HomeMeetings February 2019Saving the Right to Asylