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09.00 a.m. | Registration
09.30 a.m. | Welcome and opening session
- Georges Dassis, President of the European Economic and Social Committee
- Emanuel Darmanin, Ministry For The Family and Social Solidarity, Maltese Presidency
- Stephen Ryan, Deputy Head Of Unit for Asylum, DG HOME, European Commission
- Irena Petraitienė, President of the EESC Permanent Study Group on Disability Rights
10.00 a.m. | Panel 1 and debate The situation of refugees and asylum seekers with disability in Greece
Moderator: Ask Løvbjerg Abildgaard (EESC)
Panellists:
- Ioannis Vardakastanis, EESC
- Ibrahim Al Hussein, refugee
- Polyxeni Passa, UNHCR
- Stavros Mirogiannis, Director of the Kara Tepe camp in Lesbos
- Shantha Barriga, Head of Disability Section, Human Rights Watch
11.15 a.m. | Coffee break
11.30 a.m. | Panel 2 and debate What can the EU and civil society do to help vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers?
Moderator: Gunta Anča (EESC)
Panellists:
- Leonor Nieto León, Head of Unit Policy Development and Regional Strategy I, DG ECHO, European Commission
- Catherine Naughton, European Disability Forum (EDF)
- Michele Levoy, Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM)
- Cristian Pîrvulescu, President of the IMI Group, EESC
12.50 p.m. | Concluding remarks
- Pavel Trantina, President of SOC Section, EESC
- Irena Petraitienė, President of the EESC Permanent Study Group on Disability rights