Forum: Discussing Humanitarian Visa Policies: global perspectives, solutions and challenges
Event details
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Tuesday 13 May 2025 - 12:00pm to 5:30pm
Description
Join us for the forum on Discussing Humanitarian Visa Policies: global perspectives, solutions and challenges, an event organised by the members of the Mapping Humanitarian Visa Policies in Brazil, an ESRC-UKRI-funded project, a partnership between the University of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, the Federal University of São Carlos (Brazil), and the University of Southampton.
In this event, we hope to bring together experts from both Brazil and the UK to comparatively discuss what ‘humanitarian visas’ (HVs) and safe passages mean in both contexts, their uses and challenges, their interconnections with asylum, and the future of ‘visas with a humane face’. We hope to bring a Brazilian perspective on Humanitarian Visas to the UK, build a sustainable network of academics worldwide that study or work with HVs or ‘safe routes’, and co-construct a collaborative research environment.
Preliminary Agenda (a complete programme with speakers will be announced one week before the event):
12:00: Light Lunch
13:00: Welcome and Opening
13h15-14h30: Panel 1: Thinking Humanitarian Visas in a Comparative perspective
Moderation: Patricia Nabuco Martuscelli (University of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ)
Michaela Benson (University of Lancaster)
Ellen Swan (Pathways International)
Lucy Mayblin (ASSIST/University of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ)
14h35-15h30: Mapping Humanitarian Visa Policies In Brazil
Patricia Nabuco Martuscelli (University of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ)
Svetlana Ruseishvili (Federal University of Sao Carlos)
Natalia Cintra (University of Southampton)15h30-16h00: Coffee Break
16h00-17h15: Panel 2: Challenges and solutions on Humanitarian Visas in the UK
Moderation: Natalia Cintra (University of Southampton)
Fathima Jehannara Mohideen (City of Sanctuary ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ)
Dr. Peninah Wangari (Racial Justice Network)
Dan Webb (Refugee Education - UK)
Dr. Nooralhaq Nasimi (Founder and CEO, Afghanistan and Central Asian Association)
Venue: This will be an off-campus event due to the UCU ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ industrial action. The forum will happen at the Workstation, 15 Paternoster Row, ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, S1 2BX
You can find more information about this project .