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Subject: For moderation - call for papers
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Abstracts are being solicited for the following:
Workshop on human smuggling to be convened at the 5th Metropolis Conference
Title: Causes and consequences of human smuggling
Organizers: Dr Jeroen Doomernik
Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies
University of Amsterdam
Rokin 84
1012 KX Amsterdam
Tel: ++31-20-5253627
Fax: ++31-20-5253628
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Dr Joanne van Selm
IMES, UvA as above
Tel: ++31-20-5252144
Fax: ++31-20-5252086
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Description: Increasingly the activities of human smugglers undermine the
privilege of governments to determine which aliens they allow access and
residence within their jurisdiction. The market they operate in is the
result of the conjunction of growing migration pressure from the
non-industrialized world and increasingly restrictive immigration policies
at the receiving end. At the same time smugglers may also pose a serious
threat to the fundamental human rights (including the right to asylum) of
migrants in that frequently their only concern lies in financial gain.
Government policy makers tend to focus on the first problem, whereas NGO’s
as a rule focus on the latter. Both perspectives will be integrated in this
workshop, with researchers acting as intermediaries.
The workshop will be organized around three sets of topics:
· (1) the use of human smugglers as a necessary means for refugees to find
protection/the fact that smuggling constitutes (international) crime
· (2) the right of individuals to be protected against human rights
violation, also during the migration process/the need for states to
maintain their sovereignty and maintain immigration restrictions
· (3) the question whether present day migration flows are basically made
up by individuals who need to be viewed as refugees or as economic
migrants, and the resulting perspective on the human smuggling phenomenon.
Abstracts
Interested scholars, representatives of NGO’s, and national and
international policy making agencies are requested to submit a 200 word
abstract to both the workshop organizers. Deadline for submission is 1
September 2000. Those who submitted an abstract will be informed whether
their proposal has been accepted for the workshop by 20 September.
For more information on the conference and the Metropolis project visit:
http://international.metropolis.net
Dr Joanne van Selm
International Relations
University of Amsterdam
Oudezijds Achterburgwal 237
1012 DL Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel: 00-31-20-5252144
Fax: 00-31-20-5252086
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