Population, Integration and Law:
Implications for Immigration Policy
Monday-Tuesday, March 29-30, 2010
Meeting and Lodging
Catamaran Resort
With the support of the
German Marshall Fund TEAMS
UCB European Union Center of Excellence
UCSD Center for Comparative Immigration Studies

The purpose of this seminar is to explore the implications of population, economics, and integration impacts on immigration policies in the US and EU.

Saturday, March 27, 2010—European Arrivals

Sunday, March 28, 2010—US Arrivals
7:30pm Dinner Atoll Restaurant

Monday, March 29, 2010
8:30am Welcome and Introductions, Philip Martin and Kay Hailbronner

8:45 Recent immigration patterns and their implications for policy (20 minute presentations and 15 minute comments)
Jeff Passel, Pew Hispanic Center and David Coleman, Oxford, presentation
Comments: Michael Teitelbaum

10:15 Break

10:30 Economic Impacts of Migration
Giovanni Peri, UCD, Pia Orrenius, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Pia Orrenius, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Hans Dietrich von Loffelholz, BAMF, Nuernberg, presentation
Katherine Richardson, SJSU

12pm Lunch, Atoll Restaurant

1pm Integration Patterns: Implications for Policy
John Skrentny and Gary Lee, UCSD
Friedrich Heckmann, Uni Bamberg, efms, presentation
Comments: David Kyle, UCD, Jeff Pennington, UCB

2:15 Break

2:30 US immigration reform proposals, Philip Martin and Kevin Johnson, UC-Davis

3:15 Adjourn and drive to USBP, 2411 Boswell Road, Chula Vista, CA (Lee Bejar, tel 619-216-4259)

7pm Dinner at El Torito with USBP, 271 Bay Blvd--Exit Hwy 5 at E St--west of freeway

Tuesday, March 30, 2010
8:15 New Modes of Migration Management? Return Agreements, Circular Migration and Partnerships
Implications of EU’s Lisbon Treaty, Kay Hailbronner, Uni Konstanz
Putting Country-Specific Immigration Arrangements in U.S. Historical Perspective, Hiroshi Motomura, UCLA
Transational Migration Management, Daniel Thym, Humboldt University
Resettlement of Refugees in Europe, Achilles Skordas, University of Bristol
EU Approaches to Protection in the Region, Julia Schieber, University of Konstanz
The GFMD and Migration and Development, Irena Omelaniuk, GFMD Task Force
Circular Migration and Integration: Squaring the Circle, Christiane Kuptsch, ILO

10:30 Break

10:45 The Role of Public International and Comparative Law in the Development of Migration Law
Recent Developments in the Swiss Law on Aliens, Daniel Thürer, University of Zürich
Supranational Representation under German Constitutional Law: a Paradigm Shift with Incalculable Consequences, Marcel Kau, University of Konstanz
Russian Migration Policy, Sergei Ryazantsev, Russian Academy of Sciences, presentation
The Impact of International and Comparative Law on the Immigration Regime of the United States, Jim Nafziger, Willamette University

12:30 Conclusions and Next Steps, Kay Hailbronner and Philip Martin

1pm Lunch Atoll restaurant