PANEL DISCUSSION: IMMIGRATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Tuesday, April 5, 2005, Stavros Tornes, 12:00

Immigration and the rights of displaced peoples, one of the most complicated and difficult to resolve aspects of globalization, is the subject of a panel discussion that accompanies the corresponding spotlight of the 7th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival. A team of people comprised of researchers, representatives of international and non governmental organizations, journalists as well as film directors makes up the panel of speakers that will be moderated by the known constitutional expert Antonis Manitakis. The reasons that force groups of people to immigrate to other countries, often violently, the meaning of ethnic and cultural identity, inclusion, racism and xenophobia, the violation but also preservation of human rights in vulnerable groups of immigrants will be examined and analyzed with the participation and intervention of the audience.

Speakers:

Voutira Eftihia, University of Macedonia (professor of Anthropology)
Giannaris Constantine, Film Director
Giotopoulou-Maragopoulou Aliki, Human Rights Protection Foundation, (President)
Esthras Daniel, International Immigration Organization (Gen. Director)
Farkas Karen, Residency Consul for Immigrants (representative of Greece)
Kouloheris Spyros, Greek Council for Refugees (Legal Service Coordinator)
Bougiar Alimani, Film Director, Representative of the Albanian Immigrant Forum
Ahmet Moavia, Forum of Immigrants in Greece (President)

Moderator:

Manitakis Antonis, University of Thessaloniki (professor of Constitutional Law).