16: The Dublin dilemma and the way out
In cooperation with foraus - The Swiss Forum on Foreign Policy
-
Hauptschule
Breakout
/
in englischer SpracheThe crisis of asylum policy in Europe has exposed the dysfunctionality of the Dublin Agreement between the European countries. The Dublin Regulation creates perverse incentives for all actors involved, undermining European asylum coordination. What reforms are needed to establish common European responsibility and sustainable institutions to deal with humanitarian migration?
| |||||
| |||||
| |||||
| |||||
| |||||
|
Farah ABDI
Author, Blogger, Human Rights Activist, Berlin
| Farah Abdi is a Somali refugee and award-winning blogger. Farah arrived in Malta from Libya by boat in 2012, fleeing fear of persecution. Farah is author of the autobiography 'Never Arrive' and a human rights activist. Farah is also the recipient of the International Bremen Peace Award by the German NGO Stiftung die Schwelle and the Queen of England award for young leaders. Farah says: "I have been told many times by family, friends, colleagues and strangers that I am a black, African, refugee, Muslim, trans woman; that I am outside the norms accepted by society. That my dreams are a reflection of my upbringing in a decadent amoral society that has corrupted who I really am. As a young trans African, I have been conditioned from an early age to consider my gender identity a dangerous deviation from my true heritage as a Somali by close kin and friends. As a young trans African coming of age in Malta, there was another whiplash of cultural confusion that I had to recover from again and again: that accepting my gender identity doesn't necessarily mean that the wider Maltese community, with its own preconceived notions of what constitutes a 'valid' identity, will embrace me any more welcomingly than my own prejudiced kinsfolk do." |
Stefan EGLI
Policy Fellow Migration, foraus Swiss Forum on Foreign Policy, Zurich
Simon MORDUE
Deputy Director-General, DG HOME - Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission, Brussels
| Since December 2016, Simon Mordue has become Deputy Director General for Migration in DG HOME, overseeing the Directorates responsible for Migration and Protection, and Migration and Security Funds. | |
| In September 2014, Simon Mordue became Director "Strategy and Turkey" in DG NEAR, covering issues such as the overall strategy for enlargement policy and the European Neighborhood Policy, policy planning, interinstitutional relations and communication, thematic support, monitoring and evaluation, financial instruments and negotiations with Turkey. | |
| In the Barroso II Commission, Simon was Head of Cabinet for Stefan Füle, European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy. | |
| In the Barroso I Commission, Simon was deputy Head of Cabinet to Vice President Verheugen covering a broad range of areas in the VP's team including responsibility for driving forward the better regulation agenda and the relations of the VP with the EP and Council. This latter involved overseeing, for the VP, complex inter-institutional negotiations on issues such as REACH, the single market for goods package, the defence package etc. | |
| He had also been part of Commissioner Verheugen's team for the last part of the Prodi Commission where he oversaw preparations for the new financial perspectives and also dealt with relations with the EP. | |
| At other times in his career in the Commission, he has been head of Unit for the maritime sector in DG Transport and Energy (TREN); Head of the Financial Instruments Unit in Dg Enlargement and served also as Head of the Operational Sections of the EC's delegations in Romania and Turkey. |
Anna STÜNZI
Co-Lead, Program Environment, Energy and Transportation, foraus - Swiss Forum on Foreign Policy, Zurich
| 2010-2013 | Project Employee, Zurich Insurance Company, Zurich |
| 2014-2016 | Project Manager, swisscleantech |
| since 2014 | Co-Owner; Member of Board, GOE mbH |
| 2015-2017 | Student Assistant, CER-ETH Center of Economic Research, MTEC, ETH Zürich |
| since 2017 | Phd Student, CER-ETH Center of Economic Research, MTEC, ETH Zürich |
Philipp LUTZ
Head of Program Migration, foraus - Swiss Forum on Foreign Policy, Zurich
| 2009-2013 | BA Social Sciences and Eastern European Studies in Bern, Fribourg (both Switzerland) and Ljubljana (Slovenia) |
| 2013-2015 | MA Political Science, University of Bern |
| since 2015 | Head of Migration Programme, foraus - 0Swiss Forum for Foreign Policy Zurich/Geneva |
| Senior Policy Fellow Migration, foraus - Swiss Forum for Foreign Policy Zurich/Geneva | |
| PhD Candidate & Assistant in Political Science, University of Bern |
Emilia PASQUIER
Director, foraus - Swiss Forum on Foreign Policy, Zurich
| since 2014 | Managing Director, Think Tank foraus-Forum for Foreign Policy |
| 2013-2014 | Deputy Secretary General,ICC- International Chamber of Commerce, Switzerland |
| 2012-2015 | Research Assistant, Institute of Political Science, University of Bern |
| 2009-2012 | Auxiliary Assistant, Institute of Political Science, University of Bern and Zurich |
