The 2007 Annual EISS Conference Seville, Spain

“Immigration from outside the EU and social security”

26 – 28 September 2007

First Session: Complexity of issues related to immigration into the EU and social security

• “Immigration from outside Europe: chance or challenge for social security?” presented by Prof. Winfried Schmähl of the University of Bremen, Germany
• “Immigration from outside the EU and the Spanish social security and health system”, presented by Mr. Carlos García de Cortazár of the Permanent Representation of Spain before the European Union and Mr. Alejandro Slocker of the Spanish Social Security Inspection
• Comments and debate headed by Prof. Gijs Vonk of the University of Groningen, the Netherlands

Second session: Legal migration into the EU

• “Strains between foreigners law and social security law” presented by Dr. Esther Gómez Campelo of the Burgos University, Spain
• “Integration requirements and integration policy” presented by Dr. Arend Odé, Regioplan, the Netherlands
• “Social human rights of third country migrants in Europe” presented by Matti Mikkola, University of Helsinki, Finland
• Comments and debate headed by Dr. Adolfo Jiménez Fernández, OISS, Spain

Third session: Illegal migration into the EU

• “From welcoming to barring. Two models merging into one: the European Union and the United States of America” presented by Prof. Antonio Muñoz Aunion, of the Autonomous University of Tamaupilas, Mexico
• “Illegal migrants and their social protection” presented by Prof. Maria Pilar Charro Baena, King Juan Carlos University Madrid, Spain and Prof. Isabelle Daugareilh of the University of Bordeaux IV, France
• “Which rights for illegal migrants?” presented by Prof. Danny Pieters and Prof. Paul Schoukens of the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
• Comments and debate headed by Mr. Sixto Molina of the Social Policy Department of the Council of Europe

WORKSHOP: Recent research in migration and social security

• ¿Cambios en el acceso de los extranjeros al nivel contributivo del sistema de seguridad social?, presented by Prof. Belén Fernández Collados, University of Murcia, Spain
• Claves para la integracion territorial del immigrate extracomunitario, presented by Mr. Jesús Carlos Marruecos Huete
• Presentation on different research within the framework of the project on “Cross Border Welfare State”
• General Introduction by Prof. Gijsbert Vonk, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
• A comparison of measures aimed at the linguistic and/or cultural integration of immigrants in The Netherlands, Belgium (Flanders), Canada and the United States presented by Ms. Karin de Vries, Free University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
• Income requirements in immigration law presented by Ms. Eva Hilbrink, Free University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
• Legal labour migration and social security, research done by Ms. Lotte van Leuffel, KU Leuven, Belgium and presented by Mr. Klaus Kapuy, KU Leuven, Belgium
• Asylum Seekers and social security, presented by Ms. Lieneke Slingenberg, Free University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
• Irregular migration and social security presented by Mr. Klaus Kapuy, KU Leuven, Belgium