The final session of the Talks on Migration took place on April 27, 2022.
Özcan Mutlu, former deputy of Greens Party in Germany, was the keynote speaker of the session.
Mutlu delivered a speech titled “Migration from Migrant’s perspective: How Germany Becomes Homeland?”.
We thank all the participants!
The 11th of the Talks on Migration took place on March 30, 2022.
David Savard, Emergency Coordinator at IOM-Ankara, was the keynote speaker of the session.
Mr. Savard touched upon the control takeovers that happened in Anatolia and migrations that happened across the lands of Turkey.
We thank all the participants and hope to meet you in other sessions of the Talks on Migration Series.
The tenth of the Talks on Migration series occurred on March 16, 2022, via Zoom.
Prof. Dr. Jinske Verhellen was the keynote speaker of this session.
Professor Verhellen gave a talk on “Cross Border Portability of Refugees’ Personal and Family Status– A plea for Better Interplay Between Private International Law and Migration Law”.
You can access the recording of the talk below:
We want to extend our sincere thanks to our speaker and the participants.
We hope to see you at other talks and conferences!
The nineth of the Talks on Migration series took place on December 24, 2021, via Zoom.
Dr. Emre Eren Korkmaz was the keynote speaker of this session.
Dr. Korkmaz has talked about “Latest Technologies in Migration Management and the Surveillance Society”.
You can access the video of the talk below:
We want to extend our sincere thanks to our speaker and the participants.
We hope to see you at other talks and conferences!
The eighth of the Talks on Migration series took place on December 13, 2021, at Bilkent University.
Prof. Dr. Sanem Baykal was the keynote speaker of this session.
Professor gave a speech titled “The Concepts of Migration, Sustainable and Green Economy in the Discussions on the Future of the EU and Their Legal Effects on Turkey”.
A very eye-opening Q&A session was carried out at the end of the speech.
We hope to see you at other talks and conferences!
The seventh of the Talks on Migration series took place on December 8, 2021, via Zoom.
Prof. Dr. Helga Tılıç was the keynote speaker of this session.
Professor has delivered a speech titled “Human Mobility Becomes ‘Unwanted’ Migration When Meeting Borders: Tactics and Technologies of Migration Management”.
You can access the whole talk via the video below:
We hope to see you at other talks and conferences!
The sixth of the Talks on Migration series took place on April 13, 2021, via Zoom.
Metin Çorabatır, President of IGAM, was the keynote speaker of this session.
Çorabatır has delivered a speech titled “1951 Refugee Convention-Reservations and Restrictions”.
Çorabatır highlighted the importance of the 1951 Refugee Convention by stating some statistics regarding migration. According to statistics, there are 80 million people who are replaced from their home country and 25 million refugees.
Çorabatır stated that the Convention is still valid and applicable to current needs thanks to its flexible nature while noting the opposite views in the doctrine and diplomacy.
Moreover, Çorabatır emphasized that the current international situation is not available to draft a brand-new convention; thus, he suggested holding onto this Convention and fully implementing it by the parties.
At the end of her speech, a very fruitful Q&A session has been carried out.
Thanks to all participants!
Till next time!
The fifth of the Talks on Migration series took place on March 9, 2021, via Zoom.
Dr. Verónica Ruiz Abou-Nigm, Edinburgh Law School, was the keynote speaker of this session.
She has delivered a speech titled “Regional Migration Governance: Soft Law and the Diffusion of Policies on Integration and Inclusion”.
Dr. Abou-Nigm explained the context of South America while she has introduced regional governance of migrants. Also, she has highlighted that South America has the most developed instruments after the EU while she was diving into the details of intra-regional diffusion of national laws and implementation deficiencies.
Moreover, Dr. Abou-Nigm touched upon soft law’s role and its chances to narrow the implementation deficiencies.
At the end of her speech, a very fruitful Q&A session has been carried out, and the importance of public opinion in the social integration of migrants has been emphasized.
Thanks to all participants!
Till next time!
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:
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.
