How can we deal with migration to Germany today? What responsibilities should we assign to our state and society regarding migrants not protected under the refugee convention? Chaired by Reinhard Merkel and Julian Nida-Rümelin, we will discuss normative criteria that may guide answers to these questions from a juridical and philosophical perspective.
Migration is a response to global differences in life chances to which the success of the European economic and political nation-state model has contributed (Thomas Faist). The right and ability to migrate are also subject to global inequalities. “Marketization of citizenship” (Ayelet Shachar) and the increasing social separation of economic elites (Olivier Godechot) are features to be discussed.
Statehood and citizenship are part of the framework for collective struggles over the distribution of wealth and the establishment of social protection for the poor. The European Union has extended some rights to EU citizens beyond national borders but not established yet a legal mechanism for dealing with non-EU migration (Martin Nettesheim). Given the limitations of regulating migration nationally or by bilateral treaties, a tension has arisen between jurisdiction and political demand (Daniel Thym). It remains open what kind of institutional multilateral response to global inequalities and migration is desirable and will be possible.
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Welcome and Introduction
Reinhard Merkel
Member of Leopoldina, Universität Hamburg
Julian Nida-Rümelin
Member of BBAW
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Part 1 Ethical-philosophical Dimension
Chair: Julian Nida-Rümelin
The Migration of Immigration Policies: The Case of the Highly-Skilled
Ayelet Shachar
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen
What Do Democracies Owe to Migrants?
David Miller
University of Oxford
Discussion
Coffee break
Part 2 Legal Dimension
Chair: Reinhard Merkel
Migration and Community – Coordination of Competing. Normative Frames in International Law, EU Law and German Law
Martin Nettesheim
University of Tübingen
Towards Transnational Migration Governance in Europe and Beyond
Daniel Thym
University of Konstanz
Discussion
Lunch break
Part 3 Social Sciences Dimension
Chair: Anna Knoll
European Centre for Development, Maastricht
The Great Separation: Segregation at Workin Ten Countries
Olivier Godechot
MaxPo - Max Planck Sciences Po Center on Coping with Instability in Market Societies, Paris
The Moral Polity of (Forced) Migration: Implications for Borders and Boundaries
Thomas Faist
Bielefeld University
Discussion
Coffee break
Discussion and Wrap-up