About
(NCHS) and the (IKRS, University of Oslo) welcome you to a breakfast seminar on the Arctic refugee crisis and the implications for Norway as a humanitarian actor.
- What is happening at Storskog and what are the legal challenges and humanitarian issues at stake?
- How has the Norwegian-Russian relationship shaped public and political perceptions of the refugee flow- on both sides of the border?
- Schengen frontier countries continue to witness a mass refugee influx. What are the potential challenges and tensions between Norway's status as a Schengen frontier country and Norway's self-ascribed status as a moral humanitarian actor?
- Are we witnessing a form of exceptionalism that will lead to a loss of credibility- and what will be the consequences home and abroad?
Speakers and Program
08:20 **** Breakfast & coffee
08:30 **** Welcome & introductions
- (Director, NCHS, and Senior Researcher, ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ)
08:35 **** Presentation by panellists-
**** Chair: (IKRS, UiO)
(Legal Adviser, the Norwegian Organisation for Asylum Seekers (NOAS)): Storskog: a brief overview of humanitarian and legal challenges
(Senior Advisor, the Norwegian Refugee Council): Norway, Refugees and Human Rights; Double standards abroad and at Home?
(Senior Researcher, NUPI): Security dynamics and the peril of humanitarian concerns
Pavel Baev (Research Professor, ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ): The Refugee Crisis: A Russian Perspective
(Professor of Criminology, IKRS, UiO): Forgotten Schengen Frontiers and the Politics of Humanitarian Border Control
Elisabeth Gade (Project Leader, Norwegian Red Cross): The Red Cross and Humanitarian Challenges at the Arctic Border
09:45 **** Q & A session
N.B. This breakfast seminar will be held in English and is organized by the (NCHS) and the (IKRS, UiO), in collaboration with the ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ research groups on Humanitarianism and Law and Ethics.
A light breakfast will be served.
Contact info:
Eric Cezne- ericez@prio.org / Tel: +47 478 20 359 ****
