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1. (#1) 12/2, San Diego - Seminar on dealing with unaccompanied child migrants
2. (#2) 12/4-6, San Antonio - Border Management South conference
3. (#3) 12/12-13, Paris - Annual conference on immigration in OECD countries
4. (#4) 1/2-5, DC - Immigration at the Association of American Law Schools annual meeting - [New Listing]
5. (#5) 1/3-6, New York, NY - Immigration at the American Historical Association annual meeting - [New Listing]
6. (#6) 1/3-6, San Diego - Immigration at the American Economic Association annual meeting - [New Listing]
7. (#7) 1/13, San Diego - Book discussion: Citizenship in Hard Times - [New Listing]
8. (#8) 1/16, Paris - OECD forum on building a whole-of-society approach to emerging migration and integration challenges - [New Listing]
9. (#9) 1/17, Paris - Conference on making migration and integration policies future ready - [New Listing]
10. (#10) 1/19-21, Cairo - IOM/OECD International Forum on Migration Statistics - [New Listing]
11. (#11) 2/24, San Diego - Seminar on the White Russian Refugees and the Development of American Immigration and Refugee Law during the Great Depression - [New Listing]

Suffer the Little Children: Unaccompanied Child Migrants and the Geopolitics of Compassion in Postwar America

12:00-1:00 p.m., Monday, December 2, 2019
Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
University of California, San Diego
Eleanor Roosevelt College Provost’s Building, Conference Room 115
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093
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Speakers:
Anita Casavantes Bradford
Associate Professor of Chicano/Latino Studies and History, UC Irvine
Co-Director, UC-Cuba Multi Campus Academic Initiative

Discussant:
John Skrentny
Professor of Sociology, UC San Diego
Director, Yankelovich Center for Social Science Research, UC San Diego

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Border Management South

Wednesday-Friday, December 4-6, 2019
Hilton Garden Inn San Antonio
8101 Pat Booker Rd.
Live Oak, Texas, 78233, USA
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Overview: The southern border shared between Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. is an enormous economic gateway for the United States, but it requires control, safety and modernization to maintain it. Enforcing laws and securing the border is a top priority for the Department of Homeland Security. As time passes, the need for operator driven policies and solutions, modern devices, and fully integrated border becomes more crucial.

This year’s Border Management South Summit will aim to connect local, federal and state officials to discuss the top challenges and priorities in the field. Interactive group discussions and panels will address procurement initiatives and aligning border solutions with development of operators.

Agenda:

Focus Day, Wednesday, December 4, 2019

8:50 a.m.
CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS

9:00 a.m.
USING THE INTEGRATION OF IT SYSTEMS TO ENHANCE RESPONSE AT THE BORDER

The U.S./Mexico border is in need of becoming a fully integrated border. This session will evaluate how communication between law enforcement officials and security personnel will be seamless and sufficient using integration strategies.

* Understanding how the integration of technological systems will enhance communication across the border
* Enhancing border mobility
* Managing information data flow across the border

10:30 a.m.
OPTIMIZING THE USE OF SECURITY PERSONNEL USING SECURITY APPLICATIONS

This session will provide a break down of how the use of advanced analytics can transform and protect the border. Advanced analytics will be able to detect security breaches from objects, unauthorized people and more. Security personnel will be able to receive knowledge of potential threats and act accordingly and in a timely manner.

* Using AI and ML to not only stockpile data, but also manage it
* Utilizing analytical tools to enhance perimeter protection
* Enabling security personnel to recognize threats using intelligent video

12:30 p.m.
ANALYZING DATA TO PREDICT FUTURE EVENTS AND OUTCOMES

Data will only become sufficient and useful if it is then transformed into action. Join us as we learn about the transforming of paper data into visionary plans and help detect future events. Information management allows room for improvement to border services and protection of citizens.

* Managing current data and transforming it into visionary plans and action
* Collecting and exploiting data to drive border decision making Timothy Bennett, Science and Technology Directorate, Department of Homeland Security

Thursday, December 5, 2019

8:50 a.m.
CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS

9:00 a.m.
TEXAS IN REAL-TIME: RESPONDING AT THE BORDER

* Gain insight on how front line law enforcement officials are tackling border issues in real-time
Sheriff Waybourn, Tarrant County Sheriff Joe Frank Martinez, Del Val Verde County

9:45 a.m.
ANALYZING THE U.S. BORDER AS A SYSTEM: THE MEMBRANE, THE SURVEILLANCE AND THE HUMAN ELEMENT

In order to effectively secure the U.S. / Mexico border, it should be thought of as a system divided into three parts. A representative of the DHS will outline ways of uniting the organizational structure and breaking down each border element into compartments that work together to provide one outcome - effective border security.

