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28 Apr 2022 | 09:30-12.30 CET
Room JAN 6Q1, European Parliament, Brussels
This hearing will focus on the worsening mental health crisis facing people seeking safety in the EU as a result of current migration policies. After an overview of the current situation and a more broad understanding of the key issues at stake from a medical perspective in a European and global context, we will hear from experts in the field from different regions, who will present the mental health issues they have encountered and the challenges experienced.
The meeting will be hybrid, with the possibility of physical presence in the room. Interpretation: German, English, French, Greek, Spanish, Swedish, Portuguese, Arabic
You can download the recordings here
Register here.
Deadlines to register:
– if you wish to attend physically in the European Parliament in Brussels, register by 25/04/2022 at the latest
– for remote participation the deadline to register is 27/04/2022 at 16.00
PROGRAMME
9.30: Introduction by Cornelia Ernst MEP and Hamzah Ali, refugee representative
9.50-11.00: Key issues at stake
Moderator: Anne-Sophie Pelletier MEP
Speakers:
Pr. Dr. Ilse Derluyn, Professor at the Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy, Ghent University, Belgium
Frohar Poya, European network of Migrant women
Prof Dr. Gerhard Trabert, general practitioner and emergency physician, professor of social medicine and social psychiatry (video message)
Dastan Salehi, Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
Debate
11.00-11.15: break
11.15-12.30: Voices from the field
Moderator: Kostas Arvanitis MEP
Speakers:
Representative of a refugee from Samos Camp (remote tbc)
Representative of a refugee in Libya (remote)
Reem Mussa, Médecins Sans Frontières
Hana Anane, Medical Volunteers International (MVI), Bosnia
Maria Ksiazak, XENION, Poland
Debate
Conclusion by Pernando Barrena MEP