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Event Date: Friday 4 February 2011
Goss Room, Bishopsgate Institute
230 Bishopsgate
London EC2M 4QH

Migration: a joint Birkbeck College/
University of East London Symposium

Professor Philip Marfleet (Professor of Migration and Refugee Studies at the University of East London) 
Sanctuary past and present

What is “sanctuary” and why has it reappeared as a key campaigning issue among those who advocate for migrants? This paper considers continuity and change in ideas about sanctuary in both the religious and secular traditions. It examines the contemporary Sanctuary Movement in North America and Europe, and the implication of efforts to protect migrants by means which challenge the authority of the state.

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Event Date: Friday 4 February 2011
Goss Room, Bishopsgate Institute
230 Bishopsgate
London EC2M 4QH

Migration: a joint Birkbeck College/
University of East London Symposium

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Welcome and introductory remarks .

Dr Sunil Amrith – Migration and Citizenship in Modern Asia (AUDIO HERE)

Professor Philip Marfleet - Sanctuary past and present (AUDIO HERE)

questions session one .

Dr Jasmine Gideon - Transnational health seeking strategies: a study of Latin American migrants in London (AUDIO HERE)

Dr Nira Yuval-Davis - Exile, diaspora and the politics of belonging (AUDIO HERE)

questions session two .

Panel Discussion: Dr Karen Wells, Dr John Nassari, Dr Sunil Amrith, Professor Phil Marfleet, Professor Nira Yuval Davis.

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