What is the ‘Migrant Crisis’? Who is affected by it and how? What should our response to it be?

This will be an informative discussion, contextualising the so-called Migrant Crisis in current European politics. The discussion’s broad scope will analyse, for example, anti-immigration attitudes and policies throughout Europe, and the criminalisation of humanitarianism. The aim of the discussion is to make the topic both accessible and relevant to everyone.

The audience will gain insight from multiple opinions ranging from academia to politics to refugee experience, while also participating in the discussion during the Q&A section. Indeed, the audience is invited to engage throughout the event.

The discussion will feature:

- Dr Chris Rossdale (Chair), fellow at the LSE and an expert on solidarity and political resistance, Dr Rossdale will help us critically engage with narratives on the Migrant Crisis.

- Liz Fekete, director of the Institute of Race Relations and author of A Suitable Enemy: Racism, Migration and Islamophobia in Europe

- Dr Khatereh Eghdamian, researcher from UCL, analysing the discourse around refugees, how they are depicted and its implications.

- Adriana Tidona, European Migration Researcher at Amnesty International, European Regional Office.

- Lynn Boylan MEP, as part of the European Parliament’s European United Left–Nordic Green Left group, Lynn has been a vocal supporter of humanitarian responses at European borders.

*THE EVENT MAY BE FILMED*