Dissemination

Sílvia Leiria Viegas participates in a seminar on new realities of asylum and immigration

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On June 11th, Silvia Leiria Viegas, a researcher at CIAC, will participate in the Seminar “50 years of April, 5 years of the Refugee Forum: New Realities of Asylum and Immigration,” organized by the Center for Research in Anthropology Network and the Refugee Forum Portugal – CRIA, with the support of the Union of Refugees in Portugal – UREP.

Silvia Leiria Viegas has been a collaborator of the Refugee Forum Portugal since 2019 and will present her ongoing work at CIAC/UAlg, titled “Refugee Research for (Post)Covid-19: National Measures and Local Actions in the Algarve: A Digital Tour for Access to Adequate Housing and Living Conditions“. This presentation, summarized as “Access to housing, interculturality, and community building: the case of central Algarve”, will take place during the round table “Academies at the Table. Presentation of various research on asylum, refuge, and immigration themes”. The seminar will be held at Auditorium C1.04, 1st floor, Building 2 of ISCTE-IUL.

The researcher will also moderate the panel “Presentation of Projects of the Refugee Forum Portugal and UREP – NEW ABC and REFUGIN”, focusing on alternative responses to integration issues in Portugal.

Admission is free upon registration (here).

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