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Tesseltje de Lange Odysseus Member’s for the Netherlands published with Pedro de Sena a new article : our income is too high, your income is too low: discretion in labour migration law and policy in the Netherlands and Macau

Published by Odysseus Network on 24th February 2020

Labour migration policies create social tensions over the functioning of national labour markets, the interests of the local workforce, employers’ needs and migrant workers’ rights. This makes legislating on labour migration a balancing act, which often leads to legislation which grants wide discretion to bureaucrats in assessing labour market needs or other public interest indicators. […]

Francesco Maiani, Odysseus Member’s for Switzerland, presented to the European Parliament on Dublin III

Published by Odysseus Network on 21st February 2020

Nicos Trimikliniotis, Odysseus Member’s for Cyprus will present the new Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation Cyprus report: “Cyprus as a New Refugee “Hotspot” in Europe? Challenges for a Divided Country”

Published by Odysseus Network on 19th February 2020

The Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation Cyprus cordially invites you to a seminar on Asylum and Migration Challenges for Europe & Cyprus On the occasion of the launch and presentation of the FES-Report Cyprus as a New Refugee “Hotspot” in Europe? Challenges for a Divided Country on Thursday, 20 February 2020, 18.30-21.00 Location: Fulbright Center Cyprus, UN Buffer […]

Francesco MAIANI will represent the Odysseus Network in front of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of the European Parliament on the 19th of February 2020

Published by Odysseus Network on 18th February 2020

Tomorrow for the Hearing at the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Francesco MAIANI Odysseus Member’s for Switzerland will present the relevant jurisprudence on Dublin III. You can consult the full draft agenda here.

Wednesday 19th : lunchtime seminar by Dr Lilian Tsourdi of the Odysseus Coordination team ‘Holding the European Asylum Support Office Accountable for its role in Asylum Decision-Making: Mission Impossible?’

Published by Odysseus Network on 18th February 2020

This Wednesday Lilian Tsourdi is giving a talk in Galway for the Irish Centre for Human Rights. 1pm seminar room. All welcome! The talk is drawing from her forthcoming open-access article in the German Law Journal in a special issue coedited by Cathryn Costello and Itamar Mann.

Listen to Philippe DE BRUYCKER on the RTBF Radio today about yesterday’s Grand Chamber ruling of the ECHR in the case N.D. and N.T

Published by Odysseus Network on 14th February 2020

The professor Philippe de Bruycker, founder of the Odysseus Academic Network is going to comment on the last ruling of the grand chamber of the European Court of Human Rights on the RTBF radio today, 14 February.

Gregor Noll, Odysseus Member’s for Sweden, wrote a new article: “The International Court of Justice and Migration” in Achille Skordas (Odysseus Member’s for Greece): “Research Handbook on the International Court of Justice”

Published by Odysseus Network on 30th January 2020

Abstract The ICJ would seem to offer itself as an obvious arbiter in North-South conflicts about migration law. While the lack of consent to the jurisdiction of the ICJ by potential parties might provide some explanation for the scarcity of migration-related judgments, we seem to be left with the image of a potential unfulfilled. The […]

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