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Public conference
Joint reflections on migration and development
This conference is sponsored by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and organized by the Programme for the Study of Global Migration to maintain the momentum in the multi-stakeholder approach to international Migration and Development debates.
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student award
The PSGM has launched a student award to promote innovative and high-quality research on global migration. It is delivered each year on a competitive basis for rewarding an outstanding master thesis of the Graduate Institute.
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NEW initiative
A team of five students from the Graduate Institute – with the support of the Programme for the Study of Global Migration – will collaborate with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Cairo over a period of five months in order to evaluate their Regional Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration Program for Stranded Migrants in Egypt and Libya (RAVEL).
This project started in February 2011 and is funded by the European Union and co-funded by the Government of Italy. It offers the possibility for migrants stranded in Egypt and Libya to return voluntarily to their country of origin in a humane and dignified way and also provides migrants with reintegration assistance upon return. In addition to the provision of AVRR services, RAVEL also aims at: strengthening the capacity of key government entities and civil society organizations to facilitate AVRR, in line with internationally recognized norms; enhancing inter-regional cooperation and encourage coherent programme delivery in origin, transit and destination countries; and building the capacity of government and civil society to assist returnees’ sustainable reinsertion and reintegration within their countries of origin (eg. Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia).
The overall objective of the evaluation is to assess the relevance, effectiveness, and potential sustainability of the voluntary return and reintegration assistance provided to stranded migrants under the project.
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NEW ISSUE
Global migration research paper
The new issue of the Global Migration Research Paper Series is now available:
The UNHCR and Angolan Liberation: 1974-1975, by Nathaniel Kinsey Powell.
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NEW publication
"Interactions et filiations entre organisations internationales autour de la question des réfugiés dans la période d’après-guerre (1946-1956)"
Jérôme Elie
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Global Migration Seminar
Dr. Jacqueline Andall will give a presentation on "Choosing Destinations: African Migration to Japan and Italy", based on a research project which is being finalized this year. She is currently a Visiting Scholar at the Programme for the Study of Global Migration (PSGM).
This seminar will be chaired by Prof. Slobodan Djajic, member of the PSGM's Steering Committee.
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NEW ISSUE
REFUGEE SURVEY QUARTERLY
The new issue of the Refugee Survey Quarterly is now available.
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prof. viarengo honoured by wef
Last week, the World Economic Forum announced its Young Global Leaders Class of 2013. Martina Viarengo, Assistant Professor of International Economics, was named among the prestigious list of global leaders who were recognised for their professional achievements and commitments to society.
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Research
Team to explore country as laboratory of global humanitarianism
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Global detention project
The Madrid-based group Access Info Europe and the Global Detention Project from the PSGM jointly launched a new initiative aimed at improving transparency of immigration detention practices in Europe.
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PhD Thesis defence
The Securitization and Externalization of Visa Policies in the European Union and the United States
Ms Irina Angelescu (Romania)
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The Open Society Foundation has announced that it will support one of the initiative's of the Graduate Institute’s Programme for the Study of Global Migration, the Global Detention Project, with a grant of USD 255,000.
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phd thesis defence
Migrations africaines et pentecôtisme en Suisse : des dispositifs rituels au commerce de l'onction
Madame Jeanne Rey Pellissier (Suisse)
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11-12 February 2013
International Conference: ‘Refuge from Inhumanity:
Enriching refugee protection standards through
recourse to IHL’
Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford University/Refugee Law Initiative, University of London, Hosted by All Souls College, Oxford.
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NEW SPECIAL ISSUE
REFUGEE SURVEY QUARTERLY
Refugees in the European Union after the Treaty of Lisbon and the Stockholm Programme
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conference
Regional Governance of Migration and Socio-Political Rights:
Institutions, Actors and Processes
14-15 January 2013, Palais des Nations, Geneva
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Public Screening: Forward Home: The Power of the Caribbean Diaspora
13 November 2012
Documentary introduced by: Her Excellency, Dr. Marion Williams, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Barbados in Geneva
Screening followed by a discussion with the executive producer: Dr. Keith Nurse, WTO Chair, University of the West Indies, Barbados
Auditorium Jacques-Freymond, 132 Rue de Lausanne, 1202 Geneva
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Colloque "Asile et Extradition - Théorie et Pratique de l'Exclusion du Statut de Réfugié"
Le Programme pour l’étude des migrations globales et l’Université de Lille Nord organisent le vendredi 23 novembre 2012 le colloque de clôture du programme de recherche « Asile et extradition - Théorie et pratique de l’exclusion du statut de réfugié ». Le colloque se tiendra dans les locaux de la Faculté des Sciences juridiques, politiques et sociales de Lille 2.
Ce projet de recherche conjointement organisé par le Programme pour l’étude des migrations globales et l’Université de Lille Nord est financé par le Ministère français de la justice (Mission de recherche: Droit et Justice).
