Online Discussion on EU-Africa cooperation and the New Pact on Migration and Asylum

On 6 November 2020, from 11 a.m. till 12:30 p.m. (CET), in cooperation between 11.11.11 and UGent (Migration Law Research Group, HRC and CESSMIR), an online expert discussion will be organised on the EU-Africa cooperation and the New Pact on Migration and Asylum: ‘Cooperation or Externalisation?’.

The following panelists will share their insights on latest developments from a legal, policy and field perspective and assess if and how the New Pact on Migration and Asylum can offer a way forward:

• Professor Thomas Spijkerboer – Professor Migration Law, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
• Amanda Bisong – Policy Officer, ECDPM
• Raffaella Greco Tonegutti – Migration and Development Expert, Belgian Development Agency Enabel
• Maiga Ibrahim Soumaila – Coordinator of the Médecins du Monde Belgium mission in Niger

Journalist Kasper Goethals (De Standaard) will moderate the debate, which will take place on the platform Zoom.

Registration: https://11.be/evenementen/cooperation-or-externalization

This event immediately precedes the online PhD masterclass for junior researchers on the same issue with a focus on migrants’ perspectives, that same afternoon (see invitation below).