The event has been cancelled!Objective
This seminar will analyse the latest developments and challenges faced within the EU in dealing with and countering migrant smuggling. This will be done within the context of the ongoing shifting routes of irregular migration and issues being faced in relation to the criminalisation of the facilitation of irregular migration vs. the giving of humanitarian assistance, as well as how enhancing cooperation with third countries can assist in countering migrant smuggling and its root causes.
Key topics
- Update on the UN and EU policy and legal framework to prevent and counter migrant smuggling: latest amendments and new proposals
- Latest judicial, law enforcement and border management actions at EU and Member States’ level in countering migrant smuggling networks
- Issues faced with the criminalisation of humanitarian assistance to irregular migrants
- Investigating financial flows of migrant smuggling networks
- Return policy, cooperation with third countries in countering migrant smuggling and its root causes
Who should attend?
Ministry officials, judges, prosecutors, law enforcement officers, lawyers in private practice and NGOs.
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EU and ERA patrons
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Young lawyers and other groups
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Discount Voucher Code (see details below)
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Registration
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More details about the fees and discounts
Early registration discount
10 % before 05.11.2019
Discounts available
25 % - For young lawyers up to 30 years of age (important: the participant must provide a copy or details of his or her passport or identity card on registration); Full-time staff of universities or comparable academic institutions; Staff of charitable organisations or comparable institutions
25 % - Discount Voucher Code
If you have a discount voucher code, please click on the option above and enter the code in the voucher field when you register.
40% - For Staff of European Union institutions and agencies; Staff of ERA’s patrons: all EU Member States (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom), the German states, Scotland and the City of Trier.