EMN webinar “Access to housing and education for children in migration: challenges and good practices”

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On March 10 from 11:00 AM to 1:35 PM, the webinar “Access to housing and education for children in migration: challenges and good practices” will take place.

Pre-registration is required to participate in the seminar, which can be done HERE.

At the event, the results of the report “Children in Migration” prepared by the European Migration Network will be published. The report focuses on the implementation of the European Commission’s 2017 Communication on the Protection of Children in Migration (Communication on the protection of children in migration) in 2019.

Seminar Programme:

10:00 – 10:05 Opening Remarks – Rafael Bärlund, EMN Finland
10:05 – 10:15 Vision for the Protection of Children’s Rights under the New Pact on Migration – Javier Moreno Sanchez, European Parliament’s Working Group on Children’s Rights
10:15 – 10:30 Presentation of the Study “Children in Migration” Results – Adolfo Sommarribas, EMN Luxembourg
10:30 – 10:40 Questions and Discussion
10:40 – 11:05 Panel Discussion I: Access to Housing

  • Monica Gutierrez Arques, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
  • Laetitia Van der Vennet, PICUM
  • Evridiki Georgiou, “Hope for Children” CRC Policy Centre, Cyprus
  • Blandine Chatelet, French Ministry of Solidarity and Health

Moderator: Isabela Atanasiu, DG HOME, European Commission
11:05 – 11:20 Questions and Discussion
11:20 – 11:30 Break
11:30 – 11:55 Panel Discussion II: Access to Education

  • Vincente López-Brea, Spanish Ministry of Education
  • Kerstin Holst, UNESCO
  • Jennifer Zuppiroli, Save the Children
  • Gelly Aroni, Greek Ministry of Migration and Asylum

Moderator: Vincent Catot, DG HOME, European Commission
11:55 – 12:10 Questions and Discussion
12:10 – 12:25 Presentation of the Future EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child – Valeria Setti, DG HOME, European Commission
12:25 – 12:30 Questions and Discussion
12:30 – 12:35 Closing Remarks – Magnus Ovilius, DG HOME, European Commission

The seminar will be held via Webex. The working language of the seminar is English.