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Knocking at the Doors of Fortress Europe. Migration Flows from the Maghreb to Europe: is there a Long-term Solution?

Studium Generale | Debate

The maritime accidents with refugee and migrant ships in the Mediterranean Sea have raised widespread public attention and debate about migration to Europe. Thousands of asylum seekers flee to Mediterranean Europe every year, filling migrant reception centres to many times their capacity.

Picture of a migrant climbing a fence

How does Europe deal with immigration? Isn’t it time for the EU to set up an improved, common, comprehensive approach to migration management and come up with long-term solutions? What changes should be made? Does the Dublin II Regulation need revision? Does the new European Border Surveillance system, Eurosur, represent a real solution? What about the human rights of the refugees?

Join tonight’s Debate Café to discuss these issues with the following panel of experts:

Katharina Eisele, Researcher at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS). Prior to joining CEPS Eisele worked as a PhD candidate at Maastricht University (2009 – 2012) on her doctoral dissertation on the external dimension of the EU’s migration policy. Research: EU Migration Law and Policy, Free Movement of Persons, External Relations of the EU

Katie Kuschminder, Research Fellow Migration and Development, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance 

Natasja Reslow, Post-doctoral researcher, Faculty of Law. Expertise: EU external migration policy, EU Mobility Partnerships, EU-Africa relations on migration

Maarten Vink, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, FASoS, Maastricht University and Part-Time Professor, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute. Expertise Comparative migration studies; Citizenship (Acquisition); Immigrant integration; Asylum; Family reunification; Political sociology; Europeanization; Comparative methods 

Marieke Wissink, PhD Candidate FASoS. Research: Migration Strategies, Transnational Relationships and the Use of Information and Communication Technologies by Irregular Migrants and Asylum-Seekers in Turkey and Greece

Moderator
Hildegard Schneider, dean of the Law Faculty. Research: Free Movement of Natural and Legal Persons and Migration Issues, Recognition of Diplomas, EC Policies in Education and Culture, International Trade Law, Comparative Law

This Debate Café is a cooperation between ESA Concordantia and Studium Generale.

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