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Featured Speakers | Conférenciers | Oradores

Ahmed Aboutaleb · Ali Bensaad · António Vitorino · Armin Laschet · Barbara Glover · Carlos Iturregui · Catherine Wihtol de Wenden · Christina Boswell · David Ley · Demetrios Papademetriou · Elisa Andrade · Elizabeth Cubías · Howard Duncan · Ismael Valigy  · Jeffrey Reitz · Jan Rath · João Cravinho · Joaquín Arango · Jonathan Crush · Jorge Gaspar · Khadija Elmadmad · Luís Fonseca · Marie Price  · Neil Ruiz · Paul Seabright · Pedro Silva Pereira · Peter Stalker · Philippe Fargues · Rainer Münz · Richard Black · Rinus Penninx · Rui Machete · Sandra Pratt · Tamar Jacoby  · Teresa Sales

 

Programme | Programme | Programa

Tuesday, 3 Oct. | mardi, 3 oct. | 3ª-feira, dia 3 de Out.

Opening Address

 

Speaker

His Excellency the Portuguese Prime Minister, Mr. José Sócrates

 

Plenary 1: Urban Vitality, Urban Renewal:  How Immigrants Are Transforming Cities

 

Keynote: Jorge Gaspar, University of Lisbon (Portugal) PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)

 

Panellists:

David Ley, University of British Columbia (Canada)

Jan Rath, University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands) PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)

 

 Moderator:

Tamar Jacoby, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research (United States)

 

[EN] The world’s cities are being transformed by vast numbers of newcomers hailing both from rural areas and from abroad. The magnitude, diversity and speed of today’s migratory flows differentiate this period of urbanisation from those of previous eras. Urban immigrant populations are growing fast and becoming ever more diverse—racially, ethnically, culturally—while their economic and political power are increasing. The challenges these new forces pose to urban development certainly are immense. This session, however, will focus on the potential that these migration-driven transformations have to re-vitalise cities—especially cities whose economic fortunes have waned. Speakers will explore how international migrants affect investments and labour markets, as well as the cultural and social vitality of cities. They also will examine how policy can make the difference between cities that succeed and cities that fail in the face of these new waves of migrants.

[FR] Depuis toujours les villes du monde entier ont été transformées par les nombreux nouveaux arrivants, venant ou des espaces ruraux ou de l’étranger. Toutefois de nos jours les processus d’urbanisation ont changé suite à une diversité et une importance croissantes des flux migratoires dirigés essentiellement vers les centres urbains. Il en résulte une forte augmentation des populations immigrées urbaines, très diversifiées du point de vue ethnique et culturel, d’autant plus que leurs pouvoirs économiques et politiques tendent à se renforcer. Les défis que ces changements posent au développement urbain sont certes de grande envergure. Le présent débat cherche à se focaliser sur le potentiel que ces transformations stimulées par les migrations apportent à la revitalisation des villes, notamment à celles confrontées au déclin de leur activités économiques. Les conférenciers vont présenter dans quelle mesure les migrants internationaux affectent aussi bien les marchés de travail et d’investissement que les dynamiques culturelles et sociales des centres urbains. Ils examineront également comment les différentes politiques déterminent le succès de certaines villes et la déroute d’autres en matière de migrations. 

[PT] As cidades de todo o mundo estão a ser transformadas pela chegada de vastos números de pessoas oriundas tanto das áreas rurais como de outros países. A magnitude, diversidade e velocidade dos fluxos migratórios actuais permitem distinguir este período de urbanização dos verificados em épocas anteriores. Verifica-se um acelerado crescimento das populações urbanas de origem imigrante, bem como da sua diversidade racial, étnica e cultural, ao mesmo tempo que a sua capacidade económica e política têm também vindo a aumentar. Os desafios colocados por estas novas forças ao nível do desenvolvimento urbano são certamente consideráveis. Porém, esta sessão incidirá particularmente no potencial destas transformações associadas às migrações ao nível da revitalização das cidades - sobretudo aquelas cujo desempenho económico se encontra ameaçado ou em declinio. Os oradores reflectirão acerca do impacte dos migrantes internacionais sobre o investimento e os mercados de trabalho, bem como sobre a vitalidade social e cultural das cidades. Por outro lado, examinarão também como as políticas adoptadas podem fazer a diferença entre o sucesso e o insucesso das cidades ao confrontarem-se com estas novas vagas migratórias.

 

Plenary 2: Sharing Responsibility in the Management of Migration and Development

 

Panellists:

Richard Black, University of Sussex (United Kingdom) PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)

Jonathan Crush, University of Capetown (South Africa) PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)

Elizabeth Cubías, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (El Salvador) PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)

Neil Ruiz, The Brookings Institution (United States) PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)

 

Moderator:

Howard Duncan, Metropolis Project (Canada)

 

[EN] Migration’s effects on development have long been studied by experts, who have theorised on issues such as how population movements reduce regional economic imbalances and on the impact of brain drain, brain gain and brain circulation. However, only recently have policymakers begun to focus on how to proactively leverage diasporas for the benefit of both sending and receiving countries, with sending countries starting to make explicit policies to benefit from migration. This session will critically address policy trends in managing migration, discussing the changing roles of sending and receiving countries’ public authorities. Experiences from throughout the world with co-development (the participation of immigrants in the development strategies of their hometowns and regions) involving development agencies and immigrant associations, as well as with decentralised co-operation strategies (development partnerships between local authorities from the sending and receiving countries) will also be discussed.

