A one-day seminar on EU law relating to Asylum and Immigration with a focus on Reception & Integration and Human Trafficking in Ireland and other EU countries. This seminar is held in conjunction with the European Lawyers Foundation, the Spanish National Bar, Athens Bar Association, Italian Bar, National Council of Legal Advisers (Poland) and Paris Bar Association.

Date                Thursday 2 April 2020
Time               10.00am to 4.00pm
Venue             Green Hall Lecture Theatre, Law Society of Ireland
Fee                 Complimentary
CPD Hours    4.5 hours General (by Group study)

Topics and Issues to be covered

• Reception for asylum seekers in Ireland, known as ‘direct provision’
• The impact of Ireland’s opt-in to the EU Reception Directive (recast) 2013
• Analysis of rights for persons recognised as refugees
• Human Trafficking – victims’ rights and administrative immigration arrangements in Ireland
• Human Trafficking – investigating cases
• Reception and Integration – the French Experience
• Human Trafficking - the Polish Experience

Panel and speakers include

• Attracta O’Regan, Solicitor, Head, Law Society Professional Training

• Vasileios Stathopoulos, Project Manager, European Lawyers Foundation, the Netherlands

• Cindy Carroll, Deputy Chairperson, International Protection Appeals Tribunal

• Catherine Cosgrave, Managing Solicitor, Immigrant Council of Ireland

• Liam Thornton, Assistant Professor in Law, School of Law, University College Dublin

• Kenneth Ruane, Head of Legal Affairs, An Garda Siochána

*Other speakers to be confirmed

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