Europe’s Age of Externalisation? Migration, External Cooperation, and Human Rights
| Dates: | 20 April 2026 |
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| Times: | 13:00 - 14:00 |
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| What is it: | Talk |
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| Organiser: | School of Social Sciences |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Current University students |
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| Speaker: | Matteo De Bellis |
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European states are currently exploring a number of so-called ‘innovative solutions’ to address the irregular arrival of asylum seekers and migrants at their borders, often entailing the externalisation of asylum processing, returns or border control. Yet, available evidence shows that these policies routinely produce wide-ranging harmful effects on human rights, ranging from diminishing procedural safeguards to exposing people to ill-treatment or arbitrary detention.
This guest talk will outline relevant historical trends, unpack the European approach, experience and current proposals, and pinpoint the impact of externalisation on people’s lives and the tensions it creates with international human rights law.
Registration required: Please email emma.scali@manchester.ac.uk
Speaker
Matteo De Bellis
Role: Advisor to the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights
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