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Am Ende eines Versprechens? – 75 Jahre Genfer Geflüchtetenkonvention in populistischen Zeiten
In the organizer's words:
Panel discussion with Erik Marquardt (MEP), Agnes Yavari (Multikulturelles Forum e.V.), and Oumar Diallo (Afrikanischer Kulturverein Hamm)
Moderators: Hannah Fischer (Welthaus Dortmund) and Vera Dwors (Eine Welt Netz NRW)
An event organized by: Auslandsgesellschaft.de, Europe Direct Dortmund, Eine Welt Netz NRW, Multikulturelles Forum, and FUgE Hamm as part of the NRW Promoter Program.
The event is planned as a hybrid event. If you register to participate online, we will send you the link shortly.
Registration requested: Tel. 0231 8380019, veranstaltungen@auslandsgesellschaft.de
Seventy-five years ago, on July 28, 1951, the first countries agreed that people fleeing their homes should be granted protection and safety. Still reeling from the crimes of World War II, this promise was enshrined in the Geneva Convention on Refugees (GCR). In 1967, 145 countries acceded to the agreement, and since then it has provided millions of people worldwide with urgently needed protection and saved countless lives. To this day, it remains indispensable—displacement and wars, environmental disasters and the consequences of climate change, global inequality, and economic hardship are all reasons people flee. Yet the binding legal framework is faltering—worldwide and here in Germany as well.
To mark this anniversary, Agnes Yavari, an asylum procedure counselor at Multikulturelles Forum e.V., shares insights from her professional experience working with people who have experienced displacement and persecution and are fighting for protected status: “At a time when conflicts, violence, and persecution continue to force millions of people to flee, and when asylum and human rights are being called into question, it is more important than ever not only to recall the promises of safety and protection, but to uphold and renew them.”
Oumar Diallo from Conakry, Guinea (African Cultural Association Hamm), who was granted political asylum in Germany in 2016 after a long odyssey, will speak about Europe’s isolationist policies from his own experience and his previous work with the “Youth Without Borders” network in Hamm.
Erik Marquardt, MEP, who is participating in the panel discussion online, will provide insights into the influence of right-wing populist forces on the asylum debate in the European Parliament and discuss the limitations and risks of asylum procedures at the EU’s external borders, as well as forward-looking strategies for addressing right-wing extremism.
An event organized by: Auslandsgesellschaft.de, Europe Direct Dortmund, Eine Welt Netz NRW, Multikulturelles Forum, and FUgE Hamm as part of the NRW Promoter Program.
The event is planned as a hybrid event. If you register to participate online, we will send you the link shortly.
Registration requested: Tel. 0231 8380019, veranstaltungen@auslandsgesellschaft.de
Seventy-five years ago, on July 28, 1951, the first countries agreed that people fleeing their homes should be granted protection and safety. Still reeling from the crimes of World War II, this promise was enshrined in the Geneva Convention on Refugees (GCR). In 1967, 145 countries acceded to the agreement, and since then it has provided millions of people worldwide with urgently needed protection and saved countless lives. To this day, it remains indispensable—displacement and wars, environmental disasters and the consequences of climate change, global inequality, and economic hardship are all reasons people flee. Yet the binding legal framework is faltering—worldwide and here in Germany as well.
To mark this anniversary, Agnes Yavari, an asylum procedure counselor at Multikulturelles Forum e.V., shares insights from her professional experience working with people who have experienced displacement and persecution and are fighting for protected status: “At a time when conflicts, violence, and persecution continue to force millions of people to flee, and when asylum and human rights are being called into question, it is more important than ever not only to recall the promises of safety and protection, but to uphold and renew them.”
Oumar Diallo from Conakry, Guinea (African Cultural Association Hamm), who was granted political asylum in Germany in 2016 after a long odyssey, will speak about Europe’s isolationist policies from his own experience and his previous work with the “Youth Without Borders” network in Hamm.
Erik Marquardt, MEP, who is participating in the panel discussion online, will provide insights into the influence of right-wing populist forces on the asylum debate in the European Parliament and discuss the limitations and risks of asylum procedures at the EU’s external borders, as well as forward-looking strategies for addressing right-wing extremism.
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