January

Security Challenges to Humanitarian Workers in the Middle East: The ICRC's Response
Breakfast briefing with Balthasar Staehelin, Delegate General for the Middle East and North Africa of the International Committee of the Red Cross
January 18, 2006

Today's Employment-Based Immigration and the Role Temporary Worker Programs Play
Breakfast briefing and release of publications prepared for the Independent Task Force on Immigration and America's Future
Susan Martin, Director of the Institute for the Study of International Migration, and Deborah Meyers, Senior Policy Analyst at MPI examined the current employment-based admissions system and its weaknesses, as well as interconnections between the temporary and permanent employment-based admission systems.
January 25, 2006

February

Countering Terrorist Mobility: Shaping an Operational Strategy
February 17, 2006

March

 
Assimilation of Second-Generation Korean Americans: Education, Work, Identity, and Intermarriage
March 17, 2006
Co-Sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars 

April

Current Challenges to Protection
Breakfast briefing with Erika Feller, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, UNHCR
April 12, 2006

A Nation by Design: Immigration Policy in the Fashioning of America
Breakfast briefing with Aristide R. Zolberg, Director of the International Center for Migration, Ethnicity, and Citizenship, New School University, and Bruce A. Morrison, former Chairman of the US House of Representatives Immigration Subcommittee
April 24, 2006

3rd Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
April 28, 2006
Georgetown University Law Center

Latin America's Response to the US Immigration Policy Debate
Forum with Carolina Barco Isakson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Colombia; Roberto Tovar Faja, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Costa Rica; Carlos Morales Troncoso, Minister of Foreign Affairs, The Dominican Republic; Francisco Esteban Laínez Rivas, Minister of Foreign Affairs, El Salvador; Jorge Briz Abularach, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Guatemala; Luis Ernesto Derbez, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mexico; Norman Caldera Cardenal, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nicaragua; and Samuel Lewis Navarro, Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Panama
Members Room (LJ-160) of the Jefferson Building, Library of Congress
May 2, 2006
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Immigration in the History of the French Nation:
An American Model for a New French Museum?
Afternoon briefing with Mr. Jacques Toubon, President of the French National Museum of the History of Immigration
Alliance Francaise de Washington
Washington, DC
May 2, 2006

June

 


Notes from the Field:  Protecting Refugees in Venezuela through Local Integration Strategies
Breakfast briefing with John Fredriksson, UNHCR Regional Representative in Venezuela
June 1, 2006 

A Discussion on the World Refugee Survey 2006 -- Risks and Rights
Afternoon briefing with Lavinia Limón, USCRI President and CEO; Gregory Chen, USCRI Director of Policy Analysis and Research; and Merrill Smith, Editor of the World Refugee Survey
June 15, 2006

New Scholarship in Race and Ethnicity Beyond the Urban Core: Immigrants, Migrants, and the New American Suburb 
Afternoon briefing with Lorrie Frasure, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Government, Cornell University; Audrey Singer, Immigration Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings Institution; and John R. Logan, Professor of Sociology and Director, The Initiative in Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences, Brown University
Hosted by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
June 27, 2006

America's Emigrants: US Retirement to Mexico and Panama
Breakfast briefing with Demetrios Papademetriou, MPI President; David Dixon, MPI Associate Policy Analyst; Julie Murray, MPI Associate Policy Analyst; and Betsy Anderson, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Overseas Citizen Services at the Department of State.
June 29, 2006

August

 
Europe and Its Immigrants in the 21st Century: A New Deal or a Continuing Dialogue of the Deaf
Breakfast briefing with MPI President Demetrios Papademetriou and Telmo Baltazar, Counselor, Political, Justice, Freedom & Security, European Commission’s Delegation to the United States
August 11, 2006

September

America's Human Rights Challenge
Breakfast Briefing with Susan Gzesh, University of Chicago; Bill Goodman, Center for Constitutional Rights; Kareem Shora, American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee; and Muzaffar Chishti, Migration Policy Institute at the NYU School of Law
Wednesday, September 13, 2006

The New Policy Environment for UNHCR
Afternoon Briefing with Wendy Chamberlain, the United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees
Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Immigration and America's Future:  A New Chapter
Release of the final report of the Independent Task Force co-chaired by former Senator Spencer Abraham (R-MI) and former Congressman Lee Hamilton (D-IN).  The Task Force Co-chairs and Director Doris Meissner, senior fellow at MPI, discuss the report’s recommendations.  The final report should serve as a durable foundation upon which to build the discourse and policies that can meet the challenges and opportunities posed by immigration for the 21st century. 
Wednesday, September 20, 2006

November

 

China as a Country of Refuge: North Koreans and other Refugees in the People's Republic
Breakfast briefing with Michel Gabaudan, UNHCR's regional representative for North America and the Caribbean, whose previous posting for UNHCR was in Beijing.
Wednesday, November 29, 2006

December