Programme
First Day | 27/02/2023 | 09:00 - 17:00 UTC+1
MULTIPLE CONSEQUENCES OF LAW 2015-036 IN THE SAHELO-SAHARAN ZONE: DEMANDS FROM CIVIL SOCIETY
09 :00 – 10 :30
Introduction and Opening speech
-Welcome : Dr. Azizou CHEHOU (APS Coordinator and President of JNSDD)
-Opening speech : Ibrahim Manzo DIALLO (Investigative journalist and Honorary President Alarme Phone Sahara)
on Migration Policy in the Sahel-Saharan region
-Presentation of the complaint at the ECOWAS Court : Basheer SABIU (Lawyer - Nigeria)
10 :30 – 11 :00
Pause
11 :00 – 13 :00
Workshop 1: Law 036-2015 - in contradiction with the right to mobility in the ECOWAS area.
Mamadou KONATÉ (Malian Association of Expellees)
Basheer SABIU (Lawyer - Nigeria)
Ms Sani Aïssatou GARBA (Registrar at the High Court of Justice Niger)
Ibrahim MUKTAR (Lecturer - Nile University)
Workshop 2 : Policies of (in)security in the Sahel: Consequences for circular migration and the regional economy
Hassan BOUKAR (Alternative Espace Citoyenne)
Alassane DICKO (Afrique Europe Interact - Mali)
Mamane BOUKAR (Ex-Chauffeur of the Agadez Region)
13 :00 – 14 :00
Pause
14 :00 – 16 :00
Workshop 3: Criminalization & Litigation (Migration, Migrants and Solidarity)
Abdrahman Ama (Association of Former Migration Service Providers)
Moctar Nalosso (APS-Agadez)
Sadio Diallo (APS Agadez, Route observer)
Rex Osa (Refugees 4 Refugees – Germany/Nigeria)
Workshop 4: Consequences of restrictive migration policies for migrants: Dramas in the Sahara, mass ‘refoulements’.
Laouel Taher (APS Bilma, Route observer)
Amina Samuel (APS Agadez, Route observer)
Ibrahim François (APS Assamaka, Route observer)
16 :00– 16 :15
Pause
16 :15 – 17 :15
Summary: Reports & conclusions of the workshops
Day Two | 28/02/2023 | 09:00 - 16:00 UTC+1
EXTERNALISATION OF EUROPEAN FRONTIERS IN (Sub-Saharan) AFRICA : Mobilisation and Synergy of Actions
09 :00 – 9:15
Welcome & Introduction
09:15 – 11:00
Presentations
11 :00 – 11 :30
· European influence on migration policies in the South,
response from civil society :
Moctar Dan Yayé (Head of Communication & Public Relations APS)
Presentation and testimony of representatives of Migrant communities in Niger
Intervention of representative of the civil society of Agadez : Abari Laouel (Regional Chamber of NGOs and Associations of Agadez)
Coffee break
· Statement by the representative of the National Human Rights Commission : Ali Dodo (Deputy Rapporteur General of the CNDH)
· Criminalization of migration regional/international context : Hassane Ammari (AMSV/Morocco)
· Speaking notes of a representative of Tournons La Page (to be confirmed)
· Global control of mobility as a strategy of the capitalist system : Father Mauro (Migrant Pastoral Service SPM/OMD)
13 :30 – 14 :30
Break and Lunch
14 :30 – 15 : 55
Plenary discussions
16 :00
Closing