The 15th Metropolis Conference
The City of The Hague will be hosting the 15th International Metropolis Conference from October 4 to 8 in the World Forum Convention Centre (WFCC). The conference is a prestigious international event dealing with the topics of migration, integration and citizenship. The 2010 International Metropolis Conference in The Hague focuses on questions of belonging.

Justice and Migration: Paradoxes of Belonging
It will deal with various aspects of belonging, the opportunities and challenges it poses in the context of legitimacy and justification of processes of migration and integration, as well as their consequences for social policies. In doing so this conference will contribute to a better understanding of how governments and international bodies can deal with different forms of belonging in multicultural societies and a globalized world.

The question of belonging is a key question in contemporary societies due to international migration and mobility of people across borders and their subsequent participation in the host society. Governments are faced with different and sometimes competing forms of belonging in their population. Questions about the legitimacy of citizenship claims can loom large depending on how states and citizens perceive migrants and how the meaning of citizenship is constructed.

Who should attend?

The 2010 International Metropolis Conference will be of interest to policy makers, administrators and representatives from non-governmental organisations (NGOs) as well as academic researchers. Metropolis wants to reach everyone with a professional interest in international migration and urban management issues. Graduate students and interested stakeholders in the private sector are encouraged to attend this event.

Register now for International Metropolis Conference 2010

Conference Programme

The Conference Programme consists of high level Plenary sessions, a comprehensive Study Tour, more than sixty concurrent Workshops and vibrant Social Events.

We aim to further our understandings of the implications of migration and integration processes for immigrants and society in general. This conference is intended to help us think through the effects of our histories, and impacts of globalisation and high mobility, to arrive at satisfactory responses to growing diversity.

Plenary Sessions

• Justice and Migration
• The Right to the City: Urbanization and International Migration
• Living in Limbo: Forgotten Refugees
• Fostering Urban Citizenship in a Reluctant Country of Immigration: The Case of The Hague
• The Nexus of Media, Public Opinion, and Policy
• The Right to Maintain One’s Identity
• The Role of the Civic Community and NGOs
• Towards Global Governance of International Migration?

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