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SUMMARY:Will Migration spell the end of Europe?  - Demetrius Floudas\, Hug
 hes Hall\, University of Cambridge
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DESCRIPTION:"Will Migration spell the end of Europe? "\n\n*Monday 6 June 2
 016\, 5:00 for 5:16 pm*\n\n*Pavilion Room\, Hughes Hall\, University of Ca
 mbridge*\n\nThe European Union is in a profound quandary\, certainly the d
 eepest since it was founded at the beginning of the 1950s: Within the last
  few years\, the EU has been confronted with two major emergencies: the fi
 rst has been the sovereign debt crisis in the south (Euro-crisis)\, which 
 remains 'critical but stable' as Greece struggles to regain its financial 
 composure.\n\nThe other\, and arguably more acute quandary\, is the influx
  of migrants into Europe\n\n\nThis lecture intends to present a systematic
  and coherent overview of migration crisis\, attempting to present the pro
 blem from a variety of angles. At the same time\, it will follow with deta
 iled scrutiny of a number of selected questions\, to assist in the approac
 h of the phenomenon in its general social\, economic and legal context:\n\
 n\n* What is the outcome of a longer-term cost-benefit analysis of immigra
 tion?\n*  Why some European countries are vehemently against immigrants an
 d others purport to welcome them?\n*  To what extent is migration control 
 a viable concept?\n* Are economic factors a valid ethical reason for endor
 sing the arrival of 'uninvited' migrants ?\n*  How will a potential exit o
 f Britain from the EU influence immigration in the UK and the rest of Euro
 pe?\n* What could be the real reasons behind the apparent mass population 
 movements in the last two decades?\n\nThe speaker's main assertions to be 
 presented in this public lecture are:\n\n*  migration represents a graver 
 long-term challenge for the viability of Europe than the financial crisis\
 n*  the recent refugee influx has served to confound the parameters of the
  real issues in the migration debate\n* a 'European immigration policy' is
  both undesirable and ultimately unfeasible\n* mass population movements h
 istorically correlate with deteriorating social vigour and the existence o
 f power vacuums in the recipient countries\n\n\n_ Demetrius A. M .-A. Flou
 das is a Senior Member of Hughes Hall\, a Fellow of the Hellenic Institute
  of Foreign and International Law and an Adjunct Professor at the Law Facu
 lty of Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University in Russia.  He has lectured
  and commented extensively on matters of migration in Europe for the past 
 decade\, with his views frequently appearing on the media. He recently adv
 ised one of the two major Greek political parties on the elaboration and u
 pdating of its immigration policy.  Demetrius Floudas is the author of 'Gr
 eek Immigration Policy 2011-2020\, Forum for Greece\, Athens\, 2011'._\n\n
 \n\n\n*The lecture will be followed by refreshments*\n\n*This talk is open
  to all members of the University\, upon prior registration:*\n\n_RSVP to 
 The  Programmes Manager\, Hughes Hall_\n\n_University of Cambridge\, Cambr
 idge CB1 2EW_\n\n_Email: programmes.manager@hughes.cam.ac.uk_\n\n_Tel: +44
  (0) 1223 746367_\n\n\n\n\n\n.\n
LOCATION:Pavillion Room\, Hughes Hall\, Cambridge
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