* Evaluating the border as a whole system and not in parts
* Identifying the humanity aspect when working at the border

11:00 a.m.
ADVANCING ALL SITUATIONAL AND DOMAIN AWARENESS TO SUPPORT BORDER MISSIONS

Supporting border missions through situational and all domain awareness allows room to address challenges and provides understanding on how to respond in a threatening environment. Custom Border Patrol representatives will share how to appropriately notice changes across the border and respond rapidly.

* Building and sustaining situational awareness in a threat environment
* Using all domain awareness to predict future actions and threats
* Being aware of air, land and maritime border challenges and opportunities
Jennifer Barreras-Rawls, Operations Section Chief of Joint Task Force West, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

11:45 a.m.
ENSURING INTELLIGENCE DRIVEN OPERATIONS IN A THREAT ENVIRONMENT

It is important to use intelligence for improvement of the border system as a whole. Understanding how to share intelligence between partners and how to utilize the data given is a key component in securing the border.

* Understanding a threat environment using information and data
* Sharing Intelligence between Law Enforcement Enterprise Partners
Brad Skinner, Deputy Director Office of Field Operations Laredo Field Office, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

* Advancing the border using intelligence and innovative technology
* Enhancing operation objectives to increase border protection productivity
* Bringing the human element back into border management

1:30 p.m.
USING A SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO ADDRESS BORDER CHALLENGES

Scientific breakthroughs and advancements have caused a huge gateway for the use of CIP and enhancing threat management. Here you will understand how intelligence pictures and process help conquer nearby threats.

* Using common intelligence pictures to showcase threat capabilities
* Establishing the ability to detect threats beyond the border
* Deploying a systematic process for analyzing and distributing data

2:15 p.m.
ENHANCING PARTNERSHIPS AND ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION

Establishing partnerships will assist the border in creating meaningful relationships and thus, actively creating new ways to guard the U.S. / Mexico Border. Utilizing department-wide cooperation and international input will help overcome border threats.

* Establishing a unity of effort approach to effectively guard the U.S/Mexico Border
* Building international partnerships to effectively detect threats
* Enhancing supply chain security to conduct thorough examinations at the border
Ismael Navarez Jr., Special Agent in Charge, IRS

3:00 p.m.
ADVANCING THE BORDER WITH THE MODEL PORTS PROGRAM

The Model Ports Program was designed to improve overall experience and operations at the port of entry. This session will showcase the reasoning and effectiveness behind the Model Ports Program.

* Improving wait time monitoring and processing
* Conducting meetings with senior level industry leaders for establish goals and monitoring techniques
* Using Public-Private Partnerships to enhance operation at the ports of entry

Friday, December 6, 2019

8:50 a.m.
CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS

9:00 a.m.
PROCUREMENT: FUTURE INITIATIVES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

A DHS representative will disclose the 2020 Vision for the Department of Homeland Security. Attendees will understand where important investments are being made and how future policy will evolve border management.

* The 2020 outlook for the U.S./Mexico Border
* How policy changes will provide solutions to current border challenges
* Understanding future border investments
Rose Marie Davis, Director innovation Program Acquisitions, DHS

9:45 a.m.
IMMIGRATION OF FAMILIES ACROSS THE BORDER

The border is currently filled with multiple families including children seeking to come to the U.S. Due to the increase of migrants, facilities constantly become over crowded. Gain insights on how to ensure maintenance of facilities and navigate current and future border policies to secure the border.

* Maintaining protocol and policies when dealing with families at border
* Creating a safe and ethical environment at the U.S. /Mexico border
Robert Gross, DHS Attaché, Department of Homeland Security

11:00 a.m.
PROMOTING INNOVATION AND INTEGRITY AMONGST PERSONNEL

Training personnel on how to react in force situations and maintaining DHS ethical standards is important. Join us as we evaluate new initiatives taking place to reconstruct and advance CBP’s organizational structure.

