1. 5/16-18, Toronto, Canada - Conference on restructuring refugee and resettlement
2. 5/17, Nationwide - Free webinar on ICE targeting trends by nationality
3. 5/18-18, Memphis, TN - Federal Bar Association immigration law seminar
4. 5/23, Washington, DC - Discussion on the role of national governments in promoting immigrant integration
5. 5/23-25, Arlington, VA - Certificate program course on human trafficking
6. 7/8-14, Evanston, IL - Seminar on forced migration, resettlement, and humanitarian assistance

1. "Restructuring Refuge and Settlement: Responding to the Global Dynamics of Displacement"

Sponsored by the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS)

Wednesday-Friday, May 16-18, 2012
Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS)
Osgoode Hall Law School
York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
http://www.carfms.org/system/files/May%2014%20CARFMS%20Annual%20Conferen...

Description: Globalization has transformed traditional patterns of human mobility. Demographic, economic, social, political and environmental developments accelerate the pace of change. States pursue increasingly selective policies with a view to maximizing economic benefits of immigration. They tend to favour not only highly skilled migrants, but also a highly flexible work force. In recent years, the number of temporary foreign workers admitted to Canada has more than doubled. A similar trend can be observed in other countries. Different legal and administrative categories of temporary migrants emerge with different rights and entitlements. Some of them, especially circular, domestic and seasonal temporary workers occupy low-wage, low-status jobs with poor labour standards and are more likely to suffer discrimination in respect to employment. Low-skilled temporary migrants often have restricted access to citizenship in the host country and are at risk of falling into irregular status. The precarious situation in which many migrants and their family members find themselves is challenging for settlement policies. There is an urgent need to restructure these policies and to promote comprehensive integration programmes in order to prevent legal, economic and social marginalization of migrants. Refuge is another area which is deeply affected by the global dynamics of displacement. In the current context of economic uncertainty, concerns about terrorism and security, and tightened border controls, the condition of IDPs, stateless persons, irregular migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees deteriorates. Their access to protection is restricted. The strengthening of State control over forced migrants through harsher immigration measures transforms the logic of domestic structures and public policies. It lowers protection standards and increases the vulnerability of forced migrants.

The 2012 CARFMS Conference will bring together researchers, policymakers, displaced persons and advocates from diverse disciplinary and regional backgrounds to discuss the issue of restructuring refuge and settlement with a view to better understanding how migration policies, processes and structures responds to the global dynamics of displacement. We invite participants from a wide range of perspectives to explore the practical, experiential, policy-oriented, legal and theoretical questions raised by refuge and settlement at the local, national, regional and international levels. The conference will feature keynote and plenary speeches from leaders in the field, and we welcome proposals for individual papers and organized panels structured three broad subthemes:

Program:

Thursday, May 17

11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Panel 1: Restructuring refuge: “International Crimes,” refugee protection and the new Canadian refugee status determination system

Using Public International Law to decide who has committed a crime against peace, a war crime, or a crime against humanity in the refugee status determination process in Canada
James C. Simeon

Refugee law and international and domestic regulation of criminal conduct
Joseph Rikhof

Widening the net, narrowing the nuance, and misapplying the label: The troubled relationship between criminal law and Article 1(F)
Jennifer Bond

L'application de la clause d'exclusion de la définition de réfugie en droit administratif canadien; la réaffirmation de la souveraineté canadienne face aux obligations internationales
Nadine Saadé

Panel 2: Restructuring migrants’ settlement and refugee resettlement: Role of community organizations and services

In defense of Public Legal Education and Information Services for Migrant Workers in British Columbia: Reflections by Frontline Service Providers Volunteering at Office for Migrants
Angela Contreras-Chavez

Policy Demands for the Rights of Undocumented Migrants: Strategies of Community Organizations in Montreal and Brussels
Jill Hanley, Sonia ben Soltane

Inland Protection and Refugee Resettlement in Canada: The Normalization of the "Refugee Queue"
Emily Bates

The Canadian Refugee and Humanitarian Resettlement Program: A Study of Group Processing
Robert Batarseh

