A Right to Migrate? (Forum for European Philosophy public discussion)

Forum for European Philosophy public discussion

Most people would agree that we have a right to leave our country of origin. But since leaving one country usually means arriving in another, do we also have a right to immigrate? If so, how can this be reconciled with a state’s apparent right to exclude? We bring together a panel of philosophers and migration experts to discuss these and related questions.

Chris Bertram is Professor of Social and Political Philosophy the Department of Philosophy at the University of Bristol.

Emily Dugan (@emilydugan) is Social Affairs Editor at the Independent, i and the Independent on Sunday. Emily first book, Finding Home: The Real Stories of Migrant Britain was published in July 2015 with Icon Books.

Matthew Gibney is Professor of Politics and Forced Migration at the University of Oxford.

Chair: Madeleine Sumption (@M_Sumption) is Director of the Migration Observatory.

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