* Reconstructing the border’s organizational structure
* Ensuring ethical conduct and integrity along the border
* Advancing training initiatives in assisting use of force situations

11:45 a.m.
PREVENTING COUNTERTERRORISM AND TRANSNATIONAL CRIME AT THE BORDER

Joining forces across law enforcement allows one to maximize its resources and enhance operational integration. Leaders of the Department of Homeland Security will share how the interaction of global partners will assist with reducing crime and potential threats.

* Joining forces with local, state, and federal law enforcement to increase resources
* Using integrated operations to detect weapons and disrupt illegal crossings
* Expanding mobility to quicken response to threats John Jones, Divisional Director Intelligence and Counterterrorism, Texas Department of Public Safety

1:30 p.m.
ADVANCING BORDER TRADING IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE U.S.

Implementing strategies and trade intelligence will protect against unlawful items from entering. This session will break down the use of trade intelligence in real time and how it will shape enforcement efforts.

* Collaborating with advanced technology and enforcement to intercept high-risk shipment
* Responding to border risk in real-time using trade intelligence
* Integration of law enforcement to help protect the border from illegal trade

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Immigration in OECD Countries - 9th Annual International Conference

Thursday-Friday, December 12-13, 2019
OECD Boulogne Conference Centre - 46
quai Alphonse Le Gallo
92100 Boulogne-Billancourt
Paris, France
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Description: The conference will examine the economic aspects of international migration in OECD countries by mapping the migratory flows and defining their socio-economic determinants and consequences. Topics of interest for the conference include, among others, the determinants of immigration to the OECD, migrants’ self-selection, the labor market and public finance effects of immigration, as well as migrants and refugees social, political and economic integration.

The Keynote speakers are:

Uta Schoenberg, University College of London
Paolo Pinotti, Bocconi University
Thierry Mayer, Sciences Po

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Association of American Law Schools annual meeting

Thursday-Sunday, January 2–5, 2020
Marriott Wardman Park
2660 Woodley Road NW
Washington, DC 20008
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Immigration-related sessions:

Friday, January 3, 2020

8:30-10:15 a.m.
Immigration Control and Environmental Regulation: Toward Justice?

Natural disasters and social conflicts spurred by deteriorating environmental conditions and climate change are driving people to move across borders. Economically disadvantaged communities, racial minorities, and indigenous people are often in the first wave of displaced people in the world’s poorer countries. These same communities are also the most heavily impacted by pollution and environmental degradation in the places that they live and work in the United States. This panel will explore the issues of immigration and environmental regulation. How do environmental regulatory and deregulatory schemes in the U.S. impact immigrant communities? How have arguments about the effects of immigrants on the environment been used to restrict migration and the rights of migrants? How should existing domestic and international legal frameworks governing migration be revised to respond to environmentally motivated migration?

1:30-3:15 p.m.
Exploring Immigrant Justice from Intersectional Perspectives

This panel will consider justice for immigrants. Since the 2016 election, Trump’s policies and discourse surrounding immigration have fundamentally challenged the pillars of democracy. In the process of regulating who can come in and remain in the US, immigration law and policy touches on how we conceive of family, work, criminal justice, civil rights, and international law. This program focuses on those engaged in teaching and scholarship that is intersectional with immigration law such as criminal law, employment and labor rights, human rights, and community economic development. In particular, it seeks to create a dialogue between clinical and non-clinical faculty and consider how such perspectives could help push the boundaries of what justice looks like for immigrant communities.

3:30-5:15 p.m.
New Voices in Immigration Law: Works in Progress

New voices in immigration law will have the opportunity to present works-in-progress and receive feedback from senior scholars. Presenters were selected from a call for papers.

Saturday, January 4, 2020

10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
The Challenge of International Law in Dealing with the Causes of the Global Refugee Crisis: Climate Change, Armed Conflict, and Gross Human Rights Abuses Perpetrated by State and Non-State Actors

Most scholarly attention has focused on the receiving countries’ harsh response to the worldwide refugee crisis. Relatively few scholars have focused on its causes—why so many, primarily from the Global South, have left their homes. Our main program will attempt to answer this critical question and analyze the role of international law.

