Mo., 24. Aug.
|Web-Conference
Web-conference: Covid-19, Migration and Switzerland
The Swiss Network of Young Migration Scholars is organizing a public Mini-Web-Conference on “Covid-19, Migration, and Switzerland” on August 24, 2020, at 19h00-21h00. You can join via this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83015899098
Time & Location
24. Aug. 2020, 19:00 – 21:00
Web-Conference
About the event
Program and speakers:
19.00:
Overview of the Challenges: View of the cantonal migration offices (German)
Anne Kneer, legal expert in the Migration Office St.Gallen
19.15:
Border closures and non-refoulement (German)
Constantin Hruschka, senior researcher, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy in Munich
19.30:
Challenges of social assistance dependent migrants in the corona crisis (French)
Didier Leyvraz, legal adjunct, Conference of cantonal social directors (SODK/CDAS) (tbc)
19.45:
Challenges for legal representation in asylum proceedings during the corona crisis (French)
Annick Mbia, Lawyer, Legal Service for Refugees of Caritas Fribourg (tbc)
20.00:
Placing rejected asylum seekers in emergency accommodation during the corona crisis (German)
Mei Yi Lew/Thomas Schaad, PhD Students University of Bern and Zurich
20.15:
Administrative detention during the corona crisis (German)
Lea Hungerbühler, President Asylex
20.30:
Discussion