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Managing Integration: the European Union’s Responsibilities towards Immigrants
Friday, September 30, 2005
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The New Demography of America's Schools: Immigration and the No Child Left Behind Act
Friday, September 30, 2005
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Immigrant Integration and Terrorism in Europe: A Conversation with Jean-Louis de Brouwer, Director for Immigration, Borders, and Asylum at the European Commission's Directorate General Justice, Freedom, and Security.
September 20, 2005
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A Conversation with Karen AbuZayd on "The Prospects for Palestine Refugees following Israeli Disengagement from Gaza"
September 13, 2005
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The Unauthorized Population: A Closer Look at the Hard Issues
Migration Information Source and Independent Task Force on Immigration and America's Future Briefing and report release
September 6, 2005
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Secure Borders, Open Doors: Visa Procedures in the Post 9-11 Era
Breakfast briefing and report release with authors Demetrios Papademetriou and Betsy Cooper
and comments by Debra Stewart, Council of Graduate Schools, and Margaret Stock, US Military Academy
August 18, 2005

A Conversation with António Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees
July 1, 2005

One Face at the Border: Behind the Slogan
Breakfast briefing and report release with author Deborah Waller Meyers and comments by Anne M. Khademian, School for Public and International Affairs, Virginia Tech, and C. Stewart Verdery, Jr., Principal at Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti, Inc. and former Assistant Secretary, US Department of Homeland Security
June 23, 2005

Interception and Rescue at Sea
Breakfast briefing with Maria de Donato, Guy S. Goodwin-Gill, Peter Mares, Grainne O'Hara, and Lou Orsini
June 15, 2005

Discussion of the World Refugee Survey 2005
Afternoon briefing with USCRI
June 23, 2005
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2nd Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
May 24, 2005, Georgetown University Law Center
The conference will offer law and policy analysis and discussion on cutting-edge immigration issues. Featured panelists will include high-ranking government officials, academics, advocates, and other immigration experts.
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Afghanistan and Regional Population Movements: A Time of Change
Co-sponsored by the Migration Policy Institute and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
United Nations Foundation Conference Room
May 11, 2005

The United States Refugee Admissions Program: Reforms for a New Era of Refugee Resettlement
May 6, 2005
Breakfast briefing and report release with David Martin, MPI Nonresident Fellow and Professor, University of Virginia School of Law

Expedited Removal and the Rights of Asylum Seekers
Breakfast briefing
February 8, 2005

Regional Integration and Migration Policy Challenges in Southern Africa
Roundtable discussion with Dr. Loren Landau, Acting Director and Research Coordinator of the Forced Migration Studies Program at the University of the Witswatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa (Invitation only)
November 9, 2004

King Baudoin Foundation, European Policy Centre and MPI Conference:
The 2005-2010 EU Agenda on Asylum, Migration, and Frontiers
King Baudouin Foundation (Brussels)
October 5, 2004
(PDF version)

A Conversation with C. Stewart Verdery, Jr.
Briefing with the Assistant Secretary for Policy and Planning, Border and Transportation Security Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, with comments by John Morton and Paul Redmond
September 27, 2004

A Tribute to Arthur Helton and Sergio Vieira de Mello
Release of a special issue of the Journal of Refugee Studies with authors Eleanor Acer, Mary Holland, Susan Martin, Larry Minear, and Courtland Robinson, and journal co-editors Richard Black and Joanne van Selm
September 23, 2004

A Conversation with Susan Ginsburg
MPI Briefing with the Senior Counsel and Team Leader for Border Security,
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
[September 11 Commission]
September 10, 2004

What Now for Darfur? Bridging the Gap between Humanitarian Concerns and Political Challenges
September 8, 2004

The Netherlands' Presidency of the European Union Conference:
Future European Cooperation in the Field of Asylum, Migration and Frontiers
Amsterdam
August 31 - September 3, 2004

Affirmative Action, Racism and the Integration of Ethnic Immigrant Minorities
Briefing with Marco Martiniello, Senior Research Associate at the National Fund for Scientific Research, Lecturer in Politics at the University of Liège and Director of the Centre d'Études de l'Ethnicité et des Migrations
August 12, 2004

