1. 5/18, Online - Discussion on the political culture of democracy in Mexico - [New Listing]
2. 5/19, Online - CIS report and panel discussion on presidential actions to reduce work visas and permits - [New Listing]
3. 5/19, Online - Discussion on how ethics and religion shape policy responses to refugees
4. 5/22, Online - Discussion on remittances during COVID-19
5. 5/26, Online - Discussion on national security, epidemics, and US immigration policy during a pandemic
6. 5/28, Online - Discussion on proposed state-based visa programs in the U.S.
7. 5/29, Online - Discussion on the impact of COVID-19 on international migration
8. 6/3, Online - Seminar on migration and integration issues of Azerbaijanis in the U.S.
9 8/24-29, Prague - IOM summer school on Migration Studies
10. 8/24-9/4, Brussels - 2020 Summer School on EU Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy - [Date Change]
11. 9/9-11, Tetovo, North Macedonia - The Migration Conference
12. 9/24-26, Portland, OR - Crimmigration Control International Network of Studies conference
13. 10/5-6, Ottawa - Annual Canadian immigration summit
1.
The Political Culture of Democracy in Mexico: Results from the AmericasBarometer 2018/19
3:00-4:15 p.m. EDT, Monday, May 18, 2020
Woodrow Wilson Center webcast
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/webcast-political-culture-democracy-mexico-results-americasbarometer-201819
Description: The Wilson Center's Mexico Institute is pleased to host a webcast presentation of the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP)'s latest report on Mexico, "Political Culture of Democracy in Mexico and the Americas 2018/19: Taking the Pulse of Democracy." The report analyzes the results of the latest round of the AmericasBarometer, a hemispheric survey project covering more than 20 countries. Presenters will discuss the main findings of the report, focused on: support for democracy, democratic legitimacy, social networks and political attitudes, support for military and executive coups, and the impact of crime on democracy.
Speakers:
Pablo Parás, Director of Data OPM and affiliate with the Center for Latin American Studies, Georgetown University
Elizabeth J. Zechmeister, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University, and Director, Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP)
Vidal Romero, Professor, Political Science Department, ITAM, and Co-Director, Center for the Study of Security, Intelligence, and Governance, ITAM (CESIG)
Moderator:
Duncan Wood, Director, Mexico Institute
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Report and Panel Discussion: Hire American
20 Presidential Actions to Reduce Work Visas and Permits
1:00 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, May 19, 2020
https://cis.org/Press-Release/Report-and-Panel-Hire-American
Description and Speaker: A new report by the Center for Immigration Studies outlines 20 actions the president could take immediately that could potentially reduce the number of temporary foreign workers by 1.2 million, or nearly 50 percent. This would provide employment opportunities for many of the 18.2 million native-born Americans and 4.3 million immigrants now out of work, and the millions more who have stopped looking for work.
The report is available at: https://cis.org/Report/Hire-American
These short-term actions include putting a hold on all employment visa programs (temporary and permanent) to assess employer needs and labor conditions; examining the operation of these programs to curb fraud and abuse; and preventing employers who have downsized or accepted pandemic relief from the government from sponsoring workers from abroad. These actions should be maintained until the country returns to full employment and full labor force participation for American workers, ensuring that the employers who have become dependent on these programs, or who have chosen a business model that depends on these programs, are able to adapt. To break employers of dependency on visa workers and to curb over-issuance of work permits, more durable regulatory reform is needed. The Center recommends seven critical actions, including rescinding a rule implemented by the Obama administration providing for the issuance of work permits to certain dependents of temporary work visa holders. There is no statutory basis for these work permits, and the replacement regulation has been sitting in limbo in the White House for more than a year. Meanwhile, in 2019, more than 45,000 work permits were approved, representing lost job opportunities for U.S. workers.
