Oxford Migration Studies Society Conference: 'Transformation and Resilience'
Join us at the OMSS conference on ‘Transformation and Resilience’ with 8 exciting panels on migration and climate change, colonialism, securitisation, gender and a key-note speech from human rights activist Seán Binder.

Seán is a strong advocate for migrant rights who was arrested in August 2018 for a number of serious criminal offences connected to migrant search and rescue work he carried out as a volunteer for a humanitarian NGO in Lesbos, Greece. He was charged with a number of serious criminal offences including facilitation of illegal entry (smuggling), money laundering, espionage and membership in a criminal organisation. This case represents a criminalisation of solidarity; saving lives is not a crime. This case is demonstrative of a wider policy of deterrence of asylum seekers across Europe, in which people are not only criminalised for seeking asylum themselves, but also for acting in solidarity.

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Date: 14 May 2024, 9:00 (Tuesday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Venue: Ship Street Centre, 4 Ship Street OX1 3DA
Speaker: Seán Binder
Organising department: Oxford Department of International Development
Organiser: Oxford Migration Studies Society
Organiser contact email address: oxford.mss@gmail.com
Host: Oxford Migration Studies Society
Booking required?: Required
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Cost: £5 per day for students
Audience: Public
Editor: Laura Blythe