Current Developments in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
Briefing with Susanna Swann, Head of Operations for the Near East, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
August 3, 2004

The Future of Refugee and Migration Policy
Briefing with Frans Bouwen, Convenor of the Club of The Hague and the Hague Process.
July 30, 2004

Contradictory Developments in Local, National, and EU-level Integration Policies: the Dutch Case
Briefing with Rinus Penninx, Director of the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies at the University of Amsterdam and European Co-Chair of the Metropolis Project
July 14, 2004

To Regularize or Not to Regularize Unauthorized Immigrants: Experiences and Views from Europe
Briefing with Ferruccio Pastore, Deputy Director, Center for International Policy Studies (CeSPI) in Rome, Italy
June 30, 2004

Cross-Border Human Flows in Northeast Asia
Briefing with Tsuneo Akaha, Robert Scalapino, Anna Vassilieva, Hazel Smith, Demetrios G. Papademetriou, and Taylor Sebolt
United States Institute for Peace (Washington, D.C.)
June 24, 2004

World Refugee Survey 2004 Release Event
Co-sponsored with the U.S. Committee for Refugees
May 27, 2004

Forcible Return of Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Report release and briefing with Kevin Bacon and Maureen Lynch, Refugees International
May 19, 2004

First Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
Co-sponsored with the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. and the Georgetown University Law Center
at the Georgetown University Law Center (Washington, D.C.)
May 18, 2004

Integration and the Rights of Immigrants
Briefing with Morten Kjaerum, Director of the Danish Institute for Human Rights and Danish Representative to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
May 4, 2004

Introduction to the Global Commission on International Migration
Briefing with Commission Co-chairs Jan O. Karlsson and Dr. Maphela Ramphele
April 29, 2004

Information Technology and Homeland Security: How "Virtual" Can Smart Borders Get?
Briefing with Rey Koslowski, the Woodrow Wilson Center, Joan Friedland, the National Immigration Law Center, and Ari Schwartz, the Center for Democracy and Technology
April 28, 2004

Europe's Eastern Gateway: The New Member States' Role in Refugee Policy
Briefing with Marta Pardavi, Director of Programs, Hungarian Helsinki Committee
April 27, 2004

The Hispanic Challenge? What We Know About Latino Immigration
Panel discussion with Roberto Suro, Elizabeth Grieco, David Gutierrez, Michael Jones-Correa, Ricardo Stanton-Salazar, Demetrios Papademetriou, Philippa Strum and Andrew Selee
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Washington, D.C.)
March 29, 2004

A Conversation with Maura Harty
Briefing with the Assistant Secretary of Consular Affairs, U.S. Department of State
March 25, 2004

Haiti in Turmoil: Assistance, Protection and Flight
Briefing with Jared M. Hoffman, Catholic Relief Services, Galen Carey, World Relief, Kolude Doherty, UNHCR, and Bill Frelick, Amnesty International-USA
March 18, 2004

The Supreme Court, the Board of Immigration Appeals and Immigration Policy
Briefing with Maria Ontiveros, University of San Francisco Law Center, Isabel Medina, Loyola University New Orleans School of Law, John Guendelsberger, Board of Immigration Appeals, and Lory Rosenberg, National Legal Aid and Defender Association and former BIA member
March 19, 2004

Putting Data to Work for Immigrants and Communities: Tools for the Washington, D.C. Metro Area and Beyond
Briefing with Audrey Singer, The Brookings Institution, Randy Capps, The Urban Institute, Stanley Rolark, U.S Census Bureau, and Suzette Brooks
Resource exchange with the Arab American Institute, The Brookings Institution, D.C. Agenda, the D.C. Office of Planning, the Maryland State Data Center, National Council of La Raza, the Urban Institute, and the U.S. Census Bureau
March 11, 2004

Building a Friendly Fortress - the European Union and the Creation of an Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Briefing and reception with Mr. Bertel Haarder, Denmark’s Minister for Refugees, Immigration and Integration Affairs
March 1, 2004

