ASYLUM

A space for dialogue and exchange between academics,
volunteers,
non-governmental
organisations
and
refugees on journeys, experiences, shortcomings,
reception structures, humanitarian aid, solidarity
and the European agenda on migration.
ASYLUM
RELOCATION
CRIMINALISATION
SECURITISATION
MOBILITIES
Transitory Lives
Forced Displacement
Symposium
CITIZENSHIP
Panteion University, Athens
POLICY
3 – 5 June 2016
Auditorium: Karagiorga II
BORDERS
MICHEL AGIER, KATERINA ROZAKOU, HEATH CABOT,ATHENA
ATHANASIOU, AYGOYSTINOS ZENAKOS, DIMITRIS
PAPANIKOLAOU, MARIA NAKASIAN (METACTION), UNHCR, E3
PIREAS (REPRESENTATIVES), SOTIRIS ALEXOPOULOS
(PANPIRAIKI PROTOVOULIA), GIORGOS TSIMOURIS,
ELISABETH KIRTSOGLOU, GIORGOS TYRIKOS-ERGAS,
BARBARA PAPADOPOULOU, DIMITRIS SKLEPARIS, MARIA
KENTI-KRANIDIOTI, DAFNI BASTA, MARIA KOUMNIANAKI,
CHRISTINA OUZOUNIDOU.
“Asia Minor”: a documentary by V.Serdaris.
Comment: Kostas Kolovos, George Tsimouris
Programme of activities
FRIDAY 3 June
14.15 – 14.30
14.30 – 15.30
15.30 – 16.00
16.00 – 16.30
Registration
Transitory Lives: Forced Migration time and again
Giorgos Tsimouris
Response by E3 Pirea
The politics of invisibility and irregularity in the deportation
regime
Katerina Rozakou
Assisting Refugees – Lessons Learnt
Maria Nakasian (MetAction)
16.30 – 17.00
Coffee - Networking
17.00 – 17.30
Assisting Refugees – The solidarian perspective
Sotiris Alexopoulos – Panpeiraiki Protovoulia
Roundtable Discussion
G. Tsimouris, E. Kirtsoglou, E3 Pirea,
M. Nakasian, S. Aleksopoulos.
Chair & Comment by Heath Cabot
17.30 – 18.45
Saturday 4 June
09.15. 09.30
Welcome – Coffee
09.30 – 09.45
09.45 – 10.15
10.15 – 11.15
Welcome Address: Athena Athanasiou
UNHCR: Children and Refugees
Transitory Lives: Preliminary Findings
Elisabeth Kirtsoglou
Response by E3 Pirea, D. Skleparis (ELIAMEP)
11.15 – 11.45
Coffee – Networking
11.45 – 13.15
From NGOs to Solidarity: Refugees, Neoliberalism,
and the Specter of the Welfare State in Austerity Greece.
Heath Cabot
Compassionationalism, refugeewatching,
refugeewashing: A Response on the biopolitics of solidarity.
Dimitris Papanikolaou
13.15 – 14.00
Lunch – Networking
14.00 – 14.30
From the Ypatia Hunger Strike to the evacuation of
Eidomeni: Suppression, Instrumentalisation and
the Media.
Augoustinos Zenakos
14.30 – 15.15
Echoes from Lesvos
Giorgos Tyrikos Ergas
15.15 – 16.00
The long journey
E3 Pirea
16.00 – 16.30
Coffee – Networking
16.30 – 18.00
Round-Table Discussion
18.00 – 19.30
“Mikra Asia” : A documentary by Vaggelis Serntaris
Comment: Kostas Kolovos, Giorgos Tsimouris.
Sunday 5 June
09.30 – 10.30
Keynote: Michel Agier
10.30 – 12.00
Post-Lesvos, or Stuck in Transit
Barbara Papadopoulou
12.00 – 13.30
A Challenging Field
Maria Kenti-Kranidioti, Dafni Basta, Maria Koumnianaki,
Christina Ouzounidou.
13.30 – 13. 45
Ending Remarks: G. Tsimouris – E. Kirtsoglou