1:30-3:15 p.m.
Federal Courts at the Border

In recent years, growing dysfunction in the United States' immigration system has put pressure upon the federal courts to play a central role in lawmaking at the nation's border. Disputes about asylum and refugee policy, the proposed border wall, cross-border shootings, and the application of the Suspension Clause to undocumented immigrants have underscored the difficult role of federal courts at the border. This panel will consider federal court doctrines that bear upon the availability of judicial review at the border, asking whether and to what extent those doctrines create zones free from judicial oversight. It will also ask in what ways recent challenges to immigration law and policy have shaped the doctrines of federal courts law. Finally, the panel will look to see what light disputes at the border may shed upon the design of and practical constraints upon the federal courts system.

Sunday, January 5, 2020

8:30-10:15 a.m.
Recent Developments: How Easily Can Agencies Change Regulatory Policy in Immigration & Civil Rights?

The use of guidance documents in regulatory agencies is one of the most challenging aspects of administrative law. When an agency uses a guidance document to change or make policy, it need not provide notice to the public or allow comment on the new rule. This makes change easier, faster, and less subject to review. Under previous administrations, guidance documents were used to implement policies in many subject areas, including civil rights and immigration. The current administration has rolled back many of these policies. This program consists of a moderated panel on recent developments in the use of guidance documents.The speakers will highlight two reports to the Administrative Conference of the United States proposing changes to Administrative Procedure Act and an executive order mandating increased use of notice and comment. They will comment on controversies involving DACA and Title IX that demonstrate the stakes of change.

3:30-5:15 p.m.
Scaling the Invisible Wall: Bureaucratic Controls Over Legal Immigration

This session will examine the “invisible wall,” a term that refers to non-statutory hurdles faced by legal immigrants. Executive branch actions at times affect access to legal immigration despite statutory opportunities. Changes in agency policy, changes in agency mood, or other phenomena can narrow the availability of legal opportunities for immigration. Examples of the invisible wall include preventing asylum seekers from accessing the border, increased denial rates of applications for legal status, and slower processing times of applications for legal status. The invisible wall implicates separation of powers principles because it questions the boundaries of executive branch enforcement. It also challenges notions of transparency in administrative law and raises questions about how attorneys should respond to the challenges of the invisible wall. The invisible wall also highlights the need to explore the principles that should influence the design and governance of a legal immigration
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American Historical Association annual meeting

Friday-Monday, January 3-6, 2020
The New York Hilton
1335 Avenue of the Americas
The Sheraton New York
811 7th Avenue
New York, NY
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American Economic Association annual meeting

Friday-Sunday, January 3-6, 2020
San Diego Marriott Marquis & Marina
Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego
San Diego, CA
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Immigration-related sessions:

Friday, January 3, 2020

8:00-10:00 a.m.
The Effect of Immigrants on Economic and Political Outcomes in the United States

Diversity in Schools: Immigrants and the Educational Performance of Natives
David Figlio, Northwestern University
Paola Giuliano, University of California-Los Angeles
Riccardo Marchingiglio, Northwestern University
Umut Ozek, American Institutes for Research
Paola Sapienza, Northwestern University

Changing In-Group Boundaries: The Role of New Immigrant Waves in the United States
Vasiliki Fouka, Stanford University
Soumyajit Mazumder, Harvard University
Marco Tabellini, Harvard Business School

Immigration, Innovation and Growth
Konrad Burchardi, Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES)
Thomas Chaney, Sciences Po
Tarek Hassan, Boston University
Lisa Tarquinio, Boston University
Stephen J. Terry, Boston University

Migration and Housing
Paper Session

International Student Migration and Local Housing Markets
Tatiana Mocanu, University of Illinois
Pedro Tremacoldi-Rossi, University of Illinois

A Tale of Two Cities: The Impact of Cross-Border Migration on Hong Kong's Housing Market
Maggie Hu, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Yi Fan, National University of Singapore
Xinwei Wan, University of Cambridge

A World Divided: Refugee Centers, House Prices, and Household Preferences
Martijn Droes, University of Amsterdam
Hans Koster, VU University Amsterdam

Migration and Location Choice
Paper Session

Borrowing Constraints, Migrant Selection, and the Dynamics of Return and Repeat Migration
Joseph-Simon Goerlach, Bocconi University

10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Migration and Development

Paper Session
Southern (American) Hospitality: Italians in Argentina and the United States during the Age of Mass Migration
Santiago Perez, University of California-Davis

Like an Ink Blot on Paper: Testing the Diffusion Hypothesis of Mass Migration, Italy 1876-1920
Ariell Zimran, Vanderbilt University and NBER

2:30-4:30 p.m.
Effects of Immigration on American Science and Innovation
Paper Session

