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Migration is inherent to the story of humankind. In the modern era, most migration happens internally, within states, from rural areas to cities and between cities. The International Organization for Migration estimated that there were also 281 million migrants in 2020 (last available statistics). Migration happens for work, for family, for studies, for retirement, and as part of forced migration triggered by human rights violations, destitution, conflict, climate change, and many types of disaster. Migration has become a political flashpoint in many States, especially during election campaigns. Undocumented migrants and asylum seekers are particularly targeted by the anti-immigration rhetoric. Migration is often associated with border security, criminality, terrorism, and multiple crises (lack of housing, homelessness, unemployment, reduced access to healthcare, crowded schools…). Yet, migration is also a key to demographic growth, cultural dynamism and economic development, in both countries of origin and destination.
The Sustainable Migration Dialogue will be led by François Crépeau and Laura Madokoro and will explore the complexity of the challenges that migration poses to contemporary societies. It will also discuss ways to make access to migration, migration processes and outcomes more sustainable and just for migrants, host societies and home countries alike.
Moderator
Anyck Dauphin is a microeconomist interested in migration. Her current research adopts a multidisciplinary perspective and a mixed methodology. She focuses on the regionalization of immigration, the francization of immigrants and their situation on the labor market. She also studies the integration path of Syrian refugees in Gatineau, particularly in relation to the Canadian sponsorship system, francization and employment.
Speakers
François Crépeau is professor of public international law at the Faculty of Law of McGill University. He was the Hans & Tamar Oppenheimer Chair in Public International Law at McGill (2009-2022), the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants (2011-2017), and a member of the Scientific Committee of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (Vienna, AT) (2018-2023).
Dr. Laura Madokoro is a historian and Associate Professor in the Department of History at Carleton University, which is located on the ancestral, unceded lands of the Algonquin Anishnabeg Nation. In addition to numerous academic articles and extensive public engagement, Madokoro is the author of Elusive Refuge: Chinese Migrants in the Cold War (Harvard, 2016) and Sanctuary in Pieces: Two Centuries of Flight, Fugitivity and Resistance in a North American City (MQUP, 2024).