Panel 3: Internal displacement: New approaches and challenges to settlement

Jus post bellum and the resolution of displacement
Megan Elizabeth Bradley

Resettlement of Internally Displaced Sinhala Community of Yakawewa in Kebithigollewa: Geographical Perspective of Issues and Challenges
Ven. Pinnawala Sangasumana Thero

Between War and Peace: The Post-Conflict Housing, Land and Property Restitution Process of the Internally Displaced
Chakra Ojha

Livelihoods of IDPs in Eastern Sri Lanka: A longitudinal study
Kopalapillai Amirthalingam, Lakshman Rajith W.D

Panel 4: Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (Part 1)

The Dadaab Context
Maureen K'opiyo, Philip Landen

African Virtual University & Borderless Higher Education for Refugees
Catherine Wangeci K-Thuo

Kenyatta University & Borderless Higher Education for Refugees
Sammy Tumuti, Josephine Gitome and Stephen Nyaga

York University and Borderless Higher Education for refugees
Negin Dahya, Aida Orgocka, Beryl Pilkington

University of British Columbia/Moi University and Borderless Higher Education for Refugees
Samson Nashon, Jackson Too

Panel 5: Restructuring settlement of refugees and forced migrants: Local experiences

Iraqi refugees' Challenging Survival in Jordan
Samia Qumri, Hope Quest

Integrating Refugees in the Host Country: The Case of Liberian Refugees in Ghana
Jenkins Macedo

Afghani Forced Migrants in Turkey
Esra Kaytaz

Juridical, Political and Social Stigmatization of Colombian Refugees
Juan Pablo Serrano Frattali

Panel 6: Restructuring settlement and refuge: Role of international organizations, agencies and civil society organizations

Humanitarian interventions and the suspicion factor: the case of FBOs in Sri Lanka
Ven. Pennwalt Sangasumana Thero

The increasing role of civil society organizations in asylum policies of Turkey
Deniz Eroglu

Intra or international solidarity? The European Union's role in responsibility sharing for refugees and persons in need of international protection
Maciej Fagasciski

Panel 7: Rethinking Settlement Services in a Changing Policy Environment

Darlyn Mentor, Director, Settlement Programs, Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Catherine Finlay, Director, Immigration Programs Branch, Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration

Kay Blair, Executive Director, MicroSkills

Huda Bukhari, Manager, Settlement Services, Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture

1:30–3:00 p.m.
Panel 1: Restructuring refuge: Asylum seekers, irregular migration and State responses

State Responses and Human Mobility: Application of the Dublin II Regulations
Satvinder Juss

Illegal People or Illegal Practices? The Criminalization of Irregular Migration in the 21st Century
Bethany Hastie

From refugee settlers to irregular migrants. Understanding the changing social realities of forcible displacements
Eftihia Voutira

Boats and Borders: interception, interdiction and shifting norms in state response to refugee migration
Heather Johnson

Panel 2 : Protection of refugee and IDPs: Narratives, discourse and representations

The Narrative of Vulnerability and Deprivation in Protection Regimes for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPS) in Africa: An Appraisal of the Kampala Convention
Laurence Juma

Pacific Solution: Gendered Narratives of Asylum Seeker
Leili Golafshani

"Muslims are almost second class citizens:" The Representations of Somalis in the Media and the Effects on Somali
Melissa Stachel

"Lost in Translation ": Violence, Displacement and Mediation in the Sudanese Civil War and Refugee Narratives
Mayssa Zouaghi

Panel 3: Restructuring settlement and refuge: New approaches and theories

Integration of the four largest refugee groups in the Netherlands: the impact of the asylum procedure on socio-economic integration
Linda Bakker

Constructing an institutional identity: The dilemma of communication skills and settlement of internationally educated professionals in Australia
Sepideh Fotovatian

Resettlement, Offshore Processing and Deterrence - Lessons from Australia
Maria O’Sullivan

Starting From Refugees Themselves: Sketch for an Institutional Ethnography of Refugee Resettlement
Christophe Sevigny

Panel 4 : Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (Dadaab): Fieldwork Report (Part 2)

Pedagogical Research Literature Review and Fieldwork
Rebecca Houwer

The relationship between Teacher quality and school performance, a case of Dadaab
Irene Njogu

