Access to asylum and migrants’ right to mental health: pressing human rights concerns in the rapidly changing Finnish political landscape
On 12 September 2024 @ 13–15 EEST
In the past years, we have witnessed an increasing securitisation of migration, along with the weakening of migrants’ rights and threats to migrants’ well-being in Finland and many other European countries.
This webinar discusses two pressing legal and social challenges in contemporary Finland: 1) access to asylum and 2) mental well-being among precarious migrant workers.
13:00 Welcome
13:05 Stephen Phillips: International law and access to asylum at Finland’s eastern border
13:25 Q & A
13:40 Jaana Palander & Mehrnoosh Farzamfar: Border crisis as a crisis of law: national security & mobility rights at the Eastern border of Finland
14:00 Q & A
14:15 Yulia Dergacheva & Dionysia Kang: Tackling poor mental well-being among precarious migrant workers in Finland
14:35 Q & A
14:50 Final words
The webinar is organised by the research consortium Mobile Futures: Diversity, Trust, and Two-way Integration, which is funded by the Strategic Research Council established within the Research Council of Finland.
Readings
Dergacheva, Yulia & Kang, Dionysia (2024) Tackling poor mental well-being among precarious migrant workers in Finland. https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2024090569497
Palander, Jaana & Mehrnoosh Farzamfar (2024) Border Crisis as a Crisis of Law: National Security & Mobility Rights at the Eastern Border of Finland: https://blog-iacl-aidc.org/2024-posts/2024/7/11/border-crisis-as-a-crisis-of-law-national-security-amp-mobility-rights-at-the-eastern-border-of-finland
Phillips, Stephen (2024) International law and access to asylum at Finland’s eastern border: https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2024080663887
Phillips, Stephen (2024) Kansainvälinen oikeus ja turvapaikan hakeminen Suomen itärajalla: https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2024080663889