Międzynarodowa Organizacja do spraw Migracji (IOM) oraz
Instytut Socjologii UW serdecznie zapraszają do udziału w konferencji „Prawa wyborcze dla cudzoziemców – tak czy nie? Prezentacja wyników badań”, która odbędzie się 21 października 2014, godz. 10.00 – 15.00 w budynku Biblioteki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego (BUW), sala nr 256, ul. Dobra 56/66, Warszawa.
IMISCOE Research Group TRANSMIG – Transnational Practices in Migration announces CALL FOR PAPERS for the conference "TRANSNATIONAL MIGRATION: DISCIPLINARY IMPACTS", Malmö University (29-30 January 2015
The conference aims at exploring the impact of research on transnational
migration from the perspective of a range of disciplines in the social
sciences and humanities. Papers are welcome that answer the following
questions:
The International Metropolis Project Annual Conference, Milan (3-4 November 2014)
From
November 3-7, 2014, the International Metropolis Project will convene
its annual conference in Milan, Italy where we will tackle head-on
today’s most pressing migration and integration issues.
The new Migration Policy Centre (MPC) and the Gulf Research Centre (GRC) GLMM Explanatory note on "Demography, Migration, and Labour Market in Qatar" by Françoise De Bel-Air
Françoise De Bel-Air, Part-time Professor at the Migration Policy Centre, specialist of political demography of Arab countries
A new Migration Policy Institute Europe report "Decentralising Immigrant Integration: Denmark's mainstreaming initiatives in employment, education, and social affairs"
The topic of immigrant integration has been highly
politicised in Denmark, and has been decisive for the outcome of
elections. Denmark was among the first European countries to develop and
implement a comprehensive Act of Integration, in 1998. It was
also among the first to centralise the coordination of integration
efforts in one ministry, collecting competences from the various
ministries and agencies previously responsible for integration efforts.
New publication " Impacts of the Recent Economic Crisis (2008-2009) on International Migration"
Metropolis
North America, under the leadership Silvia Núñez García, Mónica Verea,
and Elaine Levine at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, held a
seminar in Mexico City on the “IMPACTS OF THE RECENT ECONOMIC CRISIS (2008-2009) ON INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION”.
They have released a book based upon the presentations of this seminar.
The issues covered are fascinating and the quality of the chapters is
very high.
You can find more information about the publication at:
http://www.cisan.unam.mx/virtuales/impactos.php
The new Migration Policy Centre (MPC) and the Gulf Research Centre (GRC) Explanatory note on "The Story of Remittance Flows from the GCC Countries" by George Naufal
George Naufal, Associate Professor of Economics at the American
University of Sharjah and research fellow at the Institute for the Study
of Labor (IZA), and Ismail H. Genc, Professor of Economics and Head of
the Economics Department at the American University of Sharjah.
Conference "Mobility in Crisis: Is Europe becoming more mobile during the economic crisis or is European mobility in crisis?" (29-30 January 2015)
EUI and IMISCOE are jointly organizing an event on "Mobility in Crisis: Is Europe becoming more mobile during the economic crisis or is European mobility in crisis?". This
event is to take place on 29-30 January 2015 at the European
University Institute in Florence. Deadline for paper proposals is
September 30th.
The new Migration Policy Centre (MPC) Blog entry "The Missed Opportunity of the “Ypres Guidelines” of the European Council Regarding Immigration and Asylum" by Philippe De Bruycker
On 27 June 2014 the European Council adopted the strategic guidelines for the legislative and operational planning of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
during the period 2014-2020.