Event: Merħba Bik? Malta: Experiences of contemporary migration - Platform for Migration
Date: 10 November 2023
Time: 08:30 - 12:00
Venue: Aula Prima, Valletta Campus
The Platform for Migration is organising a half-day event, whereby the current contemporary migration reality unfolding in Malta will be analysed and discussed. The event will focus in particular on the working migrants reaching our islands and supporting our expanding economy. Integration and disintegration policies will be discussed and contrasted through keynote speeches to better understand what is currently being done to give such migrants a sense of belonging or otherwise. A panel discussion with migrants, business representatives and local authorities will follow. This event will take place on 10 November 2023 from 9:00 until Noon, at Aula Prima of the Valletta Campus. More information is available on the .
Programme
8:30 - 9:00
Registration
Welcome Speech
Prof. Andrew Azzopardi, Chair of the Platform for Migration
9:00
Introduction to the Platform for Migration
Launch of the Mediterranean Journal for Migration
Prof. Helen Grech, Chief Editor
9:20 - 9:35
Looking at the numbers
Ms Graziella Cauchi, Unit manager – Migration, Jobsplus
9:35 - 10:00
Recent developments in integration governance from an HRD perspective
Mr Alex Tortell, Head of Integration & Anti-Racism Unit, Human Rights Directorate
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00 TCN’s are Human too’: Analysing Maltese migrant dis-integration practices
11:05 – 11:45
Panel Discussion: Experiences of contemporary migration in Malta
11:45 – 11:55
Concluding Remarks
Prof. Rose Marie Azzopardi, Co-ordinator of the Platform for Migration
The event will be followed with some light refreshments and a chance to network.