[FR] Depuis longtemps déjà les experts s’intéressent aux effets des migrations sur le développement. Ils ont analysé des problématiques comme la réduction des déséquilibres économiques régionaux par les mouvements de population ou l’impact des fuites, gains ou circulations de « cerveaux ». Pourtant il est assez récent que les responsables se focalisent sur la question comment les diasporas représentent un gain tant pour les pays récepteurs que les pays émetteurs, sachant que les pays émetteurs commencent à élaborer des politiques explicites dans le but de tirer profit des migrations. Dans ce débat les tendances politiques en matière de la gestion des migrations seront soumises à la critique en rapportant la discussion sur les changements de rôle des autorités publiques des pays récepteurs et émetteurs. De plus les discussions porteront sur les expériences faites à travers tout le monde avec des projets de co-développement (la participation des immigrés dans la mise en mise en place de stratégies de développement pour leur villes et régions d’origine) impliquant la présence d’agences de développement et d’associations d’immigrés, ainsi qu’avec des stratégies de coopérations décentralisées (partenariats de développement entre des autorités locales des pays récepteurs et émetteurs). 

[PT] Os efeitos das migrações sobre o desenvolvimento têm desde há muito vindo a ser estudados pelos especialistas, que têm analisado questões como a possibilidade dos movimentos populacionais mitigarem os desequilíbrios económicos regionais ou os impactes da fuga, ganho e circulação de cérebros ("brain drain", "brain gain", "brain circulation"). Porém, só recentemente é que se começou a verificar um esforço consistente por parte dos responsáveis políticos no sentido de mobilizarem proactivamente as diásporas para benefício tanto dos países de origem como dos países de destino, com a adopção de políticas por parte dos países emissores explicitamente destinadas a maximizar os benefícios das migrações internacionais. Esta sessão examinará de forma crítica as tendências políticas no campo da gestão das migrações, discutindo a forma como os papéis das autoridades públicas dos países de origem e de destino têm vindo a evoluir. Serão ainda discutidas experiências de co-desenvolvimento (envolvimento dos migrantes nas estratégias de desenvolvimento dos seus locais e regiões de origem) em diversas partes do mundo envolvendo agências de desenvolvimento e associações de imigrantes , bem como estratégias de cooperação descentralizada (parcerias para o desenvolvimento entre as autoridades locais dos países de origem e destino dos migrantes).

 

Wednesday, 4 Oct. | mercredi, 4 oct. | 4ª-feira, dia 4 de Out.

Plenary 3: Contemporary Migration Management:  The Return to Temporary Programmes?

 

Panellists:

Christina Boswell, University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom) PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)

António Vitorino, Member of Parliament and Former European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs (Portugal)

Carlos Iturregui, Department of Homeland Security (United States) PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)

Barbara Glover, Department of Human Resources and Social Development (Canada)

 

Moderator:

Peter Stalker, Writer and Consultant (United Kingdom) PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)

 

 

[EN] Although the "guest worker" programmes of the past are largely perceived as failures, many countries are nonetheless turning their attention to temporary migration regimes as a solution to labour shortages.  They have, perhaps, been persuaded that demographic and economic realities necessitate the use of temporary workers to meet labour market demands.  Have we forgotten our past failures?  Or, are there new ways to manage temporary migration programmes that are more effective than those we employed in the past?  Are these alternative, stand-alone measures, or do temporary programmes fit into a larger, overall immigration policy?  Do governments see temporary migrants as potential permanent residents or citizens, or are they viewed simply as interim economic contributors?  This panel will look at temporary programmes - both past and present - to examine their character, their effectiveness and their impacts, whether direct or indirect. Speakers will also examine such issues as the portability of pensions across national borders and access to social benefits by family members.

[FR] Bien que les programmes de recrutement de main-d’œuvre temporaire soient généralement perçus comme une erreur, beaucoup de pays adoptent néanmoins des régimes de migration temporaire pour faire face aux pénuries de travailleurs. Ces pays ont du être convaincus que les réalités démocratiques et économiques nécessitent le recours à la main-d’œuvre temporaire pour satisfaire les demandes du marchés de travail. Est-ce que nous avons déjà oublié nos erreurs du passé ? Ou bien existent-ils des programmes de migration temporaires plus efficaces que ceux appliqués dans le temps ? Est-ce que pour les gouvernements les migrants temporaires sont perçus comme des résidents ou citoyens potentiels, ou comme simples contributeurs à l’économie par intérim ? Dans cette section l’attention sera apportée aux différents programmes temporaires, anciens et nouveaux, et on examinera leurs contenus, leurs efficacités et leurs impacts, directs ou indirects. Les conférenciers examineront également des problématiques telles le transfert des pensions entre frontières nationales et les bénéfices sociaux pour les membres de famille. 

[PT] Embora os programas de "imigração laboral temporária" do passado tenham sido em grande medida considerados um fracasso, são muitos os países que estão actualmente a considerar de forma cada vez séria a adopção de regimes de imigração temporária como solução para a escassez de mão-de-obra. Possivelmente, terá sido para isso determinante a constatação de que as realidades económicas e demográficas desses países deixam poucas alternativas ao recurso aos trabalhadores temporários para responder às necessidades do mercado de trabalho. Teremos esquecido os problemas e insucessos do passado? Ou existirão hoje em dia novas formas de gestão dos programas de imigração temporária que são mais eficazes do que as adoptadas no passado? Tratar-se-á de medidas pontuais e alternativas, ou será que estes programas de imigração temporária são parte integrante de políticas migratórias globais destes países?  Será que os governos consideram os imigrantes temporários da mesma forma que os cidadãos ou residentes permanentes, ou serão apenas simplesmente encarados como contribuintes económicos temporários?  Este painel reflectirá sobre os programas de imigração temporária - tanto do passado como do presente - e discutirá a sua natureza, a sua eficácia e os seus impactes directos e indirectos. Os oradores discutirão ainda questões como a possibilidade de transferência internacional dos direitos às pensões de reforma ou de acesso aos benefícios da segurança social por parte dos familiares dos migrantes.

