The event, organized by ASGI in the framework of the projects Sciabaca and Oruka, was held in Lagos, Nigeria from 25 to 27 February 2020.
In order to strengthen the network among the organizations already engaged in strategic actions against the outsourcing policies implemented by Italy and Europe, during the work of the conference were addressed the issues of the impact of European and Italian policies and regulations, as well as bilateral agreements between European and African countries. Particular attention was given to the phenomenon of trafficking in human beings and detention policies for migrants and asylum seekers.
PANEL I – BILATERAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN AFRICAN AND EU MEMBER STATES AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES ON DETENTION
Detention and repatriation of migrants in Europe: a comparison between the different Member States of the EU
Francesca Esposito – Border Criminologies, University of Oxford. Esposito ITA; Esposito ENG; Esposito FRA.
The phenomenon of returnees in Nigeria: penal and administrative consequences after return
Olaide A. Gbadamosi- Osun State University. Gbadamosi ITA; Gbadamosi ENG; Gbadamosi FRA.
European externalisation policies and the denial of the right to asylum: focus on ruling no. 22917/2019 of the Civil Court of Rome
Loredana Leo – ASGI. Leo ITA; Leo ENG; Leo FRA.
PANEL II – THE PHENOMENON OF TRAFFICKING AND THE
RIGHT TO ASYLUM
Recognition of refugee status for victims of trafficking
Nazzarena Zorzella – ASGI. Zorzella ITA; Zorzella ENG; Zorzella FRA.
Voluntariness in return processes: nature of consent and role of the IOM
Jean Pierre Gauci – British Institute of International and Comparative Law. Gauci ITA; Gauci ENG; Gauci FRA.
Conditional refugees: resettlement as a condition to exist
Sara Creta – Independent journalist. Creta ITA; Creta ENG; Creta FRA.
Resettlement: legal nature and the Geneva Convention
Giulia Crescini – ASGI. Crescini ITA; Crescini ENG; Crescini FRA.
PANEL III – THE RISKS ARISING FROM THE REFOULEMENT
OF TRAFFICKED PERSONS, MEMBER STATES’ RESPONSIBILITIES
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
Introduction of Godwin Morka (Director of research and programme development, NAPTIP) and Omoruyi Osula (Head of Admin/Training, ETAHT). Morka ITA; Morka ENG; Morka FRA. Osula ITA; Osula ENG; Osula FRA.
The phenomenon of re-trafficking of women repatriated in Nigeria
Kokunre Agbontaen-Eghafona – Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Benin. Kokunre ITA; Kokunre ENG; Kokunre FRA.
The phenomenon of trafficking: social conditions before departure from a gender perspective
R. Evon Benson-Idahosa – Pathfinders Justice Initiative. Idahosa ITA; Idahosa ENG.
Strategic litigation on externalisation of borders and lack of access to the right to asylum for victims of trafficking
Cristina Laura Cecchini – ASGI. Cecchini ITA; Cecchini ENG: Cecchini FRA.
Protection for victims of trafficking in transit countries: focus on Niger. Yerima Bako Djibo Moussa – Head of the Department of Legal Affairs and Compensation at the National Agency for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings in Niger. Yerima ITA; Yerima FRA.
PANEL IV – LIBERTÀ DI MOVIMENTO
ECOWAS free movement area: interferences of European policies and remedies
Ibrahim Muhammad Mukhtar – Law Clinic Coordinator, NILE University. Mukhtar ITA; Mukhtar ENG; Mukhtar FRA.
The consequences of migration policies on freedom of movement: focus on Niger
Harouna Mounkaila – Professor and Researcher, Department of Geography, Abdou Moumouni University, Niamey. Mounkaila ITA; Mounkaila FRA.
Identification of African citizens in transit to the European Union: functioning of data collection and privacy
Jane Kilpatrick – Statewatch. Kilpatrick ITA; Kilpatrick ENG; Kilpatrick FRA.
EU funding for ECOWAS countries’ biometric data registry systems: level of funding and impact on the population
Giacomo Zandonini – Journalist. Zandonini ITA; Zandonini ENG; Zandonini FRA.
The right to leave any country, including his own, in international law
Francesca Mussi – Research fellow in International Law, University of Trento. Mussi ITA; Mussi ENG; Mussi FRA.
Human Rights Protection Mechanisms in Africa
Giuseppe Pascale – Researcher of International Law, University of Trieste. Pascale ITA; Pascale ENG; Pascale FRA.
Photo by Alessio Barbini
