Seminar: "From Global South to Global North: Causes, policies and impacts concerning migrations to European Union islands"

Date: Friday 13th December 2024

Schedule: 8.45 am-2.45 pm

Venue: Ca n'Oleo

Program:

8.45 am. Welcome for attendees and opening of the seminar

●        Dr Víctor Homar, UIB Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Scientific Policy and Research.

●        Ms Catalina Barceló, General Director for the Economy and Statistics at the Balearic Islands Government.

●        Dr Joana M. Seguí, Full Professor in Geography and UIB-GOIB Chair of Insularity Codirector.

9-9.45 am. Presentation 1. «Fugitive Cosmopolitanism: Critical Reflections on Malta's Contemporary Migration Context»

●        Dr Maria Pisani, Head of the Department of Youth, Community and Migration Studies, Faculty for Social Wellbeing, University of Malta.

9.45–10.30 am. Presentation 2. «Canarias ante el renovado reto de las migraciones: procesos, estrategias y Plan» (The renewed challenge of migration in the Canary Islands: processes, strategies and Plan)

●        Dr Vicente Zapata, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geography and History, University of La Laguna and Director of the Tenerife Immigration Observatory (OBITen).

10.30 am–11.15 am. Presentation 3. «Ciudades y migraciones: racismo y criminalización. La isla de Lesbos en un contexto glocal» (Cities and migrations: racism and criminalization. The island of Lesbos in a glocal context) (online)

●        Dr Christy Petropoulou, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geography, University of the Aegean, Greece.

11.15–11.45 am. Coffee Break.

11.45 am–12.15 pm. Presentation 4. «La solicitud de asilo en frontera y en territorio: reducción de barreras para el asilo y la integración» (Asylum applications at the border and within the territory: reducing barriers for asylum and integration)

●        Ms Angelica Cutini, Lawyer on the Programme for Asylum Seekers and Temporary International Protection Beneficiaries, Balearic Red Cross.

12.15–12.45 pm. Presentation 5. «Rutas migratorias: el ejemplo de los migrantes en tránsito en Chad» (Migratory routes: the example of migrants in transit in Chad)

●        Ms Andra Gulei, Lawyer and Expert in Humanitarian Aid and Development Cooperation, British Red Cross. Associate Lecturer in Public International Law at the University of the Balearic Islands.

12.45–1.15 pm. Presentation 6. «La gobernanza migratoria en la UE» (Migratory governance in the EU)

●        Dr Gemma Pinyol, Director for Migratory Policies and Diversity at Instratègies.

1.15–1.45 pm. Presentation 7. «Externalización: caos, corrupción y control migratorio bajo la apariencia de cooperación europea» (Outsourcing: chaos, corruption, and migration control under the guise of European cooperation)

●        Dr Cristina Fuentes, Research Coordinator at PorCausa and Lecturer at the Rey Juan Carlos University.

1.45–2.15 pm. Presentation 8. «Intervención del Estado en la gestión de las llegadas de migración irregular por vía marítima» (State intervention in managing irregular maritime migration arrivals)

●        Mr Alfonso Rodríguez, Representative of the Government of the Balearic Islands.

2.15–2.45 pm. Debate and discussion.