 

Plenary 4: Migration Challenges in the Western Mediterranean Region

 

Panellists:

Joaquín Arango, Universidad Complutense (Spain)

Khadija Elmadmad, Attorney with the Rabat Bar Association (Morocco)

Ali Bensaad, Université de Provence (France)

Sandra Pratt, European Commission (Belgium): "Migration in the Mediterranean: EU policy responses"  PowerPoint Presentation (PDF) &  Paper (PDF)

 

Moderator:

Philippe Fargues, European University Institute (Italy)

 

[EN] Policy debates about migration in the Western Mediterranean region are dominated by two issues: illegal crossings from North Africa into Southern Europe, and the cultural impact of Muslim immigration into Europe. But migratory flows in the Mediterranean are far more complex and multifaceted in their origins and effects. For instance, Southern Europe is no longer the only destination for migrants moving irregularly through the region; North African countries have become destination countries and are struggling under the burden of large numbers of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa. As such, countries on both the northern and southern shores of the Mediterranean have common cause to work towards humane and effective solutions to the difficulties that this relatively recent mass movement of people has created. Consequences of poorly managed migration pose a threat to social cohesion and integration and undermines public support for immigration. Furthermore, as controls on immigration tighten in the post-9/11 environment, the magnitude of irregular migration seems to grow. Can the Western Mediterranean region develop cooperative strategies as part of a broader migration management framework from which we can learn?

[FR] Les débats sur les migrations dans les régions méditerranéennes occidentales se concentreront sur deux problématiques principales : les traversées illégales de l’Afrique du Nord vers l’Europe du Sud et l’impact culturel de l’immigration musulmane en Europe. Cependant les flux migratoires dans les régions méditerranéennes sont bien beaucoup plus complexes et à multiples facettes pour leurs origines et leurs effets. Par exemple, l’Europe du Sud n’est plus l’exclusive destination des migrants circulant illégalement dans la région ; les pays de l’Afrique du Nord sont devenus des pays de réception et luttent contre la charge que représentent les nombreux migrants originaires de l’Afrique Subsaharienne. Les pays des deux côtés de la Méditerranée ont donc un intérêt commun de trouver des solutions humaines et concrètes aux difficultés que les mouvement de masse relativement récents ont créés. Les conséquences d’une migration mal gérée, est un obstacle à la cohésion sociale et à l’intégration et mine les aides publiques à l’immigration. De plus, depuis le renforcement du contrôle de l’immigration au lendemain du 11 Septembre, il paraît que la proportion des migrations irrégulières est croissante. Est-ce que les régions méditerranéennes occidentales réussiront à développer des stratégies coopératives de  gestion des migrations servant de cadre plus élargi et desquelles nous sauront apprendre des choses ? 

[PT] Os debates políticos dobre as migrações na região do Mediterrâneo Ocidental são dominados por duas questões: as travessias ilegais do Norte de África para a Europa do Sul e o impacte cultural dos imigrantes muçulmanos na Europa. Porém, os fluxos migratórios na região do Mediterrâneo são bem mais complexos e multifacetados, no que se refere tanto às suas origens como aos seus efeitos. Por exemplo, a Europa do Sul deixou de ser o único destino para os migrantes que se deslocam irregularmente nesta região; os países do Norte de África tornaram-se também países de destino e debatem-se actualmente com o afluxo de vastos números de migrantes oriundos da África Subsariana. Neste sentido, os países das margens Norte e Sul do Mediterrâneo têm um interesse comum em procurarem soluções humanas e eficazes para as dificuldades associadas a estes recentes movimentos de massas. As consequências das migrações mal geridas constituem uma ameaça à integração e coesão sociais e põem em causa o apoio da opinião pública à imigração. Para além disso, ao mesmo tempo que o controle dos fluxos migratórios têm vindo a ser apertado na sequência do 11 de Setembro, a magnitude dos fluxos irregulares parece ter vindo a aumentar. Terá a região do Mediterrâneo Ocidental a capacidade de desenvolver estratégias de cooperação, integradas num quadro mais vasto de gestão das migrações, com as quais possamos aprender algo?

 

Thursday, 5 Oct. | jeudi, 5 oct. | 5ª-feira, dia 5 de Out.

Plenary 5: A Lusophone Community: Multinational Alliances, Multiple Belongings

 

Panellists:

Elisa Silva Andrade, Instituto Superior de Educação (Cape Verde)

Ismael Valigy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mozambique (Mozambique) PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)

João Cravinho, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Portugal) Paper (PDF)

Luis Fonseca, CPLP - Community of Lusophone Countries (Cape Verde) Paper (PDF)

Teresa Sales, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Brazil) PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)

 

Moderator:

Rui Machete, Luso-American Foundation (Portugal)

[EN] For the last 10 years, Portuguese-speaking countries have been engaged in the construction and development of a Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) community. In this session, the experience of the Community of Lusophone Countries (CPLP) will serve as a point of departure to look at how political opportunity structures such as this one reflect the global trend towards the development of extensive multi-national alliances between countries with a shared colonial or migratory past. New forms of symbolic, material and human circulation put inherited Euro-centric hierarchies into question and lead to the imagination and construction of new affiliations and relational structures, engendering a more multilateral relationship between former cores and peripheries. Out of this international political cooperation come new social, cultural, and economic policies that directly and indirectly affect migration patterns and the integration of immigrants. Our analysts will take a closer look at the multiple challenges and opportunities that these types of multi-national communities pose in relation to their social dynamics; their potential effects on citizenship(s), integration and social cohesion; the promise of economic development for both sending and receiving societies; and concerns over security.

