Islamic Trust Studies Workshop “The Balkan route of Refugees and Immigrants: the pushbacks and its background” will be jointly organized B03 “Trust and Peace Building in Conflict Affected Areas” and “Migrants, Refugees, and Community Building.”

Date: Saturday, April 15, 2023, 16:00-18:00
Condition: In person (Only only open to members of the“Islamic Trust Studies”research groups)
Venue: Room 404R, 4F, Global Front, Surugadai Campus, Meiji University
https://www.meiji.ac.jp/koho/campus_guide/suruga/campus.html
Speaker: Testuya Sahara (Meiji University, B03 Co-investigator)
Discussant: Aiko Nishikida (Keio University)
Language: Japanese

Program
16:00-16:05 Introduction by Hidemitsu Kuroki
16:05-17:05 Tetsuya Sahara
“The Balkan route of Refugees and Immigrants: the pushbacks and its background”
17:05-17:15 Comments and discussion by the discussant (Aiko Nishikida)
17:15-18:00 General discussion

Abstract:
The speaker will present the collapse of immigration and refugee restriction policies after Europe’s refugee crisis and the current situation of horrible human rights violations caused by the collapse.

Co-Organizer: Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A), “Connectivity and Trust-building in the Islamic Civilization”(Principal Investigator: Masako Ishii(Rikkyo University); 20H05829), “Migrants, Refugees, and Community Building” (Principal Investigator: Hidemitsu KUROKI (ILCAA/SRC) Project Number: 20H05826)

Contact：
Saki Yamamoto:　yamamoto_saki[at]rikkyo.ac.jp