12th International Refugee Law Seminar Series (in partnership with the UoL Refugee Law Clinic)

Refugee counter-proposals to the New Plan: integration and recognition
Speakers: Dr Ammar Bajboj (Refugee Law Initiative), Adnan Haj Omar (Arabisk Media/Arabisk Magazin London), Dania Archid (Alarabi TV, London), Ahmed Abd Rabuoh (Oxford Brookes University)
Date: 16 March 2022

‘All friends together…?’: international cooperation in the asylum field
Speakers: Yuvan Aravindan (Refugee Law Clinic), Dr Nikolas Feith Tan (Danish Institute for Human Rights), Dr Meltem Ineli Ciger (Suleyman Demirel University), Dr Gerasimos Tsourapas (University of Glasgow)
Date: 9 February 2022

Asylum and illegality: Protecting refugees or criminalising asylum-seeking?
Speakers: George Tyler (Refugee Law Clinic), Ana Aliverti (University of Warwick), Kudakwashe Vanyoro (ACMS), Regina Jefferies (Kaldor Centre, UNSW)
Date: 12 January 2022

Moving the goalposts (yet again): access to justice in the UK asylum system
Speakers: Kelly Frevele (Refugee Law Clinic), Sheona York (Kent Law Clinic), Prof. Nick Gill (University of Exeter), Dr Ruth Brittle (Nottingham Trent University), Prof. Gillian Triggs (Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, UNHCR)
Date: 8 December 2021

Transforming refugee status: definitions and discrimination
Speakers: Ram Sabaratnam (Refugee Law Clinic), Dr Hugo Storey (International Association of Refugee and Migration Judges), Prof. Elspeth Guild (Queen Mary University of London / Radboud University), Colin Yeo (Garden Court Chambers / Free Movement) and Dr Maria O’Sullivan (Monash University)
Date: 3 November 2021

Asylum and politics after COVID-19: is the UK ‘New Plan for Immigration’ an outlier?
Speakers: Prof. Maryellen Fullerton (Brooklyn Law School), Achieng Akena (International Refugee Rights Initiative) and Prof. Matthew Gibney (Refugee Studies Centre)
Date: 6 October 2021