[FR] Pendant les derniers 10 ans, les pays lusophones se sont engagés dans la construction et le développement d’une communauté lusophone. Dans cette section les expériences de la Communauté des Pays Lusophones (CPLP) seront présentées. Le but sera effectivement de montrer comment des structures politiques comme la CPLP reflètent la tendance généralisée vers le développement d’alliances multinationales extensives entre des pays partageant un passé colonial commun. Des nouvelles formes de circulations symboliques, matérielles et humaines mettent en question les anciennes hiérarchies euro-centriques et mènent vers l’imagination et la construction de nouvelles affiliations et structures relationnelles, engendrant une nouvelle relation, multilatérale, entre les anciens centres et les périphéries. Cette coopération internationale est à la base de nouvelles politiques sociales, culturelles et économiques lesquelles influencent, directement ou indirectement, les pratiques migratoires et l’intégration des immigrés. Notre expert en la matière se focalisera sur les défis et les opportunités multiples que ces communautés multi-nationales posent en relation à leurs dynamiques sociales ; aux  effets potentiels sur la citoyenneté, l’intégration et la cohésion sociale ; aux promesses d’un développement économique tant pour les sociétés de réception que d’émission ; et les préoccupations en matière de sécurité. 

[PT] Ao longo dos últimos 10 anos, os países lusófonos têm vindo a emprenhar-se na construção e desenvolvimento de uma comunidade lusófona. Nesta sessão, a experiência da Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (CPLP) servirá como ponto de partida para uma discussão acerca de como as estruturas políticas como esta poderão constituir um reflexo de uma tendência global para o desenvolvimento de alianças multi-nacionais alargadas entre países que partilham um passado colonial ou migratório comum. As novas formas de circulação humana, material ou simbólica colocam em causa as hierarquias euro-cêntricas herdadas do passado e permitem imaginar e construir novas estruturas relacionais e de pertença, sustentando relações mais verdadeiramente multilaterais entre os antigos centros e as antigas periferias. A estas formas de cooperação política internacional estão associadas novas políticas económicas, sociais e culturais que afectam directa e indirectamente o padrão dos fluxos migratórios e a integração dos imigrantes. Nesta sessão, os oradores discutirão os múltiplos desafios e oportunidades suscitados ao nível das dinâmicas societais por estes tipos de comunidades multi-nacionais; os seus efeitos potenciais sobre a(s) cidadania(s), a integração e a coesão social; as perspectivas de desenvolvimento económico tanto nos países de origem como nos países de destino; e as preocupações com os aspectos securitários.

 

Plenary 6: Integration and the “Second Generation

 

Panellists:

Ahmed Aboutaleb, City of Amsterdam (The Netherlands)

Jeffrey Reitz, University of Toronto (Canada) PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)

Catherine Wihtol de Wenden, Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris (France)

Armin Laschet, Ministry for Intergenerational Affairs, Family, Women and Integration of North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany)

Pedro Silva Pereira, Minister of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (Portugal)

 

Moderator:

Rinus Penninx, University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands) PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)

 

[EN] We have long assumed that the integration of the ‘second generation’ – those who are born in the country of destination of their parents - should be easier than that of the immigrants themselves. After all, members of the second generation grow up, attend schools and learn the language and cultural norms of their country of birth. While their parents have difficulties with the host language, new ways of life and have to struggle to earn a living, we have tended to think that children of immigrants will grow up much as other native-born citizens. Yet second generation young people’s success in school and in the workplace has been erratic, revealing a different reality. Educational and labour market systems have not successfully harnessed the integrative mechanisms necessary, which may contribute to the turning away from society of part of that youth, as the riots in suburban Paris have served to highlight the frustration felt by many second generation youth. At the same time, it has also commonly been thought that the ‘second generation’ feels a stronger sense of attachment to the host society than their parents. Reality, however, has challenged this received wisdom. Some recent surveys on societal attachment indicate that children of immigrants identify less with their country than do their parents. And, most dramatically, some of those involved in recent social unrest and terrorism have been the children of immigrants, generating shock in the United Kingdom, for example, when it became clear that some of the London suicide bombers were born and raised in the UK. This panel aims to explore why our long-standing assumptions about the integration prospects of children of immigrants have not always proven to hold.

[FR] Pendant longtemps on supposait que l’intégration de la deuxième génération –enfants des immigrés nés dans le pays d’accueil – était plus facile que celle des immigrés mêmes. Alors que les parents ont des difficultés à apprendre la langue et à s’habituer à un nouveau mode de vie et doivent travailler dur pour gagner de l’argent, les enfants (deuxième génération) grandissent, fréquentent l’école et apprennent la langue et les normes sociales du pays où ils sont nés. On a donc longtemps pensé que les enfants des immigrés se développaient comme les enfants du pays d’accueil. Or, leurs succès scolaires et d’emplois ont souvent été dérisoires, révélant une autre réalité. Les systèmes d’éducation et de marché d’emploi n’ont pas exploité les mécanismes d’intégration nécessaires. Ceci explique la grande frustration chez bon nombre de ces jeunes, qui tendent à se détourner de la société. Les émeutes dans les banlieues parisiennes sont la triste image de cette réalité. De plus, on était communément convaincu que les enfants des immigrés se sentaient plus attachés au pays d’accueil que les parents. Cependant la réalité a mis en cause cette idée reçue. Des études récentes sur l’attachement sociétal indiquent que les enfants d’immigrés s’identifient moins avec leur pays que les parents. Et, malheureusement c’étaient des enfants d’immigrés qui étaient impliqués dans quelques troubles sociaux voire actes terroristes sociaux. En effet, la nouvelle que les acteurs des attentats de Londres étaient nés et avaient grandi en Angleterre avait été perçue comme un choc. Dans ce présent débat nous allons éclaircir pourquoi nos suppositions fixes sur les perspectives d’intégration des enfants d’immigrés n’ont pas toujours fait preuve de solidité.

