Policy Workshop on Protection Challenges on the Central & Western Mediterranean Routes — Day 2 (
The Policy Workshop on Protection Challenges on the Central (CMR) & Western Mediterranean Routes (WMR) brought together approximately 50 academics, practitioners, civil society advocates, and policy influencers to highlight protection challenges and identify opportunities for advocacy, policy development, and reform of asylum and protection in the context of broader migration management.
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In this video, you will watch:
Day 2: 16 February 2021 (part 2/2)
— Panel 3: Protection in contexts of mixed movement
Moderator: Dr. Catherine Duric, Foreign, Commonwealth &
Development Office (FCDO)
— Disclosing and Identifying International
Protection Needs Among Individuals in
Mixed Movements: North Africa - joint
research by UNHCR and Washington
University in St. Louis, presented by Prof. Kim Thuy Seelinger, Director, Center for
Human Rights, Gender and Migration, Washington
University in St. Louis
; Julia Uyttewaal, Lead Researcher and Manager,
Center for Human Rights, Gender and Migration,
Washington University in St. Louis
; and Ana Belén Anguita Arjona, Senior Community-
Protection and Mixed Movements officer
— Gaps in Protection for West-African
Refugees in Times of Crisis: The Role of
a Multi-Stakeholder Platform Within a
Partnership in Preparedness Model, presented by Dr. Leander Kandilige, Senior Lecturer, Centre for
Migration Studies, University of Ghana
— Protection programming in
transit settings: challenges and
recommendations on targeting and
accessing transit migrants in Agadez,
Gao and Ouagadougou, presented by Pauline Vidal, Research Manager, Research
Manager – IMREF, SEEFAR
— “See Migration Like Water”: An analysis
of flow monitoring survey data on
migration flows in and through West
and Central Africa
IOM & François Xavier Bagnoud Center
for Health and Human Rights at
Harvard University, presented by Benedetta Francesca Cordaro, Information
Management Officer, IOM’s Migrant Protection
and Assistance Division (MPA) and
Verena Sattler, Research and Data Support
Officer, IOM’s Migrant Protection and Assistance
Division (MPA)
— Rethinking Responses to Migration:
Evidence from children and young
people in Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia and
Somalia, presented by Teona Aslanishvili, Child Protection Specialist &
Children on the Move Focal Point, UNICEF MENA
, and Iolanda Genovese, Migration Research Officer,
UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti
— Discussion
— Day 2: Wrap up of Key Points for
Advocacy, Policy Reform, and
Action
Moderated by Dr. Ayla Bonfiglio, Mixed Migration
Centre Manager – North Africa
WATCH NEXT VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy_7r9e85-U&t=608s
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KNOW MORE: https://mixedmigration.org/roa....dmap-protection-2021 (COMING SOON)
The outcome of the workshop leads to a set of strategic recommendations. It aims to engage asylum and migration policymakers at the local, national and international level, reflecting discussions at the workshop and validated by participants.