Jessica Vaughan, the Center’s director of policy studies, said, “Suspending the entry of new temporary workers is a no-brainer in the midst of a pandemic and unprecedented economic collapse. It’s equally important to slash the number of discretionary work permits, because these create unfair competition for American workers and encourage visitors and illegal entrants to remain here when they would otherwise go home.” Vaughan continued, “In addition, taxpayers should not have to provide relief to employers who have chosen guest workers over U.S. workers.”
Vaughan will discuss her recommendations on a livestream next week:
Stream: Scheduled streams will be live on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.
Questions: Questions can be sent prior or during the event to [email protected] or on twitter to @CIS_org.
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Webinar - Humanity in Crisis: How Ethics and Religion Shape Policy Responses to Refugees
12:00-1:30 p.m. ET, Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Georgetown University Institute for the Study of International Migration
https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/events/humanity-in-crisis#rsvp
Description: In his newly released book, Humanity in Crisis: Ethical and Religious Response to Refugees, Rev. David Hollenbach, S.J., examines the scope of our responsibilities and considers practical solutions to the global refugee crisis. Drawing on the values that have shaped major humanitarian initiatives over the past century and a half, as well as the values of diverse religious traditions, including Catholicism, he uncovers key moral issues for both policymakers and for practitioners working in humanitarian agencies and faith communities.
In this book launch event, Hollenbach will engage with key policymakers and ethicists who will evaluate his proposed ethical imperatives and how these principles can be reflected in policy. Respondents T. Alexander Aleinikoff, former United Nations deputy high commissioner for refugees (moderator); Anne Richard, former assistant secretary of state for population, refugees and migration; and Clemens Sedmak, professor of social ethics at University of Notre Dame, will reflect on Hollenbach’s book and consider what specific policies look like when they are consistent with ethical values. Panelists will also offer their perspectives on U.S. refugee and immigration policy actively being developed, including policy platforms of 2020 presidential candidates, and how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the refugee crisis.
Participants:
Rev. David Hollenbach, S.J.
Anne Richard, former Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration
Clemens Sedmak, Professor of social ethics at University of Notre Dame
Moderator:
T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Former United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees
Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/revisiting-national-security-epidemics-and-us-immigration-policy-tickets-104801339628
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Remittances during COVID-19
1:00-1:30 p.m. EDT, Friday, May 22, 2020
The Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility at The New School, online via Zoom
https://event.newschool.edu/st-ratha
Description/Speakers: Alex Aleinikoff is joined by Dilip Ratha, Lead Economist, Migration and Remittances and Head of KNOMAD at The World Bank.
Join the Zolberg Institute in an online series of short discussions on the nexus of migration-related issues and COVID-19.
Scholars and activists on migration and mobility will join the Zolberg Institute in an online series of short discussions on the nexus of migration-related issues and COVID-19, during the worldwide pandemic.
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Revisiting "National Security, Epidemics, and US Immigration Policy" During a Pandemic
12:00-1:30 p.m. PDT, Tuesday, May 26, 2020
University of California, San Diego Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/revisiting-national-security-epidemics-and-us-immigration-policy-tickets-104801339628
Description: While a CCIS pre-doctoral fellow, Robbie Totten, PhD, wrote an article on historical relationships between security, epidemics and US immigration policy that, by citations and view statistics, was met with a yawn. It began by underscoring how the Obama administration in 2014-15 characterized Ebola as a national security issue, opposed to seeing it as purely a humanitarian concern. This may have seemed a hyperbolic framing by Obama at the time, but it now looks like a prescient characterization, with authorities comparing U.S. responses to the coronavirus as akin to waging a war. Totten's article then reviewed epidemics through history to show how contagions can alter the fates of civilizations, explicated ways that epidemics jeopardize states' national security, and reviewed American immigration policies over the past three hundred years to protect against contagions. After finishing the article, Totten did wonder to what extent the historical findings from centuries ago had pertinence for a modern world with vaccines and sophisticated medicine, but he now unfortunately has an answer to this musing with COVID-19 spreading and creating havoc across the globe in a few months. In his talk, Totten will revisit his article and how its findings has relevance to coronavirus, international security, and U.S. immigration policy.
