On April 25, the symposium entitled “Membership and its Edges: New Forms of Status in a Post-Pandemic World,” will feature sessions that include: - New Forms of Belonging in the Wake of COVID: From Shadows to Nomads
- New Forms of International Protection for Forced Migrants
- The Promise and Peril of Temporary Labor Migration in Aging Western Democracies
Sessions on April 26, which will focus on naturalization and citizenship, include: - Major Issues Limiting Full Naturalization of Residents
- Naturalization: Rights, Identity and Citizenship – A Dialogue
- Eliminating the Barriers
- Statelessness on the Rise
- Embracing Super Diversity and Pathways to Permanency
The summer meeting will feature a keynote address on the first day by Anna Triandafyllidou, Professor and Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration at Toronto Metropolitan University and Editor of the Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies. On the second day, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Chief of Staff Felicia Escobar Carrillo will offer a morning keynote. The Host Committee is comprised of T. Alexander Aleinikoff, The New School for Social Research; Meghan Benton, Migration Policy Institute; Katharine M. Donato, Georgetown University; Westy Egmont, Boston College (retired); Sonia Plaza, World Bank; and Neil G. Ruiz, Pew Research Center. For more details on the agenda, speakers, and registration, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/metropolis-international-migration-policy-tickets-557055376627?aff=ebdssbdestsearch. |
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