Conference: Protection of Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children in Ireland and Europe – 27 November 2014

Date: Thursday, 27 November 2014

Time: 8:30-13:15 followed by lunch

Venue: Bedford Hall, Dublin Castle

EMN Ireland, the Irish National Contact Point of the European Migration Network (located at the ESRI), together with the UNHCR Ireland, will hold a half-day conference on Protection of Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children in Ireland and Europe.

The Conference will address the best interests of unaccompanied minors and separated children, in particular in relation to:

• Entry and assessment measures and border control;
• Asylum procedures;
• Reception and care arrangements; and
• Return and reintegration practices.

Speakers include:

• Valeria Setti, Directorate-General Home Affairs, European Commission
• Andrea Vonkeman,  United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Bureau for Europe
• Killian O’Brien, European Asylum Support Office (EASO)
• Emma Quinn, EMN Ireland / Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)
• Samantha Arnold, Irish Refugee Council
• Thomas Dunning, Child and Family Agency (TUSLA)
• Manus de Barra, Office of the Ombudsman for Children

Please register online by Friday, 21 November 2014.

Registration and the full conference programme is available on www.emn.ie.