Beyond Dublin

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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