ANNOUNCEMENTS
CONFERENCE “GOVERNING ASYLUM AT THE EU EXTERNAL BORDERS”, 23-24 APRIL 2026
On 23 and 24 April 2026, the School of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) successfully co-organised an international conference on "Governing Asylum at the EU External Borders: The Transformation of Border Governance under the New Pact on Migration and Asylum" in partnership with the Faculty of Law of the Université Catholique de Lille (FLD), the C3RD research centre, and the European Lawyers in Lesvos (ELIL) organisation.
The event was organised under the academic supervision of Prof. Revekka-Emmanouela Papadopoulou (Professor of EU Law, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Dr Silvia Bartolini (Associate Professor of EU Law and Co-Director of the Bilingual European Law Degree, FLD/C3RD) and Sian Donkers (PhD Candidate in EU Asylum Law, Scuola Superiore di Sant'Anna). It brought together postgraduate students — including students of the LL.M. in International and European Law of the NKUA — alongside academics, legal practitioners and civil society representatives to engage with a topic at the heart of current European debates: the evolution of migration policies and asylum law at the European Union's external borders.
The first day of the conference (23 April) featured presentations and discussions by international experts from Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, France, Georgia and Hungary, addressing a range of critical issues: border control procedures, the risks of detention, the protection of unaccompanied minors, the outsourcing of migration policies, and the role of fundamental rights in the management of migration flows.
The second day (24 April) included a Legal Clinic session, during which students presented their research on issues relating to screening procedures at the EU external borders and the protection of unaccompanied minors under the New Pact on Migration and Asylum.
The conference was hosted at the School of Law, NKUA (Akadimias 45, Athens) and was also streamed online.
The programme and the original call for participation are available here.