Cities of Refuge

NWO research project (and podcast) on the relevance of human rights for how cities welcome and integrate #refugees in 🇳🇱🇩🇪🇹🇷🇨🇭🇮🇹🇬🇷 Based @UtrechtUni

[Cities of Refuge @UUCoR]

Our guests are arriving at the gorgeous gothic townhall of Middelburg. It's finally time!
#CitiesofRefuge2022 @UUCoR
Follow the livestream from 10.30 onwards here:
https://t.co/yFvIDRtER4

[Elif Durmuş 🇵🇸 @_Elif_Durmus]

Our book is out! Fully open access here: https://t.co/rnDN3aQPPV
@JanneNijman @BarbaraOomen @SaraMiellet Lisa Roodenburg

[SIM @SimUtrecht]

Congratulations to dr @_Elif_Durmus on her #phd defence today on #internationallaw #cities #humanrights and #migrants at @UniUtrecht w her supervisors @BarbaraOomen and @mogneba

[Elif Durmuş 🇵🇸 @_Elif_Durmus]

Almost time! I'll be defending my PhD titled "Breaking Free: Local Governments' Boundary-Defying Engagement with #HumanRights and Migration" tomorrow (29 Sept) at 16.15 CEST in Utrecht.
There is a livestream: https://t.co/dQd3jkK1Mc
All welcome! #cities

https://t.co/Qgkm3XRg4z

[Moritz Baumgärtel @mogneba]

Four years ago, @SaraMiellet and I published a call for papers for two LSA panels on local migration law and governance...

The result is out as of today, OPEN ACCESS! 📖 It's an edited volume titled "Theorizing Local Migration Law and Governance"
https://t.co/wncb7kOj7R

[Mayors Migration Council @MayorsMigration]

Mayors recognize how the #ClimateCrisis disproportionately impacts migrants and displaced people. As new #GlobalCitiesFund grantees, 5 cities in #Africa will help people adapt in place or move from hazardous areas through ecologically sustainable projects: https://t.co/NRcu4egOBw

[JaninaStürner @JaninaSturner]

Day two of the @UUCoR conference brought great discussions with @ColleenThouez, @OctavidelaVarga, Lefteris Papagiannakis, @ThomasL44716301, Juan Carlos Triviño-Salazar, Agustí Fernandez de Losada, @petrahueck, Niels Tubbing, @ChristianeHeim1 & many more! Some takeaways ⬇️

[JaninaStürner @JaninaSturner]

A great first conference day of the @UUCoR project by @BarbaraOomen @TihomirSabchev @SaraMiellet
@_Elif_Durmus @mogneba! And more to come tomorrow!
My main takeaways from today⬇️

[Elif Durmuş 🇵🇸 @_Elif_Durmus]

It was SUCH a privilege to be able to gather this *incredible* group of people respresenting different stakeholders in the question of the proliferation of city networks, dangers of competition and the need for a more cooperative ecosystem of networks. To be continued!

[CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs) @CidobBarcelona]

“Inter-city networks: fruitful marketplace or competitive scramble for resources?” Today, our #GlobalCities Programme director, @AgustiFdeLosada, has participated in the @UUCoR “Beyond Cities of Refuge” conference #CitiesofRefuge2022

[Cities of Refuge @UUCoR]

Thanks to all #CitiesofRefuge2022 conference participants! We are happy that, next to all the work done, you got to see the #ZeeuwsLicht! @provzeeland

[Cities of Refuge @UUCoR]

The highlight to finish: our large roundtable on inter-city networks in the field of migration and human rights, moderated by @_Elif_Durmus.

So much academic knowledge and practical experience on one stage (and a screen)!

#CitiesofRefuge2022

[Agustí F. de Losada @AgustiFdeLosada]

Very happy to be at the "Beyond Cities of Refuge" conference in Middleburg. Ready to start with our roundtable “Inter-city networks: fruitful marketplace or competitive scramble for resources?”. Thank you @BarbaraOomen and @_Elif_Durmus for inviting me. #CitiesofRefuge2022 @UUCoR

[Cities of Refuge @UUCoR]

"City branding (for example as Human Rights City) is more than 'just talk', just symbolism, just discourse. By repeating a concept we are giving meaning and life to it, and you will never know where that life can go" says @SaraMiellet in Panel V, #CitiesofRefuge2022

[Cities of Refuge @UUCoR]

In Panel V on "Symbolism, Vity Branding and the Long Afterlives of Refugee Solidarity Models", Karin Geuijen discusses how we can learn from environmental sustainability research in exploring sustainability of local migration governance practices.
#CitiesofRefuge2022

[Cities of Refuge @UUCoR]

Importance of community, city leadership, EU (and other) funding, diasporas and more discussed at
Roundtable I of #CitiesofRefuge2022 on community sponsorship for refugees with @petrahueck, Niels Tubbing, Antje Grotheer, @mogneba and @TihomirSabchev

[Cities of Refuge @UUCoR]

"The leader takes control over the narrative in a crisis and makes sense & meaning to manage the situation. It is important to study leadership in a process-focussed way, and look at the actions of the leaders AND the leadership environment" - @TihomirSabchev
#CitiesofRefuge2022

[Cities of Refuge @UUCoR]

"There is more to "the Local". Rural municipalities focus more on markers of integration rather than foundations of local citizenship. They also have a strong wish to deicde who get to stay." Says Miriam Haselbacher in an excellent presentation in #CitiesofRefuge2022 Panel IV.

[Cities of Refuge @UUCoR]

And we are on Day 2 of #CitiesofRefuge2022 - the Final Conference of our project!

@juancarlos_triv says "city leadership is a combination of (1) personal leadership, (2) city vision, and (3)actions in Panel IV "If Mayors Ruled Migration"

[Cities of Refuge @UUCoR]

What types of relationships are there between civil society and #localgov?
Panel III of #CitiesofRefuge2022 in full swing with @mogneba, @ChristianeHeim1, @gulcozdemir and Maurizio Artero!

[Elif Durmuş 🇵🇸 @_Elif_Durmus]

What can #localgov do? What are their domestic competences-how does regulation shape their strategies? Thx fellow panelists Martha Davis, Delphine Burriez, Giovanni Boggero, commentator Bahram Ghazi, @BarbaraOomen + the engaged audience for an excellent panel!
#CitiesofRefuge2022