Regional Conference on Refugee Protection and International Migration: Mixed Movements and Irregular Migration from the East and Horn of Africa and Great Lakes Region to Southern Africa Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 6-7 September, 2010 White Sands Hotel CONFERENCE AGENDA Sunday 5 SEPTEMBER 2010 18.00-20.00 Registration of participants (Gilman s Conference Center) Monday 6 SEPTEMBER 2010 08.00-09.00 Registration of participants Morning Session - Plenary (Gilman s Conference Center) 9.00-9.10 Welcome Remarks Mbarak M. Abdulwakil, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, 9.10 9.30 Challenges of Irregular Migration: How to Address Mixed Migration Flows Irena Vojackova-Sollorano, Director, Migration Management Services, 9.30-9.50 Refugee Protection and International Migration Erika Feller, Assistant High Commissioner (Protection), 9.50 10.10 Key Note Speech Lawrence K. Masha, Minister of Home Affairs, Government of the United Republic of Tanzania 10.10 10.40 Coffee Break 10.40 11.00 Presentation of / Background Paper: Jeff Crisp () and Charles Kwenin () 11.00-12.00 Plenary discussion
12.00 13.30 Lunch Break Afternoon Session 13.30 15.30 Working Groups Working Group A: Ensuring protection of refugees arriving in mixed migratory movements Plenary (with French and Portuguese translation) Marcos Geraldo Namashulua, National Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Mozambique and Sanda Kimbimbi, Regional Representative, South Africa and Bonaventure Rutinwa, CFSM Tanzania Working Group B: : Managing borders and addressing security concerns while ensuring protection Papa 1 (with French and Portuguese translation) Ndiyoi Mutiti, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Zambia and Bernardo Mariano, Regional Representative, Regional Office, South Africa and Anne Nyabera, UNODC Milicent Mutuli, Working Group C: Enhancing legal migration: alternatives to irregular migration Papa 2 Co- Chairs: Lance Museka, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Social Services, Zimbabwe and Charles Kwenin, Senior Regional Advisor for Sub-Saharan Africa, and Anthony Rutabanzibbwa, ILO Working Group D: Papa 3 Information gaps and data collection on mixed migratory movements Trepshore Kang ombe, Principal Secretary, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Public Security, Malawi and Pete Manfield, OCHA and Tal Raviv,
CORMSA 15.30 16.00 Coffee Break 16.00-17.30 Plenary: 16.00 16.45 Panel discussion: Reports from Working Groups Reports from Chairs of Working Groups A-D 16.45 17.30 Plenary discussion and recommendations 19.00 Cocktail Reception Tuesday 7 September 2010 8.30 10.45 Morning Session - Plenary 8.45-9.00 Introduction to second day by the Chairs 9.00 10.00 Responding to mixed migration movements: challenges and good practice examples 9.00-9.30 Tanzania Regional Immigration Training Academy (TRITA) and African Capacity Building Center (ACBC) in Moshi John Choma, Commandant, TRITA, Government of the United Republic of Tanzania and Pär Liljert, Chief of Mission, Tanzania 9.30 10.00 International and regional cooperation mechanisms: good practices Anja Klug, Head of Asylum and Migration Unit, 10.00-10.30 Discussion 10.30-11.00 Coffee Break
11.00 13.00 Working Groups Working Group E Respecting human rights of people on the move, irrespective of status Papa 3 : Lindile Matshediso, Chief Director, Asylum Seeker Management, South Africa and Musa Gassama, OHCHR and John Soo Phiri, Malawi Human Rights Centre Mariam Khokar, Working Group F: Papa 2 Different people with different needs: determining profiles and responsibilities Mutinda Mutiso, High Commissioner of the Republic of Kenya in Tanzania and Sergio Calle Norena, Deputy Regional Representative, South Africa and Andrew Brooks, UNICEF Samuel Herbert Nsubuga, ACTV Uganda Working Group G: : Return of persons not in need of international protection Papa 1 (with French and Portuguese translation) Felix Muvayo Birihanyuma, Director of Diaspora, Ministry of External Relations and International Cooperation, Burundi and Bernardo Mariano, Regional Representative, Regional Office, South Africa and Matteo Gillerio, Share Mozambique Working Group H: : Enhancing cooperation and coordination among States, and with other actors, in responding to mixed migratory flows Plenary (with French and Portuguese translation) Abay Mebrat Beyene, Director General, Expatriates Affairs Ministry, Ethiopia and Olabisi Dare, Head of the Humanitarian Affairs, Refugees, Displaced Persons Division, AU and Lily Sanya, IGAD 13.00 14.30 Lunch Break
Afternoon Session Plenary 14.30 15.15 Panel discussion: Reports from Working Groups Reports by Chairs from Working Groups E-H 15.15 16.00 Plenary discussion and recommendations 16.00 16.30 Coffee Break 16.30 17.30 Summary and closing Oluseyi Bajualaiye, Representative, Tanzania Irena Vojackova-Sollorano, Director, Migration Management Services, Bernard Kamilius Membe, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation End of the Conference