Building the New American Community Initiative
Integration workshop with the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement, the National Conference of State Legislatures, the National Immigration Forum, the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center, and the Urban Institute
Engineers Club at the Garrett Jacobs Mansion (Baltimore, MD)
February 27, 2004

Toward a Common European Migration Regime?
Briefing with Professor Rainer Münz, Senior Fellow at the Hamburg Institute of International Economics and former Director of the Institute of Demography at the Austrian Academy of Science
February 18, 2004

Rediscovering Resettlement
Briefing with Peer Baneke, General Secretary of the European Commission on Refugees and Exiles
Brussels, German Marshall Fund Transatlantic Center (Event Summary)
February 17, 2004

Learning from America? The Future of Immigration to the UK
Roundtable discussion with Trevor Phillips, Chair of the Commission on Racial Equality (Invitation only)
February 5, 2004

Will EU Integration Compromise Humanitarian Admissions in Nordic States?
Briefing with Brita Sydhoff, Head of the International Law and Refugee Department of the Swedish Red Cross
January 27, 2004

Reflections on NAFTA and Migration
Briefing with Thomas F. McLarty, President of Kissinger McLarty Associates and former advisor to Presidents Clinton, Bush and Carter, and His Excellency Juan Jose Bremer-Martino, Mexican Ambassador to the United State
January 23, 2004

Day One of the US-VISIT Program: A First Analysis by the Program's Directors
Briefing with Jim Williams, US-VISIT Director, Robert Mocny, US-VISIT Deputy Director, and Rick Webster, Travel Industry Association of America
January 6, 2004

The U.S. Refugee Admissions Program: Reforms for a New Era of Refugee Resettlement
Roundtable discussion with David A. Martin, Warner-Booker Distinguished Professor of International Law at the University of Virginia
December 18, 2003

Rediscovering Resettlement: Human Rights Day Briefing on Transatlantic Refugee Protection
Report release and briefing with Joanne van Selm, MPI, Bill Frelick, Amnesty International-USA, and Kathleen Newland, MPI
December 10, 2003

Managing Migration in the Balkans
Briefing with Soren Jessen-Petersen, former Assistant High Commissioner at UNHCR headquarters in Geneva
November 13, 2003

How Procedural Reforms Have Affected the Bureau of Immigration Appeals
Briefing with Paul Klaas, Dorsey and Whitney LLP, Kathy Moccio, Dorsey and Whitney LLP, and Carol Wolchok, American Bar Association (ABA)
October 17, 2003

Asylum seekers and US Expedited Removal Procedures
Roundtable discussion with Mark Hetfeld, Immigration Counsel for Study, Kate Jastram, Boalt School of Law, Berkeley and Robert Divine, Study Advisor (Invitation only)
Co-sponsored with the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
October 10, 2003

United Nations & MPI Book Release and Briefing on the Status of Internally Displaced People
Book release and briefing with Kofi Asomani, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Internal Displacement Unit, Brigitte Oederlin, International Committee of the Red Cross Delegation in Washington, Bill Frelick, Amnesty International-USA, and Kathleen Newland, Principal Author and MPI Director
October 9, 2003

U.S. Border Enforcement Strategy
Briefing with Dr. Wayne Cornelius, Gildred Professor of Political Science and U.S. Mexican Relations and Director, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, University of California, San Diego
October 2, 2003

A Converation with Asa Hutchinson
Briefing and reception with the Undersecretary for Border and Transportation Security, DHS
September 30, 2003

New Report on Key Issues in Worldwide Migration in 2003
Report release and briefing with Gervais Appave, Director of Migration Policy and Research Program International Organization for Migration
September 26, 2003

How the UNHCR is Protecting Asylum Seekers As Refuge Becomes More Difficult and Dangerous to Find
Briefing with Erika Feller, Director of International Protection, UNHCR
September 23, 2003

A Conversation with Eduardo Aguirre, Jr.
Briefing with the Director of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, DHS
September 3, 2003

Immigrant Entrepreneurship and the Tourist Industry in Europe
Briefing with Dr. Jan Rath, Co-director of the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies at the University of Amsterdam
August 27, 2003