Challenges for gender equity in education within Dadaab Refugee Camp
Joseph Kurauka

Contextual Research Literature Review and Fieldwork
Danielle Bishop

Panel 5: Recent trends in Canadian immigration policy and migrants’ settlement

The political, economic, and social context of immigration policy
Khamael Al-Faris

New Spaces of Hospitality and Sovereignty: Some thoughts on the operation of the Canadian private sponsorship
Ekaterina Krivenko

Strategies for improving the existing Canadian settlement model through ensuring compatibility with newcomer assumptions and expectations
S. Gopikrishna

Restructuring settlement policies for refugees and highly skilled migrants: Analysis through Practical Experience and Case studies
Minakshi Dasprashar

Panel 6: Restructuring refuge: Statuses and Theoretical issues

International rights judgments and new forms of refuge
Tom Clark

"Environmental Refugees": The Definition that Cannot be Found
Benoît Mayer

Les statuts légaux alternatifs à la citoyenneté des migrants: poison ou panacée?
Martin Provencher

Asylum and the International Criminal Court
Joris van Wijk

Eritrean refugees at Ethiopia's Universities: the theory of 'realism' revisited
Habtamu Simesh

Panel 7: The Trends and Challenges Confronting Asylum Seekers in Japan

Issues confronting asylum seekers in Japan from both a national and an international perspective
Yukari Ando

Jurisprudence regarding asylum claims in Japan
Masanao Murakami

Practical issues dealing with detention, provisional release and social assistance in Japan
Chie Komai

3:30–5:00 p.m.
Panel 1: Balancing rights and security. Human smuggling and recent legal developments and practices in Canada

Walking the tightrope - balancing rights and national security
Michael White

Human smuggling and Canadian refugee law: A critique
Sharryn Aiken

Human Trafficking, National Security, and Humanitarian Principles in Canada
Julie Kaye

Children seeking asylum: detention and deportation in Canada
Bobby Thomas Cameron

Panel 2: Restructuring settlement and refuge: Social age and risk of discrimination

Opportunities or Inconsistences? A Social Age Analysis of Ontarian Health Service Provision for Refugees and Immigrants
Michaela Hynie, Wesley Oakes

Restructuring Canadian Refugee and Settlement Policy to Reduce Age Discrimination? A Social Age Analysis of the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and its Regulations
Christina Clark-Kazak, Johanna Reynolds

Panel 3: Freedom of movement, forced migration and legal migration : An economic analysis

Trade and Prosperity: The Flow of Goods and People
Tony Fang

Illegal Migration as a result of War and Poverty in Afghanistan
Abdul Nazari

The Challenges of Forced Migration in the context of realizing the Millennium Development Goals in the Sub- Saharan Africa
Daniel Sam

L’Union européenne: nouvelles avenues pour la migration économique
Stéphanie Hachez

Does “Development” Exclude – A Critical Analysis
Reem Shamsudeen Shamsudeen

Panel 4: Return and refugee resettlement : Trends, challenges and theoretical issues

Refugee Return versus Resettlement
Howard Adelman

Durable Solutions and the Logic of No Return
Prakash Adhikari

Hurricane Katrina and the Right of Return in the United States
Sue-Ann Hess

Explaining the Global Undersupply in Refugee Resettlement: A cross-national time series analysis
Laura Robbins-Wright

Panel 5: Resettlement of refugees: Theoretical issues and local experiences

Mobile livelihoods strategies and sustainable recovery: a case study from a resettled village in post-conflict Sri Lanka
Danesh Jayatilaka

Restructuring Settlement: A continuum of policy change in Education
Pius Ryan, Meredith Anne Verma, Caroline Lai, Lana Deeter, Kristjen Hull, Coralee Curby, Diana Jahnsen

A human rights approach to settlement - the New Zealand experience
Michael White

'Secondary Migration' and US Refugee Resettlement
Eleanor Ott

Roundtable Discussion: Developing Online Research and Teaching Materials and a Practitioners' Forum for Refugee and Forced Migrations Studies

