FW: Undesirable and Unreturnable? International Conference

 

UNDESIRABLE AND UNRETURNABLE? International Conference   Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London 25 – 26 January 2016   How do we deal with migrants such as Abu Qatada who are suspected of serious criminality but who cannot be removed from the country? What happens to asylum-seekers who are excluded from refugee status on these grounds? Have recent events in Europe - such as the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris - changed the equation in these kinds of cases?   The 'Undesirable but Unreturnable?' conference brings together for the first time original research by 25 leading scholars and practitioners on a pressing contemporary legal/policy challenge: what to do with excluded asylum-seekers and other migrants suspected of serious criminality but who cannot be removed from the country? Also represented in the two-day conference are many senior officials from governments across the world who work with such cases and complexities on an everyday basis.   The papers presented across the eight conference sessions deal with a range of potential responses, including deportation, the use of memoranda of understanding, integration and prosecution, as well as the role of institutions such as UNHCR and the EU. They cover 13 diverse country case studies from across the world, ranging from Rwandan genocidaires and Islamic extremists in the UK, through Haitian convicts in the USA, to LTTE fighters in southern India and Syrian fighters in Turkey.   The conference takes place at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London, on 25 and 26 January 2016, and is organised by the Refugee Law Initiative (RLI), University of London, jointly with the Centre for International Criminal Justice (CICJ), VU University of Amsterdam. It is generously supported by a research network grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).   Please visit http://bit.ly/1Uc0xcU for further details, including a provisional programme, and to book your place at the Conference. Space is limited so book early!     © 2015 Refugee Law Initiative   School of Advanced Study, University of London, Senate House, London, WC1E 7HU +44/0 20 7862 8827 | rli@sas.ac.uk | www.sas.ac.uk/rli