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DESCRIPTION:A presentation by Bruce Leimsidor\, \nUniversity of Venice\,  o
 n the recent developments of EU\nMigration Policy.\nAt the summit in Tampe
 re\, Finland\, in 1999\, the leaders of the\nEuropean Union set what seeme
 d to be the reasonable goal of\nharmonizing asylum procedures and criteria
  throughout the Union by\n2004. Refugee advocates immediately suspected\, 
 however\, that such\nan attempt at harmonization would result in a search 
 for the\nlowest\, or most restrictive\, common denominator in asylum polic
 y\nand that little if any attention would be given to assuring access\nto 
 asylum and a functional level of protection throughout\nEurope.\nNow\, fiv
 e years after the Tampere deadline\, despite several EU\ndirectives aimed 
 at harmonization\, Europe is still nowhere close to\nhaving a uniform asyl
 um policy or procedures. It seems that the\nmain area of coordination has 
 been in enforcing the Union’s\nexternal borders and limiting potential ref
 ugees’ access to\nEuropean asylum\; the worst fears of the refugee advocat
 es expressed\nduring follow ups to Tampere seem to have been realized.\nSp
 ecific situations\, especially in Southern Europe (Greece\,\nItaly\, and S
 pain) will be cited\, showing how coordinated EU action\nhas worked to the
  detriment of asylum and how\, in cases of non\ncompliance with EU standar
 ds\, the EU has been ultimately helpless\nin moving member states toward p
 rotecting asylum seekers’\nrights.\nAbout the speaker\nBruce Leimsidor is 
 Professor at the University Ca’ Foscari\,\nVenice\, Italy (University of V
 enice)\, since 2003. He teaches\ncourses on immigration\, immigration rela
 ted legislation\, and the\nimmigration program of the European Union. He h
 as been a regular\nconsultant for the Venice City Government on asylum iss
 ues since\n2005.\n
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LOCATION:Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 3644 rue Peel
SUMMARY:Ten years after Tampere (1999-2009). Coordinating and harmonizing E
 uropean asylum policy: Is it possible\, or desirable?
URL:/channels/event/ten-years-after-tampere-1999-2009-
 coordinating-and-harmonizing-european-asylum-policy-it-possible-or-104617
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