European Asylum Policy Briefing
Briefing with Dr. David Griffiths, The School of Planning at Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom
August 14, 2003

The Italian Presidency's Asylum and Immigration Agenda
Briefing with Christopher Hein, Director of the Italian Refugee Council and Chair, Executive Committee of the European Council on Refugees and Exiles
July 16, 2003

Does "Smarter" Lead to Safer? An Assessment of the Border Accords with Canada and Mexico.
Event Summary
Report release and briefing with David Biette, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Armand Peschard-Sverdrup, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Deborah Meyers, Report Author and MPI Policy Analyst
July 2, 2003

America's Challenge: Domestic Security, Civil Liberties, and National Unity after September 11
Report release and briefing with Vincent Cannistraro, former CIA, David Cole, Georgetown University Law Center, James Zogby, Arab American Institute, and MPI Report Authors Doris Meissner, Muzaffar Chishti, and Demetrios G. Papademetriou
National Press Club (Washington, D.C.)
June 26, 2003

Nordic States Refugee Resettlement Program
Briefing with Mette Marie Honore, Legal Counsellor in the Asylum Department of the Danish Refugee Council
June 10, 2003

World Refugee Survey 2003 Release Event Summary
Report release and briefing with Lavinia Limon, Immigration and Refugee Services of America (IRSA) and the U.S. Committee for Refugees (USCR), Hiram A. Ruiz, IRSA and USCR, and Merrill Smith, Survey Editor
June 3, 2003

Department of Homeland Security's Special Registration Program
Briefing with Kris Kobach, Counsel to the Attorney General, Department of Justice, and Kareem Shora, Legal Advisor, Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee
April 25, 2003

UNHCR's Resettlement Program
Briefing with Eva Demant, UNHCR's Chief of Resettlement in Geneva
April 11, 2003

Unfolding Refugee Issues in Turkey and Northern Iraq
Briefing with Kemal Kirisçi, Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, and Dr. Pary Karadaghi, Kurdish Human Rights Watch
April 3, 2003

Reform of Board of Immigration Appeals
Briefing with Philip Schrag, Georgetown University Law Center, Lory Rosenberg, National Legal Aid and Defender Association and former Board of Immigration Appeals, and Thomas Sydnor, Arnold and Porter
March 27, 2003

Europe's Fight Against Irregular Migration In Light of the New Global Security Environment - What Future Is There for the 1951 Convention?
Briefing with John Morrison, Head of Campaigns and Community Affairs for The Body Shop International
March 11, 2003

INS and the Department of Homeland Security: A Farewell Tribute - A Look Ahead
Briefing with David Martin, University of Virginia; Michael Fix and Jeffrey Passel, Urban Institute; Bruce Morrison, U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform; Lavinia Limon, International Institute of Los Angeles; James Ziglar, former INS Commissioner; Doris Meissner and Alex Aleinikoff, MPI
February 28, 2003

The Iraq War: Preparing for the Wrong Refugee Crisis? Geopolitical and Humanitarian Tensions on the Iraqi-Turkish Border
Briefing with Asla Aydintasbas, Western Policy Center and Turkish journalist, Peter Galbraith, National Defense University & Former US Ambassador to Croatia, Col. Steve Norton (ret.) Western Policy Center & Former U.S. Military Attache
February 27, 2003

United Nations International Migration Report: Discussion and Analysis
Forum with Audrey Singer, The Brookings Institution, Report Author Joseph Chamie, UN Population Division, Roberta Cohen, The Brookings Institution, Constantinos Fotakis, European Commission, Charles Keely, Georgetown University, Lavinia Limon, Immigrant and Refugee Services of America and U.S. Committee on Refugees, and MPI President Demetrios Papademetriou
The Brookings Institution (Washington, D.C.)
February 12, 2003

Humanitarian Conditions in Afghanistan
Briefing with Reto Meister, Delegate General for Asia for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
February 6, 2003

The Price of Protection: The Budgetary Threat to Multilateral Cooperation on Refugee Protection and Assistance
Briefing with Anne Willem Bijleveld, Director of Communication and Information for UNHCR
January 29, 2003