Date: Tuesday 6 October 2015
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Speakers: Professor Chris Bertram, Emily Dugan, Professor Matthew Gibney, Madeleine Sumption
Chair: Dr Peter Dennis

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 (@crookedfootball) is Professor of Social and Political Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, 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.

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

Peter Dennis is LSE Fellow in the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method and Forum for European Philosophy Fellow.

The Forum for European Philosophy (@ForumPhilosophy) is an educational charity that organises a full and varied programme of philosophy and interdisciplinary events in the UK.

Update, Wednesday 16 September: David Owen is no longer able to take part in this event due to unforeseen circumstances.

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If you are interested in this event you may be interested in a talk on 13 October entitled Migration and security challenges in the Mediterranean: every country for itself or a European response?

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