Refugee or asylum seeker, does it matter?<\/p>\n
The right to asylum in Iceland
\nA large number of people have made their way to Europe in recent months to escape conflict and persecution in their home country. Issues of refugees have been prominent in the country and the soon to be arrival of quota refugees to the country.
\nHow can people seek asylum in Iceland? How are the decisions made and why build them?
\nHrefna D\u00f6gg Gunnarsd\u00f3ttir, a practicing lawyer, examines the concept of refugees in the international context and the right to asylum, she has among others conducted research for the UNHCR office in the field of refugee law.
\nSk\u00fali \u00c1. Sigur\u00f0sson, project manager of the refuge area of \u200b\u200bImmigration, explains Icelandic legal environment and the implementation and operation of Immigration.<\/p>\n
Panel discussion:
\nUnnur Br\u00e1 Konr\u00e1\u00f0sd\u00f3ttir, chairman of the General Education Committee and Parliament.
\nArnd\u00eds AK Gunnarsd\u00f3ttir, a lawyer with the Red Cross.
\nGu\u00f0bj\u00f6rg Ott\u00f3sd\u00f3ttir, an adjunct to the social worker at the University of Iceland.
\nModerator: Bogi \u00c1g\u00fasstson, journalist at R\u00fav.<\/p>\n
The meeting takes place in the Icelandic<\/strong> and everyone is welcome.<\/strong><\/p>\n More information: www.ams.hi.is <\/a> Refugee or asylum seeker, does it matter? The right to asylum in Iceland A large number of people have made their way to Europe in recent months to escape conflict and persecution in their home country. Issues of refugees have been prominent in the country and the soon to be arrival of quota refugees to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1608,"template":"","event-categories":[7,60],"class_list":["post-1610","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-categories-lecture","event-categories-all-events","has-banner-image"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/1610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-categories?post=1610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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