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Beyond Dublin

Rethinking Europe's Asylum System

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
  • Cecilia Wikström, Dublin rapporteur of the European Parliament
  • Matthias Oel, Head of the Asylum Unit, European Commission
  • 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
  • Shewit Tsehaye Gebrehiwet who has experienced the Dublin System
  • Stefan Kessler (JRS) on the impact of Dublin on asylum seekers, based on the JRS study "Protection Interrupted" (2013)
  • Eiko Thielemann (London School of Economics) on why people choose a certain country of asylum
  • 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
  • Cathryn Costello (University of Oxford)
    on the EP study "Dublin without Coercion" (2014)
  • Richard Williams
    on a system which is fair to both asylum seekers and Member States, based on "Beyond Dublin" (2015)
  • Kris Pollet (ECRE)
    on the proposals of the European Council on Refugees and Exiles
  • 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

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Responsible MEPs

Ska Keller
Ska Keller
Member
Jean Lambert
Jean Lambert
Member
Judith Sargentini
Judith Sargentini
Member
Josep Maria Terricabras
Josep Maria Terricabras
EFA President and first Vice President of the Greens/EFA Group
Bodil Valero
Bodil Valero
Vice-President

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