Challenges and Opportunities: The Role and Work of the ICRC in the Middle East Breakfast Briefing with Beatrice Megevand-Roggo, Head of Operations for Middle East and North Africa, ICRC, and Kathleen Newland, Director of Migrants, Migration, and Development and Refugee Policy Programs, MPI. April 17, 2008 MPI Conference Room
The Iraqi Refugee Crisis: Law, Policy, and Practice The Second Annual Matthew J. Ryan Forum on Law and Public Policy Organized by Villanova University School of Law Co-sponsored by Migration Policy Institute, Catholic Relief Services, Holland + Knight LLP, and Proskauer Rose LLP April 4, 2008 National Press Club Ballroom
The Plight of Sudanese Refugees in Israel Breakfast Briefing with Anat Ben Dor,Refugee Rights Clinic, Tel Aviv University; Felice Gaer, American Jewish Committee; Thomas Albrecht, UNHCR; and Kathleen Newland, MPI September 20, 2007
UNHCR in Iraq and Afghanistan, 2007 Breakfast Briefing with Judy Cheng Hopkins, Assistant High Commissioner for Operations, UNHCR and Kathleen Newland, Director of the Migrants, Migration, and Development, and Refugee Policy Programs, MPI. September 18, 2007
The Ongoing Plight of Iraqi Refugees Afternoon briefing with the Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio , Bishop of Brooklyn, New York; Anastasia K. Brown, Director of Refugee Programs, Migration and Refugee Services, US Conference of Catholic Bishops; and Jane Bloom, International Catholic Migration Commission. September 10, 2007
The Fourth Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference April 24, 2007 Keynote by Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law, U.S. House of Representatives Co-sponsored by MPI, Georgetown University Law Center, and Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) Georgetown University Law Center Event Summary
Terrorism Legislation Affecting Refugees Breakfast briefing with Eleanor Acer, Human Rights First; George Clark, Save the Montagnard People Inc.; and Luis Gilberto Murillo Urrutia, Senior Consultant, Lutheran World Relief, and former Governor of Choco, Colombia; Doua Thor, Southeast Asia Resource Action Center March 9, 2007
Asylum Seekers in Expedited Removal Afternoon briefing with Felice D. Gaer, Chair of USCIRF; Preeta D. Bansal, USCIRF Commissioner; The Most Reverend Ricardo Ramírez, C.S.B., USCIRF Commissioner; Mark Hetfield, Senior Vice President for Policy and Programs at the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society; and Kate Jastram, School of Law-Boalt Hall, UC-Berkeley. February 8, 2007
2006
Civilian Flight from Violence in Iraq Breakfast briefing with Bill Frelick, Human Rights Watch; Roberta Cohen, Brookings Project on Internal Displacement; and Kristele Younes, Advocate at Refugees International December 20, 2006
Focus on Iraq: Refugees and IDPs Breakfast briefing with Judy Cheng-Hopkins, UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Operations December 6, 2006
The New Policy Environment for UNHCR Afternoon Briefing with Wendy Chamberlain, the United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Interception and Rescue at Sea Breakfast briefing with Maria de Donato, Guy S. Goodwin-Gill, Peter Mares, Grainne O'Hara, and Lou Orsini June 15, 2005
2nd Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference May 24, 2005, Georgetown University Law Center The conference offers law and policy analysis and discussion on cutting-edge immigration issues. Featured panelists include high-ranking government officials, academics, advocates, and other immigration experts. Event Summary
A Tribute to Arthur Helton and Sergio Vieira de Mello Release of a special issue of the Journal of Refugee Studies with authors Eleanor Acer, Mary Holland, Susan Martin, Larry Minear, and Courtland Robinson, and journal co-editors Richard Black and Joanne van Selm September 23, 2004
First Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference Co-sponsored with the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. and the Georgetown University Law Center at the Georgetown University Law Center (Washington, DC) May 18, 2004
Haiti in Turmoil: Assistance, Protection and Flight Briefing with Jared M. Hoffman, Catholic Relief Services, Galen Carey, World Relief, Kolude Doherty, UNHCR, and Bill Frelick, Amnesty International-USA March 18, 2004
Rediscovering Resettlement Briefing with Peer Baneke, General Secretary of the European Commission on Refugees and Exiles Brussels, German Marshall Fund Transatlantic Center (Event Summary) February 17, 2004
Managing Migration in the Balkans Briefing with Soren Jessen-Petersen, former Assistant High Commissioner at UNHCR headquarters in Geneva November 13, 2003
Asylum seekers and US Expedited Removal Procedures Roundtable discussion with Mark Hetfeld, Immigration Counsel for Study, Kate Jastram, Boalt School of Law, Berkeley and Robert Divine, Study Advisor (Invitation only) Co-sponsored with the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom October 10, 2003
The Impact of Asylum Policies in Europe Briefing with Dr. David Griffiths, The School of Planning at Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom August 14, 2003
The Italian Presidency's Asylum and Immigration Agenda Briefing with Christopher Hein, Director of the Italian Refugee Council and Chair, Executive Committee of the European Council on Refugees and Exiles July 16, 2003
World Refugee Survey 2003 Release Event Summary Report release and briefing with Lavinia Limon, Immigration and Refugee Services of America (IRSA) and the US Committee for Refugees (USCR), Hiram A. Ruiz, IRSA and USCR, and Merrill Smith, Survey Editor June 3, 2003
United Nations International Migration Report: Discussion and Analysis Forum with Audrey Singer, The Brookings Institution, Report Author Joseph Chamie, UN Population Division, Roberta Cohen, The Brookings Institution, Constantinos Fotakis, European Commission, Charles Keely, Georgetown University, Lavinia Limon, Immigrant and Refugee Services of America and US Committee on Refugees, and MPI President Demetrios Papademetriou The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC February 12, 2003
Humanitarian Conditions in Afghanistan Briefing with Reto Meister, Delegate General for Asia for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) February 6, 2003