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- Mariette Grange, Senior Researcher at the Global Detention Project, has been invited to make a presentation on alternatives to detention at events on "Libertad de circulación - Alternativas al internamiento de inmigrantes en situación irregular" jointly organized by Mugak and the University of the Basque Country, Spain, at the Centro Carlos Santamaría Donostia-San Sebastian on 25-26 April 2013.
- Jerome Elie has been invited by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) to contribute to the Civil Society Consultations on Population Dynamics, on 18-19 February 2013, in Geneva. This is part of the Global Thematic Consultation on Population Dynamics of which the Government of Switzerland is the Lead Country.
- Jérôme Elie has been invited to contribute to the UNHCR Workshop on the Revision of the Voluntary Repatriation Handbook, Geneva, 10-11 December 2012. He made a presentation on "UNHCR and Voluntary Repatriation: Broad Historical Trends since 1951".
- Vincent Chetail has been invited to give a lecture on International Refugee Law and Humanitarian Action at the Geneva Centre for Education and Research in Humanitarian Action (CERAH) in CERAH's Diploma of Advanced Studies in Humanitarian Action (DAS) program “Legal Framework of Humanitarian Action”, on November 27, 2012.
- Micheal Flynn, coordinator of the Global Detention Project, has been invited to the Refugee Studies Centre 30th Anniversary Conference that has been held on December 6-7, 2012. He has presented his paper entitled: "Liberty versus security: how the promotion of fundamental rights can encourage the expansion of immigration detention."
- Jerome Elie has been invited to contribute to the Global Experts meeting of the World Bank's Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD), that has been held in Geneva on December 3-4, 2012.
- Jerome Elie gave a presentation on "Global Migration and International Affairs" in Prof. Hanhimäki's seminar on "History and International Affairs" (Master in International Affairs), on 26 November 2012.
- Jerome Elie has been invited to act as Rapporteur for the Working Sessions on "Protecting Vulnerable Migrant Workers" and "Protecting Migrants in Dire Humanitarian Situations" at the Civil Society Days of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD), 19 – 21 November, Mauritius.
- Jerome Elie was invited to act as the Rapporteur for the IOM–CSO Annual Consultations: "Enhancing Dialogue, Cooperation and Partnership on Migration", 25 October 2012, IOM Headquarters, Geneva.
- Vincent Chetail inaugurated the 2012-2013 International Refugee Law seminar series at the University of London (School of Advanced Study) on Friday 12 October 2012. His lecture analysed the relations between International Refugee Law and International Human Rights Law from a systemic perspective.
- Le 27 septembre 2012, Mariette Grange, chercheure avancée au Global Detention Project, a donné une présentation intitulée: Quand la minorité impose sa loi à la majorité: paradoxes de la migration masculine dans les pays du Golfe Persique, dans le cadre du Cycle de conférences publiques, organisé par le Département de géographie et environnement de l'Université de Genève en collaboration avec l'Institut d'Etudes Genre sur le thème: Les migrations: une question de genre ?
- Alessandro Monsutti and Jerome Elie participated to the UNHCR-ILO "Labour Mobility for Refugees" Workshop, Geneva, 11-12 September 2012.
- GDP on NPR: On 28 August, "Worldview," a program of the U.S. National Public Radio affiliate WBEZ in Chicago aired an interview with Michael Flynn discussing trends in global immigration detention practices.
- Vincent Chetail participated to the 7th Edition of the Certificate in European Law on Immigration and Asylum (Academic Year 2012 / 2013), Organized by the Academic Network for Legal Studies on Immigration and Asylum in Europe (University of Brussels).
- Jerome Elie was invited to act as Discussant in the Peer Review Meeting of the Least Developed Countries Report 2012: "Harnessing Remittances and Diaspora Knowledge for Productive Capacities in the Least Developed Countries”, Palais des Nations, Geneva, 4–5 July 2012.
- Vincent Chetail was invited to give a lecture at the 25th Course of International Humanitarian Law organised by the ICRC (2-11 July 2012). His lecture was devoted to the protection of refugees and internally displaced persons under International Humanitarian Law.
- On Friday 28 June, Vincent Chetail gave a lecture at the 15th Summer Course on Refugee Law organized by the International Institute of Human Rights (Strasbourg) and the UNHCR. His lecture analysed the international legal regime governing statelessness.
- At the invitation of Polish Humanitarian Action, Michael Flynn, coordinator of the Global Detention Project, gave a series of presentations in Poland on 20-23 June. The presentations, on the subject of "Immigration Detention and Children," were given at the University of Warsaw, the University of Bialystok, and John Paul II Catholic University in Lublin.
- M. Flynn of the Global Detention Project was interviewed in the Polish oulet Przekrój: "Illegals", Przekrój, 18 June 2012. Klementyna Suchanow talked with Michael Flynn on a global research programm on detention centres, migration and States politics towards non-citizens.
- On 6 June 2012, Alessandro Monsutti gave the 2012 Annual Elizabeth Colson Lecture on "State, Sovereignties and Refugees:A View from the Margins?" at the University of Oxford.
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