Ninth annual seminar series
The ninth annual seminar series, Work in Progress in the Social Studies, will be focussing on the problem of refugees and illegal immigrants over the next forthnight. On Wednesday at 6 p.m. Dr Ruth Farrugia from the Faculty of Laws will present a...
The ninth annual seminar series, Work in Progress in the Social Studies, will be focussing on the problem of refugees and illegal immigrants over the next forthnight. On Wednesday at 6 p.m. Dr Ruth Farrugia from the Faculty of Laws will present a paper, "From Inmate to Stalemate - the rejected asylum seeker". It focuses on rejected asylum seekers who after 18 months in detention find themselves free but without any status.
They have no rights to work, medical assistance, educational support, or travel document. Where freed rejected asylum seekers are not repatriated, what rights if any are left to them? Has the rejected asylum seeker traded shelter and protection (albeit substandard) for life on the street?
The lecture will be held in Room 124 of the Mediterranean Institute near the University Library by the Arvid Pardo Study Area behind HSBC on campus.
On Wednesday, February 23 at 6 p.m., there will be a symposium of anthropologists, "Refugees and Immigrants: the View from Anthropology". The chairman will be Ranier Fsadni and the speakers Dr Paul Clough, Dr David Zammit and Dr Mark Anthony Falzon.