From Immigrants to Americans: Race and Assimilation During the Great Migration
Vasiliki Fouka, Stanford University
Shom Mazumder, Harvard University
Marco Tabellini, Harvard University

Immigration and Entrepreneurship in the United States
Pierre Azoulay, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Benjamin F. Jones, Northwestern University
J. Daniel Kim, University of Pennsylvania
Javier Miranda, U.S. Census Bureau

Immigrant Entrepreneurship: Job Creation, Job Quality, and Innovation
Sari Pekkala Kerr, Wellesley College
William Kerr, Harvard University

Immigration Quotas and American Science
Petra Moser, New York University
Shmuel San, New York University

Saturday, January 4, 2020

8:00-10:00 a.m.
Consequences of Forced Migration
Paper Session

Forced Migration and Human Capital: Evidence from Post-WWII Population Transfers
Pauline A. Grosjean, University of New South Wales
Sascha Becker, University of Warwick
Irena Grosfeld, Paris School of Economics
Nico Voigtländer, University of California-Los Angeles
Ekaterina Zhuravskaya, Paris School of Economics

Brothers or Invaders? How Crises-Driven Migrants Shape Voting Behaviour
Sandra Rozo, University of Southern California
Juan F. Vargas, Del Rosario University

Impact of Syrian Refugees on Education Outcomes in Jordan
Thomas Ginn, Stanford University
Ragui Assaad, University of Minnesota
Mohamed Saleh, Toulouse School of Economics

Refugee Crisis, Flight to Safety and Entrepreneurship
Cevat Giray Aksoy, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Nicolas Ajzenman, Inter-American Development Bank
Sergei Guriev, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Immigration and Assimilation
Paper Session

Perceptions of Immigrants and Support for Immigration
Alberto Alesina, Harvard University
Stefanie Stantcheva, Harvard University

Rationing Determines Immigrant Composition and Outcomes
Edward Lazear, Stanford University

Discrimination, Assimilation and Immigrant Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration
Ran Abramitzky, Stanford University
Leah Boustan, Princeton University
Katherine Eriksson, University of California-Davis
Stephanie Hao, Princeton University

Determinants and Effects of Migration
Paper Session

How Immigration Can Raise Wages in Pakistan
Ayesha Mehtab, COMSATS University-Islamabad

The Impact of Syrian Refugees on Native Mortality in Turkey
Aysun Aygun, Istanbul Technical University
Murat Kirdar, Bogazici University

Do French Migration Policies Affect Immigrants Inflows in the MENA Region?
Ines Trojette, ESPI Paris
Doslalo Millogo, University of Norbert-Zongo

Comparing Middle Eastern Migration to Europe, Latin America, and North America
Hisham Foad, San Diego State University

Sunday, January 5, 2020

8:00-10:00 a.m.
Immigration
Paper Session

A Teacher Likes Having Me in Class: Do Migrant Students Leave Behind?
Jianhao Chen, University of Illinois-Chicago

The Role of Immigrants in the US Labor Market and Chinese Import Competition
Chan Yu, University of Texas-Austin

Forced Migration and the Educational Attainment of Second and Third Generations
Anica Kramer, University of Bamberg, RWI, and IZA

Poor Voters, Taxation and the Size of the Welfare State
Arnaud Chevalier, Royal Holloway University of London
Benjamin Elsner, University College Dublin
Andreas Lichter, University of Duesseldorf
Nico Pestel, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Immigration and Housing Rents: The 2015 Refugee Crisis in Germany
Kathleen Kuerschner Rauck, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
Michael Kvasnicka, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg

Unauthorized Immigration Regulation and Labor Productivity: Evidence from Establishment-Level Data
Iftekhar Hasan, Fordham University
Incheol Kim, University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley
Xiaojing Yuan, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

Comparing Poverty of Refugees and Their Hosts

The Syrian Refugee Life Study
Samuel Leone, University of California-Berkeley
Edward Miguel, University of California-Berkeley
Sandra Rozo, University of Southern California
Emma Smith, Harvard University

Collecting Representative Panel Data in a Refugee Setting- Evidence from Bangladesh
C. Austin Davis, American University
Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Yale University
Paula López-Peña, Yale University

Is Imputing Poverty Efficient? An Example from Refugee Data in Chad
Theresa Beltramo, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Ibrahima Sarr, World Bank
Paolo Verme, World Bank
Hai-Anh Deng, World Bank

