Trade agreements as part of international migration management?
Delmi welcomes you to a hybrid seminar in collaboration with the Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies (Sieps) to present and new report on trade agreements in the EU. What challenges and possibilities are offered by the nexus between migration and trade policies in EUs external relations?
This study provides a first comprehensive review of the linkage between international migration policies and trade policies with focus on the EU’s external relations. The Delmi report Trade Agreements as a Venue for Migration Governance? Potential and Challenges for the European Union analyzes the use of trade policy instruments and their development since the 1960s with a particular focus on migration clauses in the EU's trade agreements with Jordan and Lebanon. Both countries are key regional host states that have together received two million refugees in the context of widespread displacement from Syria.
Today, trade policy instruments address aspects related to migrants’ rights, the facilitation of economic mobility, the fight against irregular migration (including readmission), as well as the hosting and protection of refugee populations. However, the research results show that in order to achieve the full potential of the agreements, it should only be used as a complement - not a substitute - to a dedicated migration policy.
When? Tuesday, 9 November, 09.30-11.00 CET.
Where? Online (Zoom). Click on the link to register via Zoom. A confirmation with information on how to join the webinar will be sent via email. A recording of the webinar will be available afterwards on the seminar page.
Participants
Henrik Malm Lindberg, Acting Head of Secretariat at Delmi.
Sandra Lavenex, Professor in European and International Politics at the University of Geneva and report author.
Tamirace Fakhoury, Professor in Political Science and Global Refugee and Migration Studies at Aalborg University and report author.
Christian Danielsson, Head of the European Commission's Representation in Sweden.
Maria Madrid, International Relations Officer, European Commission.
Hannes Lenk, Senior Researcher at SIEPS.
Göran von Sydow, Director of SIEPS.
Moderator: Anna Lindblad, special advisor at the Migration Agency's office of the Director General and delegation member at Delmi.
Report and Policy Brief:
The report Trade Agreements as a Venue for Migration Governance? Potential and Challenges for the European Union can be downloaded on Delmis website in connection to the webinar.
For questions about the report or webinar, contact ju.delmi@regeringskansliet.se.
Delegationen för migrationsstudier är en oberoende kommitté som initierar studier och förmedlar forskningsresultat som underlag till framtida migrationspolitiska beslut och för att bidra till samhällsdebatten.
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