11th Biennial IBA Global Immigration Conference
4 Dec - 6 Dec 2024
Shakespeare Room
Session information
First breakout sessions- Session one: Offshoring, pushbacks and walls: what does the right to asylum look like in 2024?
Friday 6 December (0830 - 1000)
Shakespeare Room
Description
Irregular arrivals at borders are a feature of 21st century migration. While their overall numbers remain a small proportion of those applying for international protection, many governments, both national and supranational have sought to find new solutions, often with the clear intention of stemming the tide of populist anti-immigrant sentiments being converted into votes for far-right parties. But how far can these solutions go without taking away the very essence of the right to asylum?
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Professor Elspeth Guild | Kingsley Napley LLP, London, England |
Keynote Speakers
| Judge Tim Eicke KC | European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France |
Speakers
| Madeline Garlick | UNHCR, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Catherine Woollard | European Council on Refugees and Exiles, Brussels, Belgium |