Presentation of the ORTT and Practitioners Forum
James Simeon

How to use the ORTT
Sanja Begic-Robinson

Involvement of University of Montréal’s Law Faculty in the development of the ORTT. Using ORTT as a teaching tool at undergraduate level
Nanette Neuwahl

Partnership with IASFM - Using ORTT as a teaching tool at graduate level
Giorgia Dona, Eftihia Voutira

Contribution to on-going development of the ORTT
Anne-Sophie L’Espérance, Jocelyn Kane

Friday, May 18

11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Panel 1 - Restructuring refuge: Critical issues in Canadian refugee determination

Judicial review of refugee determinations in Canada's federal court
Sean Rehaag

The burden of proving Who You Are: Refugee Protection and Identity
Donald Galloway

New approaches to refugee status determination in Canada
Pia Zambelli

The erosion of refuge: security proceedings and the refugee determination process in Canada
Angus Grant

Panel 2: Restructuring settlement: Right of return and local experiences

Livelihoods amid circular forced migration: Experience of the returnees from Menik-Farm, Sri Lanka
Pinnawala Sangasumana Thero

Liberal democracies’ divergent interpretations of the right of return: Implications for free movement and discrimination
Megan Elizabeth Bradley

Displacement and Voluntary Return Intentions in Cyprus
Djordje Stefanovic

Settlement of Returning Refugees: Repatriation to Burundi
Katie Kuschminder, Sonja Fransen

Un exemple historique de la migration forcée: L’échange des populations entre la Grèce et la Turquie
Gokce Bayindir Goularas

Panel 3: Comparative analysis in restructuring refuge and settlement: South African and Japanese perspectives

Migration, refuge and settlement policies in South Africa: law, society and service (de)livery
Olivia Kokushubila lwabukuna

International Human Rights, Xenophobia and Refugee Protection: Lessons from South Africa
Tendayi Achiyume

The debate of integration and settlement of refugees: A South African perspective
Dieudonné Coffie Wabo

Legacy of Cold War logics: Vietnamese Canadians integrated as enduring refugees
Anh Ngo

Emergence of "refugees" in Japan: Media analysis of Indochinese/ Vietnamese arrival between 1975-1981
Chizuru Nobe Ghelani

Panel 4: Restructuring resettlement: the Canadian experience

Central American Refugee Male Youth and Belonging in Toronto
Morgan B. Poteet

Learning Queer Here: Integration and Adaptation Experiences of LGBT Refugees in Toronto
David Murray

Resettling Refugees and Asylum Seekers: What Can We Learn from Their Housing Experiences in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver?
Valérie Preston

Multiplying Spaces of Subalterity in Education: From Ideological Realms to Strategizing Outcomes
Ranu Basu

Panel 5: Social Age and Education

Social Age and Education: A Focus Group Discussion with WUSC Students from Dadaab
Don Dippo, Negin Dahya

It Takes a University: Social and Academic Integration of Refugees Resettled Directly into Canadian Universities
Martha K. Ferede

Panel 6: Restructuring refuge and settlement: Governance and human rights

Ethiopia’s Educational Praxis toward Eritrean Refuges amidst Deadlocked Peace Process
Habtamu Simesh

Unsuccessful Asylum Seekers Who Have Formed a Family in the Host Country: Do they Have a Right to Stay?
Silvia Scarpa

The Possibility of Escape: Vulnerability in the Necro-Political Imagination
Surie von Czechowski

Rhetorical Distortions of Burden-sharing and the Interplay Between Restricted Resettlement and Refugee
Galya Ruffer

Panel 7: Settlement of refugees and migrants with disabilities or health problems

Refugees and immigrants with HIV/AIDS in Canada: Stigma, discriminations and vulnerabilities
AKM Ullah

Deaf Refugee Settlement in Western New York: The Role of Policies and Practices
Catherine Dines

Developing an Anti-oppressive Approach to Settlement Services for Refugees with Disabilities
Danielle Grigsby

The Experiences of Public Health Nurses Working with Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Central London
John Burchill

2:00–3:30 p.m.