Speaker:
Robbie Totten, Associate Professor of Politics and Global Studies, American Jewish University
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Immigration at the State Level: An Examination of Proposed State-Based Visa Programs in the U.S.
10:00-11:30 a.m. ET, Thursday, May 28, 2020
Bipartisan Policy Center webinar
https://bipartisanpolicy.org/event/immigration-at-the-state-level-an-examination-of-proposed-state-based-visa-programs-in-the-u-s/
Description: The federal government has sole authority to admit immigrants, determine how many immigrants to admit, and create criteria for admission. However, immigrants live and work in states and localities which are, in turn, responsible for many aspects of everyday life for themselves and their communities. Some states feel that they do not have the workers they need or cannot recruit enough foreign workers under the current legal immigration system to support their local economy. In response, states, think tanks, and members of Congress have proposed guest worker programs that would allow them to recruit and hire additional workers. As the United States grapples with federal immigration reform, the Bipartisan Policy Center asks, should states lead on immigration?
In partnership with Michele Waslin, Ph.D., from George Mason University, join the Bipartisan Policy Center as it releases its latest report on proposed state-based visa programs. This event will be an informal webinar, with the opportunity to ask questions at the end of the presentation.
Participants:
Michele Waslin, Report Author; Program Coordinator, Institute for Immigration Research at George Mason University
Moderator:
Theresa Cardinal Brown, Director of Immigration and Cross-Border Policy, Bipartisan Policy Center
*Additional panelists to be announced*
Register: http://bpcevents.cloudapp.net/Pages/Home.aspx
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The Impact of COVID-19 on International Migration
1:00-1:30 p.m. EDT, Friday, May 29, 2020
The Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility at The New School, online via Zoom
https://event.newschool.edu/st-maniatis
Description/Speakers: Alex Aleinikoff is joined by Gregory Maniatis, Director of the International Migration Initiative at the Open Society Foundations.
Join the Zolberg Institute in an online series of short discussions on the nexus of migration-related issues and COVID-19.
Scholars and activists on migration and mobility will join the Zolberg Institute in an online series of short discussions on the nexus of migration-related issues and COVID-19, during the worldwide pandemic.
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Migration and integration issues of Azerbaijanis in the United States: a look from the outside and inside
12:00-1:30 p.m. PDT, Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, UC San Diego
This seminar will be presented via zoom.
https://ccis.ucsd.edu/events/Seminars.html
Speaker:
Rufat Efendiyev, Visiting Scholar, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, UC San Diego; Associate Professor and Chief Researcher, Institute of Economics, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
Rufat Efendiyev is currently working on migration and integration issues of Azerbaijanis in the United States at the CCIS, as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar. Developing his paper on this topic, he will highlight the emigration phases in post-Soviet Azerbaijan, describe the socio-demographic characteristics of Azerbaijani population residing in the U.S. and tell about the In-Depth Interview technique he used with migrants in order to reveal the key drivers, "pull" and "push" factors for Azerbaijani migrants. In general, the study is devoted to deeper understanding of the migratory behavior of Azerbaijanis in the U.S., from the point of view of consideration of various key drivers for immigration and their socio-economic nature. Another equally important aspect of the study to be discussed is an integration aspects in the U.S.
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IOM Summer School on Migration Studies
Monday-Sunday, August 24-29, 2020
Charles University
Prague, Czech Republic
http://www.iom.cz/home/iom-summer-school-on-migration-studies-2020
Description: The 12th IOM Prague Summer School on Migration Studies will be held at Charles University in Prague from 24th to 29th August 2020. IOM Prague has organised the Summer School every year since 2009, and more than 600 students and professionals from almost 100 countries have attended these lectures.
The programme is open for university students (both graduate and undergraduate) as well as young professionals. Six days of lectures, workshops and discussions with experts will provide a unique opportunity to get familiar with different migration topics, including integration of migrants, trafficking in human beings, environmental migration, migration and gender, migration and health, migration and development and return migration.
