Sinking Europe, Thinking migration: the law in theory and practice

Sala Triaria (Villa Schifanoia) + on zoom Florence, Italy

WHO? Martina Flamini (Ufficio del Massimario in Corte di Cassazione), Chiara Favilli (UniFi), Françoise Blum (Navire Avenir), Romain Lanneau (Statewatch), SOS Méditerranée (Name tbc), Tineke Strik (European Parliament) WHAT? The European Union seems to be determined to contain migration at any cost, including the high chance of being complicit in the death at sea of […]

Political humanitarianism, the Black Mediterranean and border violence

Sala Triaria (Villa Schifanoia) + on zoom Florence, Italy

WHO? Beppe Caccia (Mediterranea), David Yambio (Alliance for the Refugees in Libya), Ida Danewid (University of Sussex), Vivian Gerrand (Deakin University) and others! WHAT? This unconference panel is an ‘egalitarian exchange of questions’, which aims to bring humanitarian organisations into dialogue with university-based activists working for the rights and dignity of migrant people within and […]

Exposing Fortress Europe? The role of the University

Sala del Capitolo (Badia) + on zoom European University Insitute, Florence, Italy

WHO? José Bautista WHAT? Our goal during this summative session on Migration is to plan direct involvement, as university members, in the fight against the migration control industry and the externalisation of EU border controls. With the help of an independent investigative journalist from Spain, we shall discuss how migration control mechanisms are sustained by […]