Cidob at the 14th International Metropolis Conference

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Workshop: Facing the crisis: ¿migrations in the crossroad?

This workshop aims to examine the effects of the economic crisis in the migration flows, but also its impacts on the migration policies and instruments. As long as several destination countries are hampering the regular ways of migrants entry, debates should be done on the effects of these actions in the regular/irregular stocks of migrant populations; labour conditions and precariousness, and also on the social responses (racism explosions, etc.) in this new context. 

Organizers:
Joaquín Arango, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Gemma Pinyol, CIDOB Foundation

Participants:
Jeff Dayton-Johnson, OECD (France)
Beátrice Knerr, University of Kassel (Germany)
Laura Zanfrini, ISMU Foundation (Italy)

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Workshop: ‘Door-Knocking’: Migration and border management in Southern and Eastern Europe

This workshop will examine and compare how the European Union manages to control its Southern and Eastern borders. On one hand, border control is implemented by member states and by FRONTEX as an European action. On the other one, member states are running different mechanisms of intervention with countries of origin and destination (visa facilitation; bilateral agreements; etc.). Discussion about these instruments could help in understanding how the EU is ‘protecting’ its borders.

Organizers:
Ruth Ferrero, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Gemma Pinyol, CIDOB Foundation

Participants:
Justyna Frelak, Institute of Public Affairs (Poland)
Ana Maria López Sala, CSIC (Spain)
Valsamis Mitsilegas, Queen Mary – University of London (United Kingdom)
Elena Nikiforova, FAFO (Norway)

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