[PT] Assume-se desde há muito que a integração da '2ª geração' - crianças nascidas no país de destino de pais imigrantes - deveria ser mais fácil do que a dos próprios imigrantes. Afinal de contas, os membros da segunda geração crescem, vão à escola e aprendem a língua e as normas culturais daquele que é o seu país de nascimento. Enquanto que os seus pais se defrontam com dificuldades ao nível da língua do país de destino e das novos hábitos de vida e têm muitas vezes de garantir a custo o seu sustento, temos tendência para pensar que os filhos dos imigrantes se vão tornando, à medida que crescem, em grande medida semelhantes a quaisquer outros cidadãos naturais do seu país. No entanto, o nível de sucesso dos jovens de segunda geração na escola e no mundo do trabalho é muitas vezes errático, revelando uma realidade distinta. Os sistemas educativos e os mercados de trabalho não puseram ainda em prática com suficiente sucesso os mecanismos de integração necessários, o que pode estar a contribuir para que uma parte desses jovens volte costas à sociedade, tal como ilustrado pelos motins na periferia de Paris, que não deixaram quaisquer dúvidas sobre a frustração sentida por muitos dos jovens de segunda geração. Por outro lado, considera-se também habitualmente que a 'segunda geração' sente uma maior identificação para com a sociedade de acolhimento do que sucede(u) com os seus pais. Porém, também esta ideia feita tem vindo a ser refutada pela realidade. Diversos estudos recentes sobre identificação societal indicam que os filhos dos imigrantes identificam-se menos com o seu país do que os seus pais. De modo especialmente dramático, alguns dos envolvidos em actos recentes de perturbação da ordem pública e terrorismo são filhos de imigrantes, originando uma onda de choque no Reino Unido, por exemplo, quando se tornou claro que alguns dos bombistas suicidas de Londres nasceram e foram criados no próprio Reino Unido. Este painel explorará os motivos pelos quais as velhas ideias feitas em relação às perspectivas de integração dos filhos de imigrantes nem sempre têm sido válidas.

 

Friday, 6 Oct. | vendredi, 6 oct. | 6ª-feira, dia 6 de Out.

Plenary 7: Moving People, Changing Places: What Should We Expect in 25 Years?

Panellists:

Marie Price, George Washington University (United States) PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)

Paul Seabright, Université de Toulouse (France) PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)

 

Moderator:

Rainer Münz, Erste Bank (Austria) / Hamburg Institute of International Economics (Germany)

[EN] With upwards of 190 million people living outside their country of birth, the magnitude of today’s migration flows has brought calls for the creation of a supranational body to manage migration, redistributing its benefits and mitigating its harms. Experts anticipate an increase in the size of global migration flows and a diversification in the countries most affected by migration—yet countless questions remain: Will the gradual improvement in living standards in developing countries lead to the phenomenon of a “migration hump”—that is, an increase in emigration from poor countries? What of circular migration—will we see it increase across the spectrum of migrants or will it remain confined to those in upper income groups? And, what will happen to the world’s largest cities, the mega-metropolises, whose populations might already be unsustainable? This panel of migration futurists will paint a picture of how migration will evolve, and whether it will be a harbinger of prosperity or a challenge to our well-being.

[FR] Avec plus de 190 millions de personnes vivant en dehors de leur pays natal, l’ampleur des flux migratoires contemporains a suscité des appel pour la création d’un corps supranational, afin de gérer les migrations, de redistribuer ses bénéfices et d’atténuer ses dommages. Les experts prévoient la croissance des flux migratoires globaux et la diversification des pays les plus touchés par les migrations – cependant bon nombre de questions restent sans réponse : est-ce que l’amélioration graduelle de la qualité de vie dans les pays développés va conduire à une amplification des émigrations des pays pauvres ? Qu'est-ce qu’il en est des migrations circulaires – est-ce qu’elles vont prendre de l’importance dans les spectre des migrants ou est-ce qu’elles vont rester réservées au sujets des groupes sociaux privilégiés ? De plus, comment évolueront les plus importantes villes du monde, les méga-métropoles, dont les populations sont déjà ingérables de nos jours ? Cette discussion sur les perspectives futures des migrations va fournir un dessin du développement des migrations, voir si elles sont le signe avant-coureur de notre richesse ou le défi à notre bien-être.  

[PT] Num momento em que mais de 190 milhões de pessoas vivem fora do país onde nasceram, a magnitude dos fluxos migratórios actuais tem originado diversos apelos e propostas no sentido da criação de um organismo supranacional dedicado à gestão das migrações, à redistribuição dos seus benefícios e à mitigação dos seus custos. Os especialistas têm vindo a prever um aumento no volume global das migrações e a diversificação dos países que por elas são mais significativamente afectados - porém, permanecem inúmeras questões por responder: conduzirá a melhoria gradual dos padrões de vida nos países em desenvolvimento ao fenómeno da 'migration hump', ou seja, um aumento do volume da emigração oriunda dos países pobres? No que diz respeito ao fenómeno da migração circular, continuará a restrigir-se aos migrantes dos estratos socioeconómicos mais elevados ou estender-se-á progressivamente aos outros tipos de migrantes? E o que irá acontecer às maiores cidades do mundo, as mega-metrópoles, cujas populações poderão ser já hoje insustentáveis? Este painel de especialistas em matéria de prospectiva na área das migrações traçarão um retrato de como as migrações irão evoluir no futuro - e se constituirão uma fonte de prosperidade ou um desafio ao nosso bem-estar.

