The last European Integration and Migration Conference of this academic term was held on December 30, 2020. The participation to the conference was very high and satisfactory.
Prof. Dr. Sanem Baykal, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gülüm Özçelik and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tolga Candan made speeches on various aspects of European Union Law and European Migration Law.
At the end of the conference, a very fruitful Q&A session has been carried out.
A huge thanks to all participants!
The fourth session of the Talks on Migration series will take place on November 18, 2020 via Zoom.
Hans van Loon, former Secretary General of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, will be the keynote speaker of this session.
He will be delivering a speech titled “Towards a Global Cooperation Framework for Temporary and Circular Migration”.
The ones who are interested are kindly invited. We hope to see you soon!
You can access the talk via the link below:
On 13th of November, the conference on European Integration and Migration was held via Zoom; and the participation to the conference was satisfactorily high.
Prof. Dr. Sanem Baykal, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gülüm Özçelik and Akif Atlı, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, made speeches on Turkey-EU relations as regards the migration issues, development of migration law in the EU and efforts for refugee protection in Turkey respectively.
At the end of the conference, a very thought-provoking Q&A session has been carried out.
A huge thanks to all participants!
On 5th of November, the conference on European Integration and Migration was held via Zoom; and the participation to the conference was satisfactorily high.
Firstly, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gülüm Özçelik gave a speech on the development of migration law in the EU.
Following that, Prof. Dr. Sanem Baykal talked about the Turkey-EU relations as regards the migration issues.
Lastly, Dr. Çiçek Özgür compared the content of temporary protection in Turkey and in the EU.
It has been a very productive and fruitful session! We hope to see you in other talks and conferences.
The third session of the Talks on Migration Series organized by Jean Monnet Module on European and International Migration Law has been held online on October 15, 2020
Akif Atlı, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR), was the keynote speaker and he delivered a speech titled Refugees / Our Guests: Our Acquaintances and Differences During This Time.
It was a very productive talk with wide participation.
The talk covered a short summary of efforts for refugee protection in Turkey with specific references to legal basis, facts and social cohesion difficulties with a wide focus covering the society, government and international community’s contributions.
Specifically, Mr. Atlı shared the numbers and comparisons with other social facts, preparations of a refugee crisis and daily difficulties with unprecedented solution efforts.
While Mr. Atlı was highlighting that each and every individual that lives in the host country contribute to the protection of refugees, he explained that the protection of the refugees refers to the instance in which the refugees are able to access to fundamental human rights like non-refoulement, right to registration, right to education, right to health and right to work. In addition, Mr. Atlı stated that the refugees can only exercise their rights emerging from their temporary protection status in their place of domicile.
Mr. Atlı has pointed out that these rights bring some obligations along to refugees like informing local administrative organs relating to current changes and exercising rights within the procedural laws of the host country.
During his speech, Mr. Atlı has touched upon various difficulties that has arisen in the social cohesion of refugees. He pointed out that these difficulties can be handled though a healthy communication among governments, citizens and refugees.
At the end of his speech, a very fruitful Q&A session has been carried out.
A huge thanks to Mr. Atlı and all participants!
You can watch the video below to listen the whole talk.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Saime Özçürümez, faculty member at Bilkent University Department of Political Science and Public Administration, was the second keynote speaker of the Talks on Migration Series.
She gave a speech on social cohesion models in 21st century. Özçürümez highlighted that the migration in 21st century differs from the previous migrations both in terms of characteristics and governance. She described the migration in 21st century as global, sudden, massive, complex and trauma involved.
Then, Özçürümez examined governance under four categories. These are health, education, working life and housing. Among these the need for the research in the housing category is remarked by the speaker. Following that, Özçürümez gave a detailed analysis of the types governance of migration in Gaziantep and Sultanbeyli, she stated their structural differences during the talk. In the end, Özçürümez summed up her speech by stating that migration is an issue that should be taken seriously by all of us, and it can’t be solve unless we all participate in the solution process.
“Even if the concepts are embedded in theory, the practices are not governed with these principles like dignity and respect.”
Overall a very productive talk has taken place on December 18, 2019 within the Jean Monnet Module on European and International Migration Law coordinated by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gülüm Özçelik, faculty member at Bilkent University Faculty of Law, at Bilkent Library Art Gallery. Thanks to all participants!
EU Ambassador Presents First Lecture in “Talks on Migration” Series
The first lecture in the “Talks on Migration”series organized by the Jean Monnet Module on European and International Migration took place on November 13 at Bilkent Library Art Gallery. The guest speaker was Ambassador Christian Berger, head of the EU delegation to Turkey.
After a welcome by Rector Abdullah Atalar and opening remarks by Assoc. Prof. Gülüm Özçelik, the academic coordinator of the module, Mr. Berger outlined the current state of affairs and main problems in EU-Turkey relations, focusing on the migration issue in particular. Noting the fact that migration is a global problem, the ambassador praised Turkey as “a good and true neighbor” with regard to its acceptance of Syrian nationals into its territory. The talk concluded with the questions from the audience.
The “Talks on Migration” series will continue throughout the academic year, with lectures on various topics related to migration.
Talks on Migration Series are organised at the premises of Bilkent University on various aspects of migration, considering interdisciplinary character of migration, its effects on different aspects of life, on different areas of law and policy making as well as certain developments on migration that could be faced during the term of the Module. It shall include four keynote speakers per academic year including Turkish and foreign academics as well as experts from the Turkish Delegation of the European Union, the International Organisation of Migration, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Turkish Directorate General of Migration Management.
