The VULNER Project Final Conference

This event was structured around the final discussion paper of the VULNER Project: "Better Policies and Laws to Address Migrants’ Vulnerabilities: 10 Key Messages from the VULNER Project". You can find it here: https://population-europe.eu/research/discussion-papers/better-policies-and-laws-address-migrants-vulnerabilities

Programme Day 1 | Thursday June 8

12.45 Registration

13.00 – 13.15  WELCOME

Thomas Wünsch, State Secretary for Science and Energy, Ministry of Science, Energy, Climate Protection and Environment of Saxony-Anhalt
Andreas Edel, Population Europe

13.15 – 14.00  HOW DOES THE LAW ASSESS, ADDRESS, SHAPE AND PRODUCE VULNERABILITIES OF MIGRANTS SEEKING PROTECTION?

Opening session by Marie-Claire Foblets, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, and Luc Leboeuf, VULNER research coordinator

14:00 – 14.30  POLICY KEYNOTE

Saskia Bricmont, Member of the European Parliament, introduced by Sylvie Saroléa

14.30 – 15.00  Coffee break

15.00 – 16.00  VULNERABILITIES AND TIME IN THE ASYLUM PROCEDURE

Sylvie Saroléa, Zoé Crine, Francesca Raimondo, Catholic University of Louvain

Discussants: Ruben Wissing, Ghent University, Audrey Pivato, Council for Aliens Law Litigation, Anthony Good, VULNER Ethics Advisor

16.00 – 17.00  LARGE-SCALE HOUSING AND VULNERABILITIES OF ASYLUM SEEKERS

Winfried Kluth, Jakob Junghans, Halle University

Discussants: Torsten Moritz, Churches Commission for Migrants in Europe, Nicolas van Puymbroeck, Belgian Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers, Philippe De Bruycker, Professor at the Free University of Brussels

17.00 – 17.30  Coffee break

17.30 – 18.30  SOCIAL WORKERS’ CONDITIONS AND THE VULNERABILITY OF MIGRANTS

Giulia Garofalo, Pamela Pasian, University Ca' Foscari, Venice

Discussants: Raffaella Greco Tonegutti, Belgian Development Agency, Catherine Woollard, European Council on Refugees and Exiles, Tuscany Bell, European Public Service Union

18.30 – 19.30  THE QUAGMIRE OF VULNERABILITY IN REFUGEE AND ASYLUM LAW

Keynote by James Hathaway, University of Michigan Law School, introduced by Jean-Yves Carlier

19.30               Reception

20.30               Wrap Up

Programme Day 2 | Friday June 9

09.00 – 10.00  UNACCOMPANIED MINORS AND THE TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD

Hilde Lidén, Norwegian Institute for Social Research

Discussants: Ilse Derluyn, University of Ghent, Isabela Atanasiu, Migration and Home Affairs at the European Commission 

10.00 – 11.00  VULNERABILITY OF VICTIMS OF EXPLOITATION AND TRAFFICKING

Letizia Palumbo, University Ca' Foscari, Venice

Discussants: Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, former UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons; Enrico Somaglia, European Federation of Food, Agriculture, and Tourism Trade Unions, Suzanne Hoff, La Strada International

11.00 – 11.30  Coffee break

11.30 – 12.30  VULNERABILITY AND TEMPORARY MIGRATION: THE CANADIAN CONTEXT

Delphine Nakache, University of Ottawa, Anna Purkey, University of Waterloo

Discussants: Dirk Vanheule, University of Antwerp, François Bienfait, Director of ADDE: Association pour le droit des étrangers, Rob De Lobel, International Organization for Migration

12.30 – 13.30  Lunch

13.30 – 14.30  CHOOSING THE MOST VULNERABLE MIGRANTS FOR RESETTLEMENT

Sophie Nakueira, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Erlend Paasche, Norwegian Institute for Social Research, Dagmar Soennecken and Ritika Tanotra, York University

Discussant: Nathalie Springuel, UNHCR

14.30 – 15.30  LIMITS OF THE HUMANITARIAN-DEVELOPMENT NEXUS

Cathrine Brun and Maria Maalouf, Centre for Lebanese Studies

Discussants: Joanna Darmanin, European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations at the European Commission; Olivier Pierre Louveaux, UNDP Brussels Regional Office, Robin Vandervoordt, University of Ghent

15.30 – 16.00  Coffee break

16.00 – 17.00  THE INTERSECTIONALITY OF MIGRANT VULNERABILITIES

Francesca Raimondo and Christine Flamand, Catholic University of Louvain

Discussants: Ellen Desmet, University of Ghent, Sibylle Gioe, Human Rights Lawyer, Julie Lejeune, Belgian Refugee Council

17.00 – 17.30 DO WE NEED A NEW STATUS FOR PEOPLE SEEKING PROTECTION IN EUROPE?

Keynote by Anna Triandafyllidou, Toronto Metropolitan University, introduced by Marie-Claire Foblets

17.30 – 18.30  PODIUM DISCUSSION

Cathrine Brun, Luc Leboeuf, Hilde Lidén, Delphine Nakache, joined by Sabrina Marchetti (University Ca' Foscari, Venice), Geert Knockaert (EUAA)

Moderator: Peter Weissenburger, Population Europe

The VULNER Project has received funding from the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement number: 870845

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