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Welcome to The Asylum Commission’s final conference! 

https://liu.se/en/research/asylum-commission-final-conference 

https://www.facebook.com/events/730121167989317/ 

Since 2015, the Asylum Commission in Sweden has brought together people with experiences of seeking asylum, researchers, civil society activists and professionals, to examine the migration regulations that have been implemented following the putative crisis in 2015 and trace their negative legal and social consequences.  

In August 2022, we will bring the work of the Commission's inquires to an end. At the same time, we want to look ahead to new, border-crossing collaborations to promote a solidarity and migrant justice, and a world without borders. We gather in Malmö for an international conference. Here we will present the results of the Commission's inquires, and listen to testimonies from activists working in violence-ridden border regions of Denmark, Greece, Poland, Portugal and Turkey.   

Date and time 

25 August, 9 am - 5 pm.  

Place 

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Program 

09:30-11:00 Presentation of the Asylum Commission (in Swedish, translation to English will be available) 

11:00-12:00 Keynote-lecture by Claudia Tazreiter, Professor of migration studies, LiU 
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-16:00 Presentations by asylum rights and no border activists from Denmark, Greece, Poland, Portugal och Turkey.
16:00-17:00 Panel discussion on future visions for refugee and migrant solidarity  

Link to registration form. 

The conference is being organized by the Asylum Commission in collaboration with Flyktingsgruppernas riksråd (FARR), REMESO and ABF Malmö, and with generous support from FORTE and Centralförbundet för Socialt Arbete (CSA).  

Welcome! 

/Jacob Lind, on behalf of the conference committee 

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Jacob Lind, Researcher, Malmö University, +46 (0)707975945 

Website:  

https://mau.se/en/persons/jacob.lind/ 

You can download my PhD-thesis here: 

Lind, J. (2020). The politics of undocumented migrant childhoods: Agency, rights, vulnerability