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The Refugee and migrant crisis – do they have a future in Europe?

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REgugee and migrants
The Society Of Black Lawyers & The Association Of Muslim Layers invite you to analyse and discuss the current refugee and migrant crisis at an international conference

 

12 December 2015 (09:00 – 17:00)

Central Hall Westminster

(Storey’s Gate, London, SW1H 9NH)

 

We are delighted to announce the participation of:

•Enzo Bianco (Mayor of Catania,Italy)
• Maurice Wren (CEO, Refugee Council)
• Gauri van Gulik (Deputy Director of Europe, Amnesty International UK)
• Steve Symonds (Refugee & Migrant Rights Programme Director, Amnesty
International UK)
• Dr Emirhan Yorulmazlar (Turkish Consul General in London)
• Judge Khurshid Drabu CBE (Upper Tribunal Judge, Immigration & Asylum
Chamber)
• Victoria Brittain (Journalist & Writer)
• Courtenay Griffiths QC (Barrister)
• Dr Violeta Moreno Lax (Lecturer in Law at QMUL & EU Asylum Law Coordinator at
the Refugee Law Initiative of the University of London)
• Alison Harvey (Legal Director of ILPA)
• Lindsey German (Founder, Stop the War Coalition)
• Toby Sculthorp (Sky News)
• Esohe Aghatise (Equality Now)
• Iqbal Nasim (CEO, National Zakat Foundation & Lead of MCB Refugee Taskforce)
• Sabrina Mahfouz (award winning poet, writer and playwright)
• Canon Steven Saxby (Canon of St Barnabas Church, Walthamstow)

More speakers still to be confirmed.

 

Ticket Booking link:

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/refugee-conference-refugees-and-migrants-do-they-have-a-future-in-europe-tickets-19027932057

 

DELEGATE COST £29.95; STUDENT £10.00 (INCLUDING LUNCH) CPD POINTS APPLIED FOR.

This conference is generously sponsored by Imran Khan & Partners Solicitors

Contact email: londonrefugeeconference@gmail.com

 

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