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European Migration Policy: Management or Militarization
More than 250 participants at lively discussion, co-organised by the Human Rights Force of the University College Maastricht
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The situation of refugees outside Europe’s external borders is getting more and more dramatic. Thousands already have died in the attempt to get into the so-called ‘Fortress Europe’. However, European policy seems to have chosen the road of increasing securitization and insulation towards immigration pressures. In this discussion, the experts will elaborate on the reasons and consequences of these policies, the role of Frontex, as well as possible alternative solutions to this pressing European and global issue.
Frontex, the EU agency based in Warsaw, is a specialised and independent body tasked to coordinate the operational cooperation between European Member States in the field of border security. More...
Experts:
- Elias Bierdel – Borderline Europe (former president of Cap Anamur)
- Ska Keller – Member of the European Parliament, Buendis 90/Die Gruenen
- Prof. Hildegard Schneider – Faculty of Law, Maastricht University
- Dr. Jorrit Rijpma - Leiden University who defended a PhD on Frontex recently at the European University Institute in Florence ('Building Borders: the Regulatory Framework for the Management of the External Borders of the European Union')
Moderator:
- Inge Römgens, Maastricht Debates
Human Rights Force is a group of UCM students (University College Maastricht) interested in the field of human rights. It was founded in September 2008. Since then, the members of the group organized two series of events, about the human rights situation in Zimbabwe and about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The group is a subgroup of the Student Workforce for Sustainability and Development. Contact person: Matthias Zeller