10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Economic Consequences of Immigration Policy
Paper Session

Chain Reaction? The Population Spillovers of Immigrant Legalization
Elizabeth U. Cascio, Dartmouth College
Ethan G. Lewis, Dartmouth College

The Rise and Fall of the Know-Nothing Party
Marcella Alsan, Stanford University
Katherine Eriksson, University of California-Davis
Gregory Niemesh, Miami University

How Do Restrictions on High-Skilled Immigration Affect Offshoring? Evidence from the H-1B Program
Britta Glennon, University of Pennsylvania

The Labor Market Effects of Immigration Enforcement
Chloe N. East, University of Colorado-Denver
Annie Hines, University of California-Davis
Philip Luck, University of Colorado-Denver
Hani Mansour, University of Colorado-Denver
Andrea Velasquez, University of Colorado-Denver

1:00-3:00 p.m.
Causes of Populism and Its Related Political Preferences
Paper Session

Unemployment, Immigration, and Populism: Evidence from Two Quasi-Natural Experiments in the United States
Shuai Chen, LISER

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Citizenship in Hard Times

12:00-1:30 p.m., Monday, January 13, 2020
Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
University of California, San Diego
Eleanor Roosevelt College Provost’s Building, Conference Room 115
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093
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Sara Wallace Goodman, Associate Professor of Political Science, UC Irvine
Co-Director, Jack W. Peltason Center for the Study of Democracy, UC Irvine

Description: What do citizens do in times of democratic crisis? When democracy is under threat, do everyday citizens activate and mobilize, or do they hunker down, demobilize, and express greater support for homogeneity (like speaking English)? Scholars, pundits and policy experts have largely focused on elite behavior and institutional guardrails, but the citizenry is a foundation to any story about democracy under threat. This book is the first to examine civic obligation in unsettled democratic times from the perspective of citizens themselves. It employs a three-country study of the US, UK, and Germany, to examine how democratic citizens define obligation and for whom, comparing native-born and naturalized citizens. Findings highlight the importance of how democratic problems are framed, and puts forward a number of policy prescriptions for overhauling civic education.

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OECD High-Level Policy Forum: Building a Whole-of-Society Approach to Emerging Migration and Integration Challenges

Thursday, January 16, 2020
OECD Conference Centre 2
rue André-Pascal 75775
Paris CEDEX 16 France
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Program:

9:30-10:00 a.m.
Welcoming Remarks

Mr. Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General

Chair or Vice-Chair of the OECD Migration and Integration Ministerial Meeting

10:00-11:00 a.m.
Preparing for the future: lessons from global migration over the past decade

This introductory panel (5-6 participants) will discuss the experiences of countries regarding large migration inflows, and the lessons learned moving forward. It will involve high-level representatives from the UN and from selected OECD countries that have - or had - a key role in contexts of dealing with large migration inflows, as well as the president of a leading think tank. 11:00 – 11:30 Elevator pitches for the Innovation Lab Following a call for proposals with member countries, 10 selected innovative projects related to migration and integration from across OECD countries will be presented in short, 1-minute “elevator pitches”. More detailed presentations of these projects will be made throughout the day in the hall of the OECD Conference Centre.

11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Foresight: the future of migration and integration

Presentation and discussion in break-out groups of the results of the foresight exercise of the OECD, focusing on four themes:

(i) the impact of new technologies on migration control and enforcement as well as on

(ii) integration services delivery; and on

(iii) the role of regional and local authorities and

(iv) the role of corporations in migration and integration management in 2035.

2:30-3:45 p.m.
Parallel Sessions

1) Engaging with civil society – new approaches in the integration of migrants

New and innovative approaches that have been taken throughout OECD countries to leverage civil society in promoting the integration of migrants – notably with respect to social integration. This session will present and discuss some of these.

2) Innovations in language training

This session will present and discuss innovative approaches to language learning – either through new technologies or through innovation in course design and outreach.

3) Matching migrants with employment opportunities

A key issue with which many countries are struggling is to match migrants’ skills with available employment opportunities, notably, but not exclusively, for refugees. This requires skills being assessed upfront and migrants being put in touch with relevant employers.

4) Innovation in skills partnerships

Skills partnerships are an increasingly important tool for matching talent in origin countries with labour needs in destination countries, while avoiding negative impacts on the origin country. This session will discuss some recent policy innovations in this field.

