The Future of the Asylum and Refugee System

European Migration Network Norway’s National Conference
Friday 3 June 2016, 09:00-16:30
R 5, Akersgata 59, Oslo

Programme and presentations 

08:20-08:50
Registration

09:00-09:20:
Welcome by State Secretary

09:20-10:00:
Legal framework meeting societal challenges

a) The international legal framework for refugee protection and its applicability in the current migration crisis
Professor Dr. Guy S. Goodwin-Gill

b) Migration crises and grand societal challenges: Immigration and the welfare state, national security and values
Professor Dr. Janne H. Matlary
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10:00-11:30:
Solutions in the making

a) Schengen internal solutions: Borders, Hotspots, Relocation, Reforming the Common European Asylum System
Deputy Director Peter Díez
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Coffee

b) Regional solutions: EU-Turkey joint plan of action, Resettlement, Asylum capacity-building and humanitarian assistance in regions of origin
Deputy Head of Unit Stephen Ryan
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11.30-12:00:
Future trends of migration and asylum flows
Professor Paul Collier

12:00:12:30:
Panel
Guy S. Goodwin-Gill, Janne H. Matlary, Peter Díez, Stephen Ryan, Paul Collier

12:30-13:30:
Lunch

13:30–15:30
The way forward – rethinking asylum and refugee protection

a) Contours of a new model i): A better international refugee system
Director General Frode Forfang
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b) Contours of a new model ii): A developmental approach to the Syrian Refugee Crises
Professor Paul Collier

Coffee

c) The need for adjustments of the international and European legal framework for refugee protection and migration management.
Professor Guy S. Goodwin-Gill

15:30-16:30:
Panel
Guy S. Goodwin-Gill, Janne H. Matlary, Peter Díez, Frode Forfang, Paul Collier