Mardi 27 Février 2018
de 09:15 à 13:00
Rural village opens its chateau to refugees. (c) UNHCR/Benjamin Loyseau
Débats Séminaires et tables rondes
Ifri Paris

Program

9:15 am - 9:30 am Introduction

Christophe BERTOSSI, Director of the Centre for Migration and Citizenship, IFRI

9:30 am - 11 am What Role Does Work Play in Migration and Asylum Policies?

Work represents a cross-sectional dimension of migration and asylum policies. It represents not only a tool of regularization but also a driving force for social integration and mobility. However, it seems that the issue of work has become a secondary consideration in the French debates on immigration, with a main focus on the distinction between refugees and economic immigrants. This panel discussion seeks to initiate an exchange of views on the role of work in receiving immigrants and refugees, and to highlight the interactions between immigration policy and the labor market situation.

The discussion will be introduced by Francine BLANCHE, Head of the Migration Unit, General Confederation of Labor (Confédération générale du travail, CGT).

11:30 am - 1 pm How to Talk about Immigration and Diversity in France Nowadays?

The issue of immigration, asylum and Islam is one of the most sensitive topics in France and Europe. The compounding effects of the economic crisis and the rise of identity politics have reinforced existing biases on these topics. At the same time, this sensitivity exerts a strong influence on the decision-making process. Our panel discussion aims to start a conversation to explore possible ways to look beyond preconceptions and better place the debate in the complex realities of immigration, asylum and Islam.

The discussion will be introduced by Clotilde GINER, Deputy Director of the Migration Unit, Order of Malta (France).

The discussion panel forms part of a project conducted by the Centre for Migration and Citizenship of IFRI with the support from the Open Society Initiative for Europe Program of the Open Society Foundation.

 

The working group includes Matthieu Angotti (General Director of the Community Centre for Social Action (CCAS) of the city of Grenoble), Francine Blanche (Head of the Migration Unit of CGT), Laura Brav (Head of the emergency housing center La Péniche du cœur), Nadine Camp (expert), Samia El Alaoui Talibi (Muslim chaplain of the prison administration of Lille), Jean-Baptiste François (journalist from La Croix), Clotilde Giner (Deputy Director of the Migration Unit, Order of Malta in France), Irena Guidikova (Head of Division, Inclusion and Anti-discrimination Programs of the Council of Europe), Christophe Harrison (Head of the General Administrative Secretariat, France terre d’asile), Danièle Joly (Research Associate, Centre of Migration and Citizenship of IFRI and School of Global Studies of FMSH), Nada Nader (Head of Development and International Cooperation, Euro-Mediterranean Feminist Initiative, Paris), Mohammed Ouaddane (General Delegate of the Réseau Mémoires-Histoires of the Ile-de-France region and General Coordinator of the Inter-réseau Mémoires-Histoires).

Members of this group have participated in this project on a strictly individual basis and do not in any way represent their institutions.