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How do third-country nationals access the territory of European Union and Schengen states? Which rules apply to them, how are these rules and related policies designed, by whom, and how are they applied across different operational contexts? To what extent does the governance of entry in the European Union comply with the political commitments to safe and legal pathways for international protection and for migration outlined in the United Nations Global Compacts for Migrants and for Refugees?

Detail Summary

With a view to contributing to the discussion on the EU’s “New Pact on Migration and Asylum”, the workshop examines these questions and presents the results of research undertaken by Work Package 1 on “Entry Governance” of the Advancing Alternative Migration Governance (AdMiGov) project, funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.

Presentations will examine how access is framed through the law and political economy of entry governance. They will also discuss how access effectively takes place, looking at operational case studies conducted at the air (Belgium), land (Poland) and sea (Greece) external borders of the European Union.

Registration

Participants are kindly asked to register by Tuesday 3rd of March midnight at the latest, using the following link:

https://www.iee-ulb.eu/en/events/conferences/access-to-europe-governing-the-entry-of-third-countrynationals-in-the-european-union/

Workshop Program

13:00 - 13:30 ARRIVAL AND OPENING REMARKS - Julien Jeandesboz (Université libre de Bruxelles)

13:30 - 15:00 SESSION 1 - FRAMING ACCESS: THE LAW AND POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ENTRY GOVERNANCE

Chair: Jeroen Doomernik (University of Amsterdam)

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  THE LAW OF ENTRY - Julia Koopmans & Markus Beilfuss (University of Barcelona)
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  THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ENTRY - Martin Lemberg-Pedersen (Aalborg University)

15:00 - 15:15 COFFEE BREAK

15:15 - 16:45 SESSION 2 - HOW ACCESS DOES HAPPEN: OPERATIONAL PRACTICES OF ENTRY AT EU EXTERNAL BORDER

Chair: Barak Kalir (University of Amsterdam)

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  GOVERNING ENTRY BY AIR - Julien Jeandesboz (Université libre de Bruxelles)
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  GOVERNING ENTRY BY LAND - Patrycja Matusz (University of Wroclaw)
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  GOVERNING ENTRY BY SEA - Polly Pallister-Wilkins (University of Amsterdam)

More information

For more information on the ADMIGOV project, events and publications, please go to the project website. You can follow us on Twitter @admigov.

Location

The event is hosted by the Institut d’études Européennes, in cooperation with the REPI research centre (Recherche et études en politique internationale) at the Université libre de Bruxelles. You can find out more about the Institute’s activities, research and degree programmes on its website and get news and updates on Twitter @IEE_Bruxelles. You can similarly find out more about REPI’s activities, research and degree programmes on the centre’s website, and on Twitter @REPI_ULB.

Further reading

Research reports can be found here.

Venue & Access

The workshop will take place on the premises of the Institut d’études Européennes of the Université libre de Bruxelles, Avenue F.D. Roosevelt 39, 1050 Brussels, Spaak Room.

The Institute is easily accessible by public transportation using either STIB-MIVB bus lines 71 (stop ULB) or 95 (stop Cimetière d’Ixelles and a 15-minute walk to the Institute), or tram lines 8 and 25 (stop ULB), 7 (stop Cambre Etoile) or 93 (stop Legrand).