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This event is hosted by MEPs Bodil Ceballos, Ska Keller, Jean Lambert, Judith Sargentini, and Josep-Maria Terricabras
Programme
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
15:00
Panel I: The political controversy
Chaired by Ska Keller, MEP, Greens/EFA
- Cecilia Wikström, Dublin rapporteur of the European Parliament
- Matthias Oel, Head of the Asylum Unit, European Commission
- Violeta Moreno-Lax, EU Asylum Law Coordinator at the Refugee Law Initiative of the University of London
16:00
Panel II: Dublin and its flaws
Chaired by Judith Sargentini, MEP Greens/EFA
- Shewit Tsehaye Gebrehiwet who has experienced the Dublin System
- Stefan Kessler (JRS) on the impact of Dublin on asylum seekers, based on the JRS study "Protection Interrupted" (2013)
- Eiko Thielemann (London School of Economics) on why people choose a certain country of asylum
- Madeline Garlick (MPI) on the flaws of Dublin, based on MPI study "Not Adding Up" (2015)
17.10
Panel III: Alternatives to the Dublin System
Chaired by Bodil Ceballos, MEP Greens/EFA
- Cathryn Costello (University of Oxford)
on the EP study "Dublin without Coercion" (2014)
- Richard Williams
on a system which is fair to both asylum seekers and Member States, based on "Beyond Dublin" (2015)
- Kris Pollet (ECRE)
on the proposals of the European Council on Refugees and Exiles
- Hillel Rapoport (Paris School of Economics)
on tradable refugee-admission quotas and a mechanism for taking the preferences of asylum-seekers into account
18:20
Conclusions
by Jean Lambert, MEP Greens/EFA