The application deadline is 5th April 2020. For information about the event and how to apply, please visit the programme website.
For the 2020 edition, the programme includes the following topics and experts:
* Dušan Drbohlav, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague - Migration Theories, Myth and Realities
* Fatima Eldiasty, UNHCR Middle East and North Africa Operations - Mixed Migration Flows
* Eric Opoku Ware, Sahara Hustlers Association Ghana - The Realities of Irregular Migration from Africa
* Michal Broža, United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) Prague - A World on the Move-Migration and Current Global Risks
* Robert Stojanov, University Padova (visiting) and Mendel University - Environmental Migration
* Tomáš Sobotka, Wittgenstein Centre Vienna - Migration and Demography
* Michal Vašecka, Bratislava International School of Liberal Arts - Integration of Migrants
* Salim Murad, EMMIR – European Master in Migration and Intercultural Relations - Migration and Ethnicity
* Petra Ezzeddine, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University - Migration and Gender
* Eva Janská, Geographic Migration Centre - Transnational Migration
* Kristýna Andrlová, UNHCR Prague - Assistance to Asylum Seekers and Refugees
* Irena Fercík Konecná, International Committee on the Rights of Sex Workers in Europe - Human Trafficking
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2020 Summer School on EU Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy
Monday, August 24-Friday, September 4, 2020
Université libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
http://odysseus-network.eu/2020-summer-school/eng/
Description: While we celebrate the 20th anniversary of our summer school, it has trained more than 2000 persons and is well known among employers considering it as an asset for job seekers. This 20th edition will focus on the new pact on migration to be presented in April by the European Commission. The objective is to give to the participants a global understanding of the immigration and asylum policies in the EU from a legal perspective. The summer school is organised by the Odysseus Network for Legal Studies on Immigration and Asylum in Europe, founded in 1999 with the support of the European Commission. In addition to classes, the summer school provides an excellent opportunity to spend an intellectually stimulating time in a group of around one hundred participants specialised in the area of asylum and immigration from all over Europe. The location of the summer school in Brussels creates a unique environment facilitating participants’ interaction with European institutions. Participants in the summer school typically includes PhD and graduate students, researchers, EU and Member State officials, representatives from NGOs and International Organisations, lawyers, judges, social workers, etc. The classes are taught by academics originating from all EU Member States collaborating in the framework of the Odysseus Network, and by high- ranking officials from the European Institutions, particularly the European Commission. You can discover the Summer School through this video: odysseus-network.eu/2020-summer-school
Subjects:
Opening lecture
Migration flows and statistics
Free movement of EU citizens
European institutional framework.
Implications of human rights
External relations and European migration policy
European Databases (SIS, VIS, Eurodac, etc.)
External border control
European visa policy
Immigration for purposes of work
Family reunification
Status and integration of third country nationals
Smuggling and trafficking
Return and readmission
Reception conditions for asylum seekers
European concepts of refugee and of subsidiary protection
Member States responsibility
(“Dublin mechanism”)
Asylum procedures
Calendar and Schedule: The first general part of the program includes 14 hours of lectures and the second and third specialised parts on immigration and asylum 30 hours in total. Each day is generally done of 2classes of 2 hours, presented with a coffeebreak in between. In order to enable participants in full-time employment to attend the classes, courses take mainly place in the afternoon between 2 pm and 6:30pm.
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The Migration Conference
Tuesday-Thursday, September 9-11, 2020
South East European University
Tetovo, North Macedonia
https://www.migrationconference.net/
Description: On behalf of The Migration Conference Organizing Committee, we cordially invite you to submit abstract(s) to the 8th conference in the series which will take place in South East European University campus, Tetovo, North Macedonia from 9 to 11 September 2020. The Conference is a forum for discussion where experts, young researchers and students, practitioners and policy makers working in the field of migration are encouraged to exchange their knowledge and experiences in a friendly and frank environment.
