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With a full house started the event of KAS and EPLO: "Legal Aspects in Dealing with the Migration and Refugee Crisis"

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A welcome was addressed by Prof. Dr. Spyridon Flogaitis, Director of the European Public Law Organization...

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and Susanna Vogt, Head of Greece Office, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.

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Prof. Dr. Vassileios Skouris, Professor and former President of the European Court of Justice 2003-2015, introduced the public to the legal framework and status quo in the migration and refugee crisis.

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The panel, which consisted by the Asst. Prof. Angelos Syrigos, Panteion University, Prof. Gilbert Gornig, University of Marburg, Panayiotis Nikas, former Director of the Reception and Identification Service and Patroklos Georgiadis, Migration Expert of the European Public Law Organization, discussed the Legal responses to the migration challenge through the lenses of the European and international law perspective under the moderation of Foivos Karzis, Journalist.

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Through the Q&A sessions, the public got to address the given points.

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The unprecedented migration flows as well as asylum requests in Europe, the number of people having settled short- or midterm in Middle Eastern countries, as well as unilateral and multilateral political decisions in dealing with the migration crisis have changed the European and international migration landscape. The legal background, however – the Geneva Convention as well as the Dublin Regulations – were developed and implemented years ago, in a completely different context, and somewhat contradict current political decisions. The legal instruments as well as the framework need to be updated and reshaped in order to live up to the current realities and challenges. The purpose of this conference was to enable a targeted discussion on the current legal challenges put by the recent developments in the migration and refugee crisis in Europe.