Panel 1: Restructuring refuge: Challenges of irregular migration – Restructurer le refuge: Défis de la migration irrégulière

La gestion des flux migratoires mixtes au Costa Rica: le migrant vulnérable face aux catégories légales
Louis-Philippe Jannard

The Jasmine revolution and the Lampedusa’ refugee crisis
Sofiane Bouhdiba

Dynamics of Refuge for Bangladeshis in India: Refugees or illegal Migrants?
Priyanka Velath

Transitional states and forced migrants: the impact of the 'Arab Spring' revolution on the lives of the forcefully displaced in Egypt
Monica Abdelkader

Panel 2: Exclusion and marginalization of vulnerable refugees and migrants: the situation of women and children

Vulnerabilities of women and girls in the context of relationship between men and women during forced migration
Daniel Sam

Stateless- The Case of Children of Cambodia and India
Anna Pielin

In the Shadows of Marginality: An Analysis of the 2006 Kenyan Refugee Act and Urban Refugee Women
Sinmi Akin Aina

Accessing health care and social services for pregnant women and youth with precarious migratory status : Strategies, experiences, and perceptions
Alexandra Ricard-Guay

Women's Rights, Culture and Conflict: Implementing Gender Policy in Amboko Refugee Camp, Chad
Suzanne Hurley

Panel 3: Refugees and State protection: Recent trends in Canada and Critical analysis – Les réfugiés et la protection étatique: les développements récents au Canada. Une analyse critique

Migrants as pawns- Does Protection of the State necessarily involve lack of protection to the migrant?
Geoffrey Care

States of Exception, Homines Sacri and the Limits of Human Rights: What Agamben Tells us About Non-Refoulement in Canada
Annamaria Enenajor

Extradition and Refugees: Reconciling Canada's Obligations with Respect to Non-Refoulement
Anne-Sophie L’Espérance

Portée et limites du principe de non refoulement de l'article 33 de la Convention relative au statut des réfugiés dans le contexte du traitement extraterritorial des demandes de statut de réfugié
Alice Chaix

Panel 4: Restructuring settlement and refuge: Situation of asylum seekers, temporary workers and Romas in Canada

Forced work conditions in Canada? The socio-legal effects of employer-tied work permit for temporary foreign workers in low-skill occupations
Eugénie Dépatie-Pelletier

State protection in Canada: a juridical perspective
Sophie Dorais

Do human rights treaties help asylum seekers? Canadian refugee jurisprudence and practice since 1990
Stephen Meili

Roma asylum seekers in Canada
Julianna Beaudoin, Cynthia Levine-Rasky, Paul St. Clair

Panel 5: Recent developments in refugee protection and detention of asylum seekers in Canada

Making Refugees Disappear
Audrey Macklin

Questioning Kadenko: Is State Protection Proportional to the Level of Democracy?
Benjamin Perryman

The impact of detention on asylum seekers’s mental health: Current situation and Bill C-4
Janet Cleveland

Detention of asylum seekers in Canada
Delphine Nakache

Panel 6: Migration and access to higher education in Canada and in the European Union

Access to higher education as a fundamental right: challenges in Canada and in Europe
Idil Atak

The recruitment of international students: the procedure and the future perspective for establishment
Nanette Neuwahl

Recognition of qualifications: obstacles to the professional integration and future perspectives
Maia Korotkina

3:30–5:00 p.m.
Plenary session - Assisting and Protecting People Fleeing Violence and Conflict: Special panel session on "generalized violence” with the participation of the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR)

Justice John Barnes, Federal Court of Canada
Kees Wouters, Division of International Protection, UNHCR (TBC)
Janet Dench, Canadian Council for Refugees
Barbara Jackman, Jackman & Associates

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2. "Free Webinar - ICE Targeting Trends by Nationality"

2:00 p.m., EDT, Thursday, May 17, 2012
http://trac.syr.edu/whatsnew/email.120514.html

Description: A free webinar will present and discuss trends in new Immigration Court deportation proceedings for individual nationalities. Overall filings during FY 2012 continue to decline for most nationalities, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been citing criminal activity as grounds for deportation less often than it used to.

