi
Live web-streaming available
9:00-9:10: Welcome introduction: Cornelia Ernst, LIBE GUE/NGL coordinator (tbc)
09.10: Panel 1: EU’s externalisation of borders: putting the issue into perspective
Chair: Miguel Urban, MEP, GUE/NGL
Dr. Violeta Moreno-Lax, Queen Mary University of London
Dr. Azadeh Dastyari, Deputy Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Australia
Mark Akkerman, TNI
Exchange of views with notably:
Barbara Spinelli, MEP, GUE/NGL
Cécile Van der Stappen, CNCD-11.11.11
10:45: Panel 2: EU’s externalisation in key countries
Chair: Malin Björk, MEP, GUE/NGL
Sara Prestianni, ARCI, on Niger and Mali
Fatemeh Khavari, spokesperson for Ung i Sverige/Young in Sweden - an anti-deportation movement, on Afghanistan
Martin Plaut, journalist, on the Horn of Africa
Inma Vazquez, Médecins sans Frontières, on Libya
Exchange of views with notably:
Julian Köberer & Gennaro Guidetti, volunteers for Seawatch, witnesses of the 6th November incident with the “Libyan coast guards”
Anna Brambila, lawyer, ASGI, Italy
Azza Falfoul, Alarmphone Tunisia
Sofian Philip Naceur, journalist working on Egypt - EU relations
12:20: Conclusion:
Marina Albiol, MEP, GUE/NGL & Marie-Christine Vergiat, MEP, GUE/NGL
For registration and more information: amandine.bach@ep.europa.eu
Register here by Tuesday 28.11:2017
http://www.opinio.europarl.europa.eu/opinio/s?s=0512A