Topical panel: ‘Refugees and Migrants in the shadow of Covid19’
Thursday 12 November 2020, 2-4.30pm
Online - registration required
This panel will examine State responses to Covid19 and their particular effect on vulnerable groups of migrants and refugees. It will do so in light of the obligations under the Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees.
Programme:
14.00-14.15 Welcome from RLI
14.15-14.20 Introduction
Chair: Kathryn Allinson (University of Bristol)
14.20 - 15.15 Part 1: Refugee and Migrant ‘immobility’ during a Pandemic
Dr. Elif Kuskonmaz (Portsmouth University): Use of personal data to control borders in the time of Covid19
Marta Gionco (PICUM): Measure to support undocumented migrants during the Covid19 pandemic
Emilie McDonnell (University of Oxford): The Right to Leave (to seek asylum) and Externalised Migration Control during Covid19
15.25 – 16.20 Part 2: The Right to Rights of refugees and migrants during a Pandemic
Prof. M. Murat Erdogan (Turkish German University): Urban refugees in Turkey during a pandemic