Agenda

On Tuesday 13 and Wednesday 14 March 2012 an international conference takes place on social protection and migration: Access Denied. The conference will be held in Amsterdam, and is hosted by prof. dr. Sarah van Walsum and prof. dr. Gijs Vonk of the Faculty of Law of VU University Amsterdam.

Irregular immigrants and persons with weak immigration status are often excluded from the formal social security arrangements in their countries of work and residence. This raises a growing number of legal, practical and political issues. The conference seeks to analyze these issues and bring together academics, policy advisers, practitioners, international organizations, NGO’s and representatives of migrant interest groups to explore alternative approaches to social protection and migration.

• Dr. Ryszard Cholewinski, migration policy specialist (International Labour Organisation)
• Dr. Kay Hailbronner, professor of law (University of Konstanz)
• Dr. Loïc Wacquant, researcher (Centre de sociologie européenne et de science politique, Paris), professor of sociology (University of California, Berkeley)

Read more about the conference on www.rechten.vu.nl/accessdenied.