Conference: Access Denied
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. This conference seeks to analyse these issues and bring together academics, policy advisers, practitioners, international organisations, NGO’s and representatives of migrant interest groups to explore alternative approaches to social protection and migration.
- To present the research findings of the Cross-border Welfare research group.
- To initiate further research on alternative approaches to social protection and migration.
- Dr. Ryszard Cholewinski, Migration Policy Specialist at the International Labour Organisation (ILO)
- Dr. Kay Hailbronner, Professor of Law at the University of Konstanz
- Dr. Loïc Wacquant, Researcher, Centre de sociologie européenne et de science politique, Paris / Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley
- Abstract deadline: 1 December 2011.
- Paper deadline: 1 February 2012
Post-conference working session
Following the closing plenary on Wednesday March 14 there will be a post-conference afternoon working session for participants who have committed to the proposal for follow-up research.
Conference publication
Participants will receive a conference publication including the research findings of the Cross-border welfare group, a selection of the conference papers and an annotated bibliography.
Academic directors
Dr. Gijs Vonk, professor of international social security law
Prof. dr. Sarah van Walsum, professor of migration law
Faculty of Law, VU University Amsterdam
Sponsor
This conference has been made possible by a grant from the Stichting Instituut GAK, a private fund that supports research on social security and labour market policy.
