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Refugee – more knowledge and less fear. Conversations on the current refugee crisis
Refugee – more knowledge and less fear. Conversations on the current refugee crisis.
Thursday 15 October 2015
4-6pm, Boole 2
Open to all
Refugee – more knowledge and less fear. Conversations on the current refugee crisis.
Thursday 15 October 2015
4-6pm, Boole 2
Open to all
Introduction and Chair
4.00-4.15pm Prof David Ryan, School of History: War in Syria and Iraq.
Panel discussion
4.15-4.35pm Prof Siobhan Mullaly, Law Department: The concept of a refugee and human rights.
4.35-4.55pm Dr Piaras McEinri, Migration Studies: Emigration, integration and dialogue.
4.55-5.15pm Mr Brian Collins, Solicitor at the Irish Refugee Council: Current crisis and the EU response.
5.15-5.30pm Ms Gertrude Cotter, former CEO of Nasc and founder of UCC Friends of Refugees: Lessons that should be learned from the past, and ways of getting involved locally, nationally and internationally.
Followed by Q&A
Between January and July 2015, 340 000 people crossed EU borders, majority of them came from Syria. They run away from civil war, conflict or political regime. Europe seems to them like safe haven. And they all look for help. Human dignity is a challenging concept of the 21st century, a foundational value of the European Union and its human rights commitment under the Lisbon Treaty. We as academics can and should provide a historical background and a broad context to the current refugee crisis. Many of us work in the areas that deal with religious and racial conflict, migration, integration, dialogue or the lack of it and human rights.
For more information please contact:
Dr Bożena Cierlik (Bozena@ucc.ie) and Dr Małgorzata Krasnodębska- D’Aughton (m.daughton@ucc.ie), School of History, UCC