4:00-4:30 p.m.
A conversation on the global competition for talent

This session will bring together a high-level representative from emerging economies and a global thought leader from an OECD country to discuss the global competition for talent.

4:30-5:45 p.m.
Ministerial panel: A whole-of-society response to future migration and integration challenges

This high-level closing session will act as a bridge between the policy forum and the ministerial meeting on the following day and will involve a selection of Ministers.

4:30-5:45 p.m.
Ministerial panel: A whole-of-society response to future migration and integration challenges

This high-level closing session will act as a bridge between the policy forum and the ministerial meeting on the following day and will involve a selection of Ministers.

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Making Migration and Integration Policies Future Ready

Friday, January 17, 2020
OECD Conference Centre 2
rue André-Pascal 75775
Paris CEDEX 16 France
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Description: Under the title “Making Migration and Integration Policies Future Ready”, Ministers responsible for migration and integration issues from all OECD countries and from selected non-OECD countries will have the opportunity to exchange their views on their countries’ challenges, opportunities, and best practices in a Ministerial Meeting to be held on 17 January 2020 in Paris.

Notably Ministers will address:

* Innovative Approaches to managing Economic Migration
* Partnerships to improve Migration Enforcement and Compliance
* Innovative Approaches to Integration
* Engaging the Whole of Society and Improving Co-ordination

Ministers will also set out their priorities for Migration and Integration Policy work of the OECD.

Conference agenda will be added when available.

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International Forum on Migration Statistics (IFMS)

Sunday-Tuesday, January 19-21
Cairo, Egypt
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Description: Migration remains at the top of policy agendas in many countries worldwide. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) and the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) recognize the need for reliable, disaggregated statistics on migration that are nationally relevant and internationally comparable. However still today, there is scarcity of basic data on international migration and existing data are not fully analysed, utilized or shared.
The International Forum on Migration Statistics (IFMS) is a unique, global platform devoted to improving data on migration in all its dimensions.

Organised by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), the IFMS offers space for dialogue for a broad range of actors, from national and regional authorities, NGOs, international agencies and the private sector. The first meeting of the IFMS, took place in Paris, France, from 15 to 16 January 2018, and it included 240 speakers and over 350 participants from 90 countries, representing national statistical offices, international organizations, non-governmental organizations and academic institutions.
IFMS 2020

The second IFMS aims to mobilise expertise from a wide range of disciplines – such as statistics, economics, demography, sociology, geospatial science, and information technology – to improve the collection and analysis of migration data worldwide. The Forum will take place in Cairo, Egypt on 19-21 January 2020.

It will explore innovative ways to measure population mobility and to generate timely statistics, by bringing together a broad range of participants to share and to discuss new data initiatives and examples of success in the field of migration data. The Forum will also provide a unique opportunity for policy-makers to have direct contact with migration data experts and to use their expertise to feed policy evaluations and to identify best policy options.

The focus on data capacity building comes from the recognition that implementing the commitments of international processes comes with significant challenges for National Statistical Offices, which often have limited capacities to collect, analyse and manage data relevant to migration.

The plenary sessions of the Forum will be organised around the following six themes:

* Strengthening data for policy: ensuring effective data communication and examining existing gaps in migration statistics to determine what is needed to address policy concerns;
* Data collection and innovation: Lessons and new approaches to the collection of migration data, including from 2020 censuses and administrative sources, and the potential of technologically-driven solutions, including big data;
* Cooperation and data governance: exploring ways to strengthen stakeholder coordination and the exchange and sharing of data;
* Capacity development and financing: identifying strategies to enhance data literacy as well as institutional capacities to collect, analyse and disseminate data;
* Measuring progress on the SDGs and other global commitments: data challenges, initiatives and indicators-based approaches to monitoring;
* Improving the availability of data on migrants in vulnerable situations: disaggregating statistics by migratory status, age and sex - analysing challenges, opportunities and best practices.

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Legalizing the Impossible Subject: The White Russian Refugees and the Development of American Immigration and Refugee Law during the Great Depression

12:00-1:30 p.m., Monday, February 24, 2020
Center for Comparative Immigration Studies
University of California, San Diego
Eleanor Roosevelt College Provost’s Building, Conference Room 115
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093
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Speakers:
S. Deborah Kang, Visiting Scholar, The Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, UC San Diego
Associate Professor of History, California State University San Marcos

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