The conference is organised in thematic streams of parallel sessions focusing on migration, migrant populations, diasporas, migration policies, labour migrations, refugees, economic impacts, remittances as well as non-migrants and the wider impact of human mobility on sending, transit and receiving societies. The scientific programme of TMCs usually comprises invited talks, oral presentations, poster presentations, exhibitions and workshops. The conference hosts about 150 parallel sessions and several distinguished keynote speakers joining us in intriguing plenary sessions.
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Crimmigration, Capital, and Consequences, 5th Biennial CINETS Conference
Wednesday-Friday, September 24–26, 2020
Lewis and Clark Law School
10015 SW Terwilliger Blvd #7768
Portland, OR 97219
https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/news/2019-12-17-crimmigration-capital-and-consequences-5th-biennial-cinets-conference
Description: The Crimmigration Control International Network of Studies (CINETS) is pleased to invite you to our fifth biennial international conference, which will be held in partnership with Lewis & Clark’s 25th annual Business Law Forum. For the first time, Oxford-based Border Criminologies will join CINETS as a co-host for this event.
Crimmigration, the merging of immigration enforcement and criminal justice regimes, has rapidly become the dominant response to human mobility around the globe. Crimmigration has emerged, ironically, in tandem with growing economic globalization. For capital, national borders have virtually disappeared, while the walls, virtual and literal, are growing higher for workers and others who need mobility to thrive, and even survive. Race, ethnicity, and personal wealth matter in who gains entry. Are fairness, justice, and inclusion, values that democratic societies hold dear, to be available only on a members-only basis? What is the role of capital in fomenting human mobility and profiting from the barriers that governments are erecting to deter immigrants? How can we resist the bordering trend that works selectively against those most in need? This conference will treat crimmigration and bordering holistically as systems nested within economy and society in subtle, and not-so-subtle, ways.
We welcome individual and panel submission (fully or partly-formed). The conference also welcomes submissions for work-in-progress sessions, including potential Border Criminologies blog posts. To apply, submit a (maximum) 200-word abstract, with a tentative title and contact information. Please indicate whether you are applying for a papers-only panel or a work-in-progress/blog post session.
Deadline for submissions is June 15, 2020. Send your submissions and questions to Richard Adams at [email protected].
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Immigration and the changing nature of work
Canadian Immigration Summit 2020
Monday-Tuesday, October 5-6, 2020
The Shaw Center
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
https://www.conferenceboard.ca/web/canadian-immigration-summit-2020.html
Programme:
Monday, October 5, 2020
8:20 a.m.
Opening remarks—Building an attractive and welcoming immigration system
8:40 a.m.
Remarks—Remaining competitive in a disruptive economy
9:00 a.m.
Keynote -Radical innovation for greater social good
9:30 a.m.
Panel presentation - Global migration trends—Systems and policies
11:00 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions (please select one)
Concurrent A1: Fostering immigrant entrepreneurship
Concurrent A2: Long-term success of international students in Canada
Concurrent A3: Paving pathways for inclusion for skilled refugees
1:00 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions (please select one)
Concurrent B1: Using technology to help immigrants and refugees
Concurrent B2: Immigrant women and the fourth industrial revolution
Concurrent B3: In-camera session for employers—Talent solutions at the intersection of immigration and long-term prosperity
2:30 p.m.
Panel presentation - Attracting an immigrant workforce: Regional approaches to immigration in the new world of work
3:30 p.m.
Panel discussion - Innovation in the workplace—The employer experience
4:45 p.m.
Day 1 roundup
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
8:15 a.m.
Remarks—Building a forward-thinking workforce
9:00 a.m.
Keynote - Innovative solutions: Can technology help transform the labour market, reskill workers, and support lifelong learning?
10:00 a.m.
Panel discussion - Business savvy with a global mindset: Employment in the age of increased migration
11:00 a.m.
Presentation - Remaining competitive through immigration and future-thinking
11:45 a.m.
Summit closing remarks
12:00 p.m.
Conference conclusion
1:00 p.m.
Optional Workshop Attracting international investment through business succession
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