 

Plenary 8: Thinking About Migration in the New Age of Mobility

 

Introduction:

Rainer Münz, Erste Bank (Austria) / Hamburg Institute of International Economics (Germany)

 

Keynote:

Demetrios Papademetriou, Migration Policy Institute (United States)

[EN] Demetrios Papademetriou, co-founder and chair emeritus of Metropolis, will be discussing some of the last decade's key emerging changes in international migration and will be putting forward the adjustments in thinking and action that these changes require. The issues that he will be addressing are right out of today's headlines: building the 21st century's immigration systems and institutions, the global search for talent and the prospects for real competition for it (and how to win it), the challenge of ageing and the role of various migration policy "products" in addressing it, the rise of China and India and their effect on international mobility, the art of building a new mobility regime, and, of course, border controls and security.

[FR] Demetrios Papademetriou, cofondateur et président émérite de Metropolis, discutera de certains des principaux changements en matière de migration internationale de la dernière décennie et fera état des ajustements que nécessitent ces changements sur le plan de la pensée et des actes. Les questions qu'il abordera sont directement tirées de l'actualité : la création des systèmes d'immigration et des institutions connexes du XIXe siècle, la quête mondiale de talent et les perspectives d'une véritable concurrence dans ce domaine (et comment gagner la lutte), le défi du vieillissement et le rôle des différents « produits » de politique migratoire visant à le relever, l'ascension de la Chine et de l'Inde et ses répercussions sur les mouvements internationaux, l'art de bâtir un nouveau régime de mobilité et, bien entendu, les mesures de contrôle et de sécurité à la frontière.

[PT] Demetrios Papademetriou, co-fundador e presidente honorário do Metropolis, discutirá algumas das tendências emergentes no campo das migrações internacionais ao longo da última década e sugerirá diversos ajustamentos, ao nível do pensamento e da prática, exigidos por estas transformações. As questões sobre as quais se irá debruçar preenchem actualmente as primeiras linhas dos jornais: a construção das instituições e sistemas migratórios do Século XXI; a competição global pelos talentos e a possibilidade de efectiva concorrência nesta matéria (e como triunfar nela); os desafios do envelhecimento e o papel das diversas "possibilidades" oferecidas pela políticas migratórias em relação a esta questão; a ascensão da China e da Índia e os seus efeitos ao nível da mobilidade internacional; a arte da criação de um novo regime de mobilidade internacional; e, naturalmente, o problema da segurança e controles fronteiriços.

 

Biographies | Biographies | Biografias

Ahmed Aboutaleb, City of Amsterdam (The Netherlands): Deputy mayor of the city of Amsterdam.  He is a former journalist who worked for several Dutch radio and TV stations for a number of years. Before taking office as deputy mayor, Mr. Aboutaleb was Director of the City of Amsterdam’s Department of Social, Economic and Cultural Development as well as Director of the FORUM Institute for Multi-cultural Development.

Elisa Andrade, Instituto Superior de Educação (Cape Verde): Professor at the Instituto Superior de Educação in Praia. Prof. Andrade’s background is in Geography, History and Sociology, with a focus on Development and Third-World Studies. Among her most recent publications are A History of Postcolonial Lusophone Africa (C. Hurst & Co., 2002), Les Îles du Cap-Vert. De la découverte à l’indépendance nationale (1460-1975) (L’Harmattan, 1996) and “Le Cap-Vert dans l’expansion européenne” in L’Afrique entre l'Europe et l'Amérique (UNESCO, 1995).

Joaquín Arango, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain): Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology II, Complutense University of Madrid, and Director of the Centre for the Study of Migration and Citizenship, Instituto Universitario Ortega y Gasset. Prof. Arango’s research interests include migration policies, international migration systems, immigration and integration in southern Europe and theories of international migration.

Ali Bensaad, Université de Provence (France): Geographer, professor at the University of Provence (Aix-Marseille 1) and researcher at IREMAM (Institut de Recherches et d’Etudes sur le Monde Arabe et Musulman). Prof. Bensaad’s research interests include space and society in North Africa and the Sahara, urban studies and migration.

Richard Black, University of Sussex (United Kingdom): Professor of Geography, Director of a ‘Development Research Centre’ on ‘Migration, Globalisation and Poverty’, Co-Director of the Sussex Centre for Migration Research (SCMR) and Director of Research in the University’s School of Social Sciences and Cultural Studies. Prof. Black has worked extensively in the fields of forced migration, migration and development, return/repatriation/transnationalism and undocumented migration. Apart from research and teaching at the Universities of London and Sussex, he has worked as a consultant for a range of UK government departments and UN organisations.

Christina Boswell, University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom): Lecturer in Politics at the University of Edinburgh. Dr. Boswell studied at Oxford (BA) and LSE (PhD), before taking up research positions at the UNHCR and Chatham House. Between 2003-05 she founded the Migration Research Group at the Hamburg Institute of International Economics. Her research focuses on European migration policy and the sociology of knowledge transfer. She is author of European Migration Policies in Flux (Blackwell’s, 2003) and The Ethics of Refugee Policy (Ashgate, 2005).

João Cravinho, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Portugal): Portuguese Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. Prof. Cravinho received his MSc at the London School of Economics and holds a PhD from Oxford University. Besides his academic career, he has extensive experience in the field of development aid. From January 2001 to June 2002 he was president of the Institute for Portuguese Cooperation.

Jonathan Crush, University of Cape Town (South Africa) / Queen's University (Canada): Director of the Southern African Migration Project (SAMP) at Queen’s University and Honorary Professor at the University of Cape Town.  Prof. Crush is the founder of SAMP, an extended partnership network of research and policy organisations in Southern Africa, and has researched and written extensively on migration and development issues in Africa.  He has advised the South African and Canadian governments on policy options for migration management and development.

Elizabeth Cubías, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (El Salvador): Deputy General Director of Integral Social Development at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador. Her professional career reflects her special interest in the human rights area. She has a PhD on Fundamental Human Rights; she is a lawyer in the Republic of El Salvador and has the rank of Counsellor in the Diplomatic Service of El Salvador. She had been member of several Salvadorian international delegations and is a member of the Committee on the Rights of the Migrant Workers.

Howard Duncan, Metropolis Project (Canada): Executive Head of the International Metropolis Project. Dr. Duncan received his PhD in Philosophy in 1981 from the University of Western Ontario. In 1997, he joined the Metropolis Project as its International Project Director, became Deputy Head in 2000 and Executive Head in 2002. He has concentrated on increasing the Project's benefits to the policy community by creating effective opportunities for direct and frank exchanges between researchers, practitioners and policy makers, increasing Metropolis' geographic reach, and expanding the range of issues it confronts.

Khadija Elmadmad, Rabat Bar Association (Morocco): Attorney with the Rabat Bar Association, Professor of Law and English and an International Consultant. Dr. Elmadmad studied Political Science and English (Rabat University); Public Law, Human Rights, Migration and Refugee Law (Casablanca University) and African Studies (University of London). She holds the UNESCO Chair “Migration and Human Rights” based at Université Hassan II Casablanca Aïn Chock. She has published in Arabic, English and French on International Law, Human Rights, Women's Rights and Migration.

Philippe Fargues, European University Institute (Italy): Director of the Euro-Mediterranean Consortium for Applied Research on International Migration (CARIM). Prof. Fargues obtained his PhD at the Sorbonne (Paris) in 1974. Currently on leave from the French Institute for Demographic Studies (INED), he has lectured and researched on population and Middle Eastern studies in numerous universities around the world. He has published a dozen books and over a hundred articles in international refereed journals.

Luis Fonseca, CPLP - Community of Lusophone Countries (Cape Verde): Executive Secretary of the Community of Lusophone Countries (CPLP) (2004-present). Following his long-standing activism in the struggle for the independence of Cape Verde and Guinea, Mr. Fonseca served as an MP (1975-85), exercised a variety of influential positions in the Cape Verdean Ministry of Foreign Affairs both in Cape Verde and abroad (1986-present) and represented his country in the United Nations (1999-2004).

Jorge Gaspar, University of Lisbon (Portugal): Geographer and planner, professor at the Departments of Geography, Architecture and Civil Engineering, private consultant (Director of CEDRU Ld) and co-founder of Metropolis Portugal. Prof. Gaspar studied at Lund University and received his PhD at the Universidade de Lisboa in Human Geography. His research interests include urban studies, planning and development, geography, future studies and he is currently working with the Lisbon Port Authority on strategic planning.

Barbara Glover, Department of Human Resources and Social Development (Canada): Barbara Glover has worked in the Government of Canada for 20 years, the last 10 years in the Department of Human Resources and Social Development Canada (including positions in Labour Market Policy, Corporate Planning, Program Evaluation, and Federal-provincial Relations).  Prior to that, she worked in the Department of Finance, for the Government of Saskatchewan and in the private sector.

Carlos Iturregui, Department of Homeland Security (United States): Chief of the Office of Policy and Strategy for the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, a component of the Department of Homeland Security. Mr. Iturregui was appointed in 2003 to his current position by President Bush and, pursuant to the 2002 Homeland Security Act, is responsible for making policy recommendations, performing policy research and analysis on all national immigration services issues, developing and coordinating the Agency’s strategic Plan with all its Divisions on behalf of the largest Immigration Services Agency in the world.

Tamar Jacoby, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research (United States): Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Ms. Jacoby is a leading conservative voice in the media and elsewhere in favour of immigration reform. She has a variety of publications on immigration and citizenship, including articles published in leading American and British newspapers and journals and the books Someone Else’s House: America’s Unfinished Struggle for Integration (Basic Books, 1998) and Reinventing the Melting Pot: The New Immigrants and What It Means To Be American (Basic Books, 2004).

Armin Laschet, Ministry for Intergenerational Affairs, Family, Women and Integration of North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany): Minister for Intergenerational Affairs, Family, Women and Integration in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (June 2005-present).  Prior to entering politics, he studied law and political science at the universities of Bonn and Munich and also worked in publishing and journalism.  From 1989 to 2004, he was a municipal councillor in the city of Aachen and served from 1999 until 2005 as Member of the European Parliament for North Rhine-Westphalia Since 1999, he has served as chair of the Federal Expert Panel on International Cooperation and Human Rights.

David Ley, University of British Columbia (Canada): Canada Research Chair in Geography at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Prof. Ley’s research is concerned with the social geography of immigrants in large cities. He is presently writing a book, Millionaire Migrants, on wealthy transnational migrants from East Asia.

Rui Machete, Luso-American Foundation (Portugal): Director of the Luso-American Foundation (FLAD) (1985-present) and Chairman of FLAD’s Executive Board (1988-present). Mr. Machete received his law degree from the Universidade de Lisboa and has been practicing since 1964. He began his political career in 1975 when he was nominated Portuguese Secretary of State for Emigration and later that year became Minister for Social Affairs. He has been Member of Parliament (1976-79, 1985-95), Minister of Justice (1983-85), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence (1985).

Rainer Münz, Erste Bank (Austria) / Hamburg Institute of International Economics (Germany): Head of Research at Erste Bank, Vienna, and Senior Fellow at the Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI). Mr. Münz is an expert on population and migration as well as on demographic ageing and its socio-economic consequences.

Demetrios Papademetriou, Migration Policy Institute (United States): President of the Migration Policy Institute (MPI). Dr. Papademetriou is also the convener of the Athens Migration Policy Initiative (AMPI) and the Co-Founder and International Chair Emeritus of “Metropolis: An International Forum for Research and Policy on Migration and Cities.” He has been Chair of the OECD Migration Committee; Director for Immigration Policy and Research at the U.S. Department of Labor; and Executive Editor of the International Migration Review. He has more than 200 publications on migration topics and advises senior government and political party officials in more than 20 countries. 

