Source: PRIO, Deadline: 22.06.2007.

International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO), Hausmanns gate 7, Oslo, 25 June 2007, 14:00–16:30.Europe’s efforts to halt ‘unwanted’ immigration have intensified over several decades, and taken on an additional security dimension after 11 September 2001. The quest for tight control in an era of strong migration pressure has created humanitarian crises and ethical challenges for Europe. This seminar brings together three researchers who have worked on the ethical implications of the European migration regime.
Europe’s efforts to halt ‘unwanted’ immigration have intensified over several decades, and taken on an
additional security dimension after 11 September 2001. The quest for tight control in an era of strong
migration pressure has created humanitarian crises and ethical challenges for Europe. This seminar brings
together three researchers who have worked on the ethical implications of the European migration regime.

PROGRAMME 
14:00–14:15 J. Peter Burgess (International Peace Research Institute, Oslo)
Welcome
14:15–14:45 Ernesto Kiza (Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law)
Migration control through mass-victimization? 
14:45–15:15 Marit Hovdal Moan (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
What European states cannot legitimately do to manage unwanted migration 
15:15–15:30 Coffee break
15:30–16:00 Jørgen Carling (International Peace Research Institute, Oslo)
Closing the doors on unwanted migration
16:00–16:30 Discussion
The seminar is hosted by PRIO’s research programme ‘Europe under Threat’ which studies the relation
between security and insecurity in Europe in the period since the attacks of 11 September 2001. The
programme addresses six cases of non-conventional insecurity in Europe, one of which is migration.

REGISTRATION
Please register by e-mail to seminar@prio.no no later than Friday 22 June.