The Mediterranean Migration & Asylum Policy Hub (MedMA) of the European Public Law Organization (EPLO) celebrates its inauguration with a key discussion event on Greece’s migration and asylum policy. This timely discussion is inspired by the political agreement for the new Pact on Migration and Asylum. The event will take place on Tuesday 26 March, 17:30 to 20:30 and will be broadcast live in this page, with simultaneous translation from Greek to English.

This event will feature politicians who have played a pivotal role in managing the arrival and integration of migrant and refugee populations during critical moments in Greece. The detailed program follows below.

Program

Introductory Remarks

Spyridon Flogaitis, Director of the European Public Law Organization

Markos Karavias, Director of the Mediterranean Migration & Asylum Policy Hub

Address

Dimitris Kairidis, Minister of Migration and Asylum Migration Policy at National and European Level

Migration Policy at National and European level

Prokopis Pavlopoulos, former President of the Hellenic Republic, Academic

Louka Katseli, Professor Emerita of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, former Minister of Labour & Social Security

Yannis Mouzalas, Doctor, former Minister of Migration Policy Management of Mixed Migration Flows in Times of Multiple Crises

Management of mixed migration flows in times of multiple crises

Dimitris Avramopoulos, former Commissioner of the European Union, former Minister of the Hellenic Government, Member of the Hellenic Parliament

Dimitris Vitsas, former Alternate Minister of National Defense & former Minister of Migration Policy

Notis Mitarachi, Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Chios, former Minister of Citizen Protection & former Minister of Migration and Asylum

Christos Papoutsis, former Commissioner of the European Union, former Minister of the Greek Government, former Member of the Board of the World Bank Group.

Coordinated by the Journalist Yannis Politis.