Rinus Penninx, University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands): Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of Amsterdam; Co-chair of the International Metropolis Project (1999-present); Coordinator of the International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion in Europe Network of Excellence (IMISCOE) (April 2004-present); former Director of the University’s Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies (IMES) (1993-2005). Prof. Penninx received his PhD in 1988 from the University of Amsterdam and has written for many years on migration, minorities’ policies, and ethnic studies. Much of his present research work relates to migration and integration policies at the EU-level, and the functions of immigrant organisations. 

Pedro Silva Pereira, Minister of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (Portugal): Portuguese Minister of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (2005-present). Mr. Silva Pereira received law degrees from the Faculty of Law at the Universidade de Lisboa and has taught there since 1984. He has practiced law since 1986 and been an active member of environmental advocacy bodies for over a decade. Legal advisor for the Ministry of the Environment (1988-97) and for the Deputy Prime-Minister’s Office (1997-99), he later became Secretary of State for Land Planning and Nature Conservation (1999-2002).

Sandra Pratt, European Commission's Directorate General for Justice, Freedom and Security (Belgium): Deputy Head of the EU Commission's DG Justice, Freedom and Security Unit on Immigration and Asylum (2003-present). Ms. Pratt came to the European Commission in 1988 and was involved in the development of the ERASMUS programme and the EURES system. She later managed the Commission's programme for the integration of refugees and in 1999 joined the Immigration and Asylum Unit of the Directorate General for Justice, Freedom and Security. She was responsible for the conception of the common EU immigration policy and has worked on a number of migration policy initiatives.

Marie Price, George Washington University (United States): Associate Professor of Geography and International Affairs at the George Washington University (1990-present). Formerly the Director of Latin American Studies from 1999-2001, she is currently Chair of the Department of Geography. During 2006 Dr. Price is a visiting scholar at the Migration Policy Institute focusing on immigration to world cities. Among her many publications, she is most recently co-author of Diversity Amid Globalization: World Regions, Envrionment and Development (Prentice Hall, 2006) and co-editor of Migrants to the Metropolis: The Rise of Immigrant Gateway Cities (forthcoming) with Syracuse University Press.

Jan Rath, University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands): Professor of Urban Sociology and Director of the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies (IMES) at the University of Amsterdam. Prof. Rath’s webpage is http://users.fmg.uva.nl/jrath .

Jeffrey Reitz, University of Toronto (Canada): Robert F. Harney Professor and Director of Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies at the University of Toronto.  Prof. Reitz’s recent research has examined economic and social integration of the immigrant second generation in Canada in a comparative context. His department’s webpage is http://www.utoronto.ca/ethnicstudies .

Neil Ruiz, The Brookings Institution (United States): Research Fellow at The Brookings Institution, Global Economy and Development Center in Washington, DC (United States) and a Ph.D. candidate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. Ruiz has worked as a consultant for the Asian Development Bank on migration and development issues, founded an international non-profit to build technology entrepreneurship in the Philippines and recently won the grand prize of the MIT$100K Entrepreneurship Competition for a business plan to provide a private sector solution to the housing needs of migrant communities.

Teresa Sales, Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP (Brazil): Sociologist and Professor for the Social Science Doctoral Programme at UNICAMP. Prof. Sales was a Visiting Scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1990-91, 1995-96) and Harvard University (2000). She has published several books on international migration, including Brasileiros Longe de Casa (Cortez Editora, 1999), Cenas do Brasil Migrante (Boitempo, 1999), Políticas Migratórias (Sumaré, 2002) and Brazilians Away from Home (Center for Migration Studies, 2003).

Paul Seabright, Université de Toulouse (France): Professor of Economics at the University of Toulouse. Prof. Seabright previously taught at the University of Cambridge in the UK. His most recent book is The Company of Strangers: A Natural History of Economic Life (Princeton, 2004).

Peter Stalker, Writer (United Kingdom): Writer and editor, Mr. Stalker works mostly as a consultant to agencies of the United Nations. He has written a number of books on labour migration, including two for the International Labour Organization, and maintains a website ‘Guide to International Migration’ for students (http://pstalker.com/migration/).

Ismael Valigy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mozambique (Mozambique): Head of the Department for Europe, Directorate of Europe and the Americas of the Mozambican Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. Mr. Valigy studied Political Science and International Relations at Eduardo Mondlane University (EMU) in Maputo and Boston University. He has taught at the Higher Institute of Science and Technology of Mozambique (ISCTEM), the Higher Institute of International Relations and Diplomacy (ISRI) and is a researcher at the EMU Centre for African Studies. Over the last three decades, he has worked for a variety of ministries in Mozambique.

António Vitorino, Member of Parliament and Former European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs (Portugal): Member of Parliament (1980-present), Assistant Professor at the University of Lisbon Law School (1982-present) and Partner in the firm Gonçalves Pereira, Castelo Branco & Associados. In addition to university teaching and practicing law, Mr. Vitorino has held numerous high-level positions in the Portuguese government and the European Parliament and Commission over the last three decades (e.g. Secretary of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Judge of the Portuguese Constitutional Court, Member of the European Parliament, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence and European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs).

Catherine Wihtol de Wenden, Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales (France): Doctor in Political Science (IEP Paris, 1986), Director of Research at CNRS, Professor at Sciences Po and author of several books and articles. Prof. Wenden’s most recent publications include “Seconde génération: le cas français” in Musulmans de France et d’Europe (CNRS, 2003) and Atlas des Migration dans le Monde (Autrement, 2005).