Refugee resettlement - "protecting refugees, sharing responsibility" : What Europe can do to resolve refugee crisis situations globally

Tid: 6 maj 2008. kl 13.00-14.45
Plats: Europaparlamentet, Bryssel
Arrangörer: Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME), the European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) och UNHCR

En lunchdiskussion om vidarebosättning av flyktingar, med fokus på vad Europa kan göra för att lösa flyktingkriser globalt. Tillställningen leds av europaparlamentarikerna
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert och Sarah Ludford (ALDE).

PROGRAM

13.00-13.15 Welcome
- MEPs Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert/Sarah Ludford
- Doris Peschke, Churches´ Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME)
13.15-13.45 What is resettlement, how does it work?
- Judith Kumin, UNHCR EU office: general intro to resettlement & why the EU should engage more in resettlement
- Doris Peschke/Torsten Moritz, CCME: resettlement today – five questions, five answers
Question & Answers
13.45-14.40 What future for resettlement in the EU
- Trees Wijn-Maatman, ECRE/Dutch Refugee Council: Resettlement as part of a future EU refugee protection system
- Angela Martini, European Commission: future EU initiatives
- MEPs Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert/Sarah Ludford: The European Parliament´ s role in promoting refugee resettlement Discussion
14.40-14.45 Concluding remarks
- MEPs Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert/Sarah Ludford,
- Doris Peschke

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För mer information, kontakta Torsten Moritz på CCME: Torsten.moritz@ccme.be