Dear mr, ms,

If appropriate, we would like to invite the members of the Forced Migration Discussion List to our symposium at 14 December in Groningen, the Netherlands about the situation of returned asylum seeking children in Kosova and Albania - details below.

Kind regards,
Carla

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Carla (E.C.C.) van Os
University of Groningen
Faculty of Behavioural and Social Science Study Centre for Children, Migration and Law
http://www.rug.nl/research/study-centre-for-children-migration-and-law 
Grote Rozenstraat 38 NL- 9712 TJ Groningen
The Netherlands

Symposium 14 December 2017 

Migrant Children’s Rights in the context of Repatriation 

Our colleague Daniëlle Zevulun defends her dissertation about repatriation and the best interests of the child on the 14th of December at the University of Groningen. In the morning, the Study Centre for Children, Migration and Law organizes a Symposium on Migrant Children’s Rights in the context of Repatriation. We are pleased to invite you to this Symposium and hope to see you on the 14th of December!
 
When: 14th of December from 9:30 to 12:00 
Where: Room BL 0205 at the Bloemstraat 36 9712 LE Groningen 

Admission: Free, but seats are limited. Register by sending an e-mail to [log in to unmask] 

For whom: Professionals, policy makers and researchers in the migration and youth care field. Students are also invited. 

Programme 

9:30 Welcome, coffee, tea 

9:40 Welcome by Carla van Os, MSc, LLM 

9:45 Main principles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child as a framework for decisionmaking 
Margrite Kalverboer, PhD, LLM, Childombudsperson The Netherlands, Professor by special appointment University of Groningen 

10:05 How are children faring after return? Insights from Kosovo and Albania 
Daniëlle Zevulun, MSc, LLM, Study Centre for Children, Migration and Law, University of Groningen 
Insights from Armenia 
Elianne Zijlstra, PhD, Study Centre for Children, Migration and Law, University of Groningen 

10:35 Working with unaccompanied asylum seeking children: some thoughts from the field 
Ravi Kohli, PhD, Professor of Child Welfare, University of Bedfordshire 

11:05 Better off alone? The quest for the best interest of accompanied refugee children. 
Bruno Vanobbergen, Phd, Childombudsperson Belgium, Professor at the Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy, Ghent University 

11:35 Discussion, reflections and questions.

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