CONFERENCE WEEK - 13-17 March
Student Action for Refugees is pleased to announce a conference week! Join us Monday, 13 March - Friday, 17 March for a week of public talks on refugee & asylum issues with speakers from the London Detainee Support Group, Refugee Council, UNHCR and LSE's own Dr Beyani.Monday 13 March
>London Detainee Support Group - 'Detention Centres & Asylum-Seekers in UK: Key issues and life stories'
SPEAKER: Aoife O'Higgins is a representative of the London Detainee Support Group. She will speak alongside three former detainees who will share their experiences of detention
WHEN:17:00-18:30
WHERE: D302, Clement House
Tuesday 14 March
>Refugee Council - 'Child Refugees: Unaccompanied minors'
SPEAKER: Mehari Ogba Michael is working in the child refugee section for the Refugee Council
WHEN: 11:00-13:00
WHERE: D402, Clement House
Thursday 16 March
>UNHCR - 'The Challenges of Refugee Protection in the UK and Europe'
SPEAKERS: Mrs Muggeridge and Mr Lim are working in the legal protection team of the UNHCR office in London
WHEN: 19:00-20:30
WHERE: D702, Clement House
Friday 17 March
>Dr Beyani - 'The Impact of Counter-Terrorism on Asylum Policy'
SPEAKER: Dr Chaloka Beyani is a Senior Lecturer in Law with the LSE Department of Law. His specific areas of interest are human rights, refugees and armed conflicts
WHEN: 17:00-18:30
WHERE: D702, Clement House
All are welcome. See you there!
posted by LSE STAR Committee @ 15:27
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Please spread the word about the conferences to your departments and colleagues. We hope to see you there!
Contact us with any questions at Su.Soc.Action-For-Refugees@lse.ac.uk .
Cheers!
-STAR Committee
Thanks for joining us Monday and Tuesday! We hope to see you and your friends Thursday and Friday too!
Take care. Until soon,
-STAR Committee
We've learned a great deal about asylum-seekers and refugees this past week -- we hope you did too!
Keep in touch over break by posting to the blog or via e-mail (Su.Soc.Action-For-Refugees@lse.ac.uk).
We're finalising the photo exhibit to take place in April -- we'll keep you posted.
Have a relaxing AND industrious break.
Till soon,
-LSE STAR Committee
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