The seminar will cover ICE charging practices in deportation proceedings for each of the largest nationalities, and then demonstrate TRAC's data tools that let you examine details for any nationality group and Immigration Court. To register, go to:

http://trac.syr.edu/webinar/register.php?wid=20120517

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3. "Federal Bar Association Immigration Law Seminar"

Friday-Saturday, May 18-19, 2012
University of Memphis School of Law
1 North Front Street
Memphis, TN 38103
http://fedbar.org/Image-Library/Sections-and-Divisions/Immigration/Memph...

Program:

Friday, May 18

8:30–9:30 a.m.
Track 1: VAWA Self Petitioning: Updates and Emerging Issues
Track 2: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Hot Topics Panel
Track 3: DHS/ICE Chief Counsel: Roles and Responsibilities
Track 4: Nuts and Bolts for Beginners: The Immigration Court
Track 5: Workshop: Professional Ethics in Immigration Law: Part 1

9:30-10:30 a.m.
Track 1: VAWA Adjustment of Status: Updates and Emerging Issues
Track 2: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Hot Topics Panel
Track 3: Nuts and Bolts: CSPA & Child Citizenship Act of 2000
Track 4: View From the Bench: Basics of Practicing Before the Immigration Court
Track 5: Workshop: Professional Ethics in Immigration Law: Part 2

10:45–11:45 a.m.
Track 1: Representing VAWA Clients Before the IJ in Removal Proceedings
Track 2: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Hot Topics Panel
Track 3: Appellate Review of Immigration Decisions at the US Circuit Courts of Appeal
Track 4: Asylum: Knowing the Basics and How to Present a Case
Track 5: Workshop: DHS USCIS Ombudsman Hot Topics

1:15-2:15 p.m.
Track 1: Workshop: Discussion: Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
Track 2: An update on the E-Verify Program
Track 3: Affirmative Asylum Before USCIS
Track 4: Appellate Review of Immigration Decisions at the BIA
Track 5: EOIR Matters: Updates and Emerging Issues: Part 1

2:15-3:15 p.m.
Track 1: U Non-Immigrant Status: Updates and Emerging Issues
Track 2: Appeals and Motions to Reopen Before USCIS
Track 3: Immigration Remedies in US Federal Court, Mandamus, Habeas & APA
Track 4: Crimes of Violence: Recent Developments and How to Analyze a Conviction
Track 5: EOIR Matters: Updates and Dmerging Issues: Part 2 (Q & A)

3:30-4:30 p.m.
Track 1: The Brave New World of Prosecutorial Discretion
Track 2: U.S. Department of State (DOS) Hot Topics Panel
Track 3: Use of an Expert Witness in Removal Proceedings
Track 4: Relief from Removal: Cancellation, Adjustment of Status, TPS & NACARA
Track 5: Workshop: Strategies for Padilla v. Kentucky: Post Conviction Relief

4:30-5:30 p.m.
Track 1: LGBT Immigration Law - Current Trends
Track 2: Nuts and Bolts: Waivers of Inadmissibility and Removal at Consular Posts
Track 3: U Adjustment of Status: Updates and Emerging Issues
Track 4: Affidavit of Support (i-864): Preparation, Use and Pitfalls
Track 5: Latest Developments in 212(c) Relief

Saturday, May 19

8:30-9:30 a.m.
Track 1: Ethical Implications of Representing the Unlawfully Present Alien
Track 2: Income Tax and Aliens: Tax Issues in Immigration Law
Track 3: Bond and Custody: Detention, Bonding & Bond Redeterminations
Track 4: E-42a LPR Cancellation Before the Immigration Judge
Track 5: Workshop: Tips for Handling Employer Sanction Cases

9:30-10:30 a.m.
Track 1: What’s New with Prosecutorial Discretion, Waivers and More?
Track 2: Advanced Issues on i-9 and worksite enforcement
Track 3: Waivers of Inadmissibility in Removal Proceedings - Advanced
Track 4: E-42b Non-LPR Cancellation Before the Immigration Judge
Track 5: Workshop: Tips for Writing Briefs at BIA and COA

10:45–11:45 a.m.
Track 1: Cutting Edge - Gender Based Asylum Issues
Track 2: Advanced Employment Based Practices and Updates (LC/PERM)
Track 3: Motions Practice: Motions to Reopen/Reconsider/Remand/Terminate
Track 4: Crimes Involving Moral Turpitude (CIMT): Silva-Trevino
Track 5: Workshop: Tax Issues in Immigration Law

1:15-2:15 p.m.
Track 1: Cutting Edge - Asylum Issues in Particular Social Groups (Gangs/Others)
Track 2: Doctors, Nurses and Other Medical Professionals
Track 3: Pardons and Post Conviction Relief to Avoid a Conviction Under the INA
Track 4: Criminal Grounds of Removability - Overview
Track 5: Workshop: Waivers at the U.S. Embassy or Consulates

2:15-3:15 p.m.
Track 1: Widow Penalty Act and Humanitarian Reinstatement Under 204(l)
Track 2: Presenting Complicated I-130/I-485/I-751/n-400 Cases Before USCIS
Track 3: Stump the Experts: Q & A with Prominent Immigrant Practitioners
Track 4: Competency Issues: PTSD, Memory Loss, Mental Disability
Track 5: Workshop: Professional Ethics in Immigration Law: Part 3

3:30-4:30 p.m.
Track 1: Emerging Issues on TPS and NACARA: What to do with an RFE or Denial
Track 2: Meeting the Challenge of Non-Immigrant Visas: Part 1
Track 3: Religious Issues in Asylum Law - Case Studies
Track 4: Drug Crimes: Immigration Consequences of Drug Offenses
Track 5: Workshop: Prosecutorial Discretion: An Update

4:30-5:30 p.m.
Track 1: U Visa Topics: Q&A Session Facilitated by DHS Representatives
Track 2: Meeting the Challenge of Non-Immigrant Visas: Part 2
Track 3: Representing Juvenile Immigrants
Track 4: Law Office Management
Track 5: Immigration Law Section Annual Meeting

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4. "The Role of National Governments in Promoting Immigrant Integration: How Can and How Are Different Countries Supporting Integration?"

A discussion with North American and European leaders on how governments are supporting integration

9:00-11:00 a.m., Wednesday, May 23, 2012
MPI Conference Room
1400 16th Street, NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/events/

Speakers:
Rosario Farmhouse
High Commissioner for Immigration and Intercultural Dialogue, Portugal

Alejandro Mayorkas, Director
US Citizenship and Immigration Services, US Department of Homeland Security

Jasenko Selimovic
State Secretary to the Minister for Integration, Sweden

Peter Sylvester
Associate Deputy Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Canada

Moderator:
Demetrios G. Papademetriou, MPI President

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5. "Certificate in International Migration Studies"

XCPD-702 - Human Trafficking

Course Objectives: The subject of human trafficking, or the use of force, fraud or coercion to transport persons across international borders or within countries to exploit them for labor or sex, has received renewed attention within the last two decades. In the United States, human trafficking became a focus of activities in the late 1990s and culminated in the passage of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) signed into law on October 16, 2000. With the enactment of the TVPA, the United States took a lead in combating human trafficking, prosecuting traffickers, and protecting victims. In this course students will assess the different legal frameworks used to combat human trafficking around the world and analyze the different discourses used to discuss the trafficking phenomena. Students will also explore the characteristics and special needs of victims (adult and child victims, girls and boys, women and men), their life experiences, and their trafficking trajectories; discuss the modus operi and of traffickers and their networks; debate the effectiveness of governmental anti-trafficking policies and the efficacy of rescue and restore programs; and identify research gaps. The course places special emphasis on evidence-based research and strategies.

At the completion of the course, a successful student will be able to:

* Assess legal frameworks used to combat human trafficking around the world.

* Analyze the different discourses used to discuss the trafficking phenomena.

* Analyze the characteristics and special needs of victims.

* Discuss the modus operandi of traffickers and their networks.

* Debate the effectiveness of governmental anti-trafficking policies and the efficacy of rescue and restore programs.

* Identify research gaps.

Location:
Clarendon Room 238
3101 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA
http://scs.georgetown.edu/courses/231/human-trafficking?ref=program&refp...

Class Meets: Wednesday-Friday, May 23-25, 2012, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Tuition: $895.00, 2.4 CEUs

Instructor: Elzbieta Gozdziak

Register: https://portal.scs.georgetown.edu/TPSStudentPortal/ViewCart.aspx

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6. "Settling Resettlement"

2nd Annual Summer Institute

July 8–14, 2012
Pancoe Auditorium, Pancoe-NSUHS Life Sciences Pavilion
2200 Campus Drive, Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 60208
http://www.cics.northwestern.edu/programs/migration/summer.html

Description: CFMS Summer Institute is a six-day, non-degree earning seminar intended for researchers, policy makers, academics and practitioners working in issues of forced migration, resettlement and humanitarian assistance both within the United States and abroad. Through lectures, focused discussions, workshops and simulation exercises, the Institute, held at Northwestern University’s campus in Evanston, IL, provides a forum to exchange ideas, build relationships, develop new approaches and policy recommendations and learn about new developments in the field. Past participants have included government officials, non-governmental organization personnel, university faculty and graduate students (select advanced undergraduate students may seek permission to attend).

Program:

Sunday, July 8
Resettlement Case Study/Welcome and Opening Address

2:00-2:30 p.m.
Case Study + Film
Barbara Harrell-Bond

3:00-4:30 p.m.
Case Study + Film
Minal Giri

Monday, July 9
Refugee Rights and Solutions in Host Countries

8:30-10:00 a.m.
International Refugee Regime and the Global South
Barbara Harrell-Bond

10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Resettlement as a Durable Solution for Refugees Remaining in First Country of Asylum
Galya Ruffer

1:30-3:00 p.m.
UNHCR Process: Improving Outcomes through overseas and domestic coordination, information sharing, planning and program design
Vincent Cochetel, UNHCR

3:30-4:30 p.m.
Discussion: Fraud issues in the Resettlement Process

Tuesday, July 10
The Realities of Refugee Rights in the Global South

8:30-10:00 a.m.
Macro/Micro UNHCR Priorities
Vincent Cochetel, UNHCR

10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Selection for Resettlement and the Role of Legal Assistance
Michael Kagan

1:30-3:00 p.m.
Refugee Access to Rights and the Role of Resettlement
Michael Kagan

3:30-4:30 p.m.
Small group case study discussions

Wednesday, July 11
From Selection to Departure to Reception

8:30-10:00 a.m.
Proving Refugee Status: The Refugee Interview, selection process and the Role of DHS/USCIS
Chicago Asylum Office

10:30-12:00 a.m.
U.S. RAP/U.S. Reception and Placement Program
Barbara Day, PRM

1:30-2:30 p.m.
Welcome to America film

3:00-4:30 p.m.
Cultural Orientation: Organizational Challenges, examining “self-sufficiency”
Sanja Bebic, C.A.L.

Thursday, July 12
Resettlement Chicago Style

The Arc of Refugee Work
(Experiential Tour of Chicago)

9:30-11:00 a.m.
Legal Assistance
NIJC

11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
USCIS Asylum Office

2:30-4:30 p.m.
Resettlement Services
RefugeeOne and World Relief

7:00-9:00 p.m.
Finding Success: Dinner with Refugees from Upwardly Global

Friday, July 13
“Life” in the United States?

8:30-10:00 a.m.
Debriefing from the Field: Raising questions about US Refugee Policy

10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Challenges confronting current U.S. Refugee Policy
Tara Magner

1:00-2:30 p.m.
The Refugee Journey: Mental Health & Psycho-Social Services
Steve Weine

3:00-4:30 p.m.
The path to asylum; challenges, support and time
Uzoamaka Nzelibe

Saturday, July 14
“Life” in the United States?

8:30-10:00 a.m.
The Exceptional Case Worker: Federal Guidelines and the Realities of Resettlement
Jessica Darrow

10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Performance Workshop: The Refugee Journey
Andrew Brown, Miriam Aziz and Prachi Murarka

2:00-4:00 p.m.
Panel Discussion: Extended Case Management/Holistic Approaches to Integration
Benjamin Rucker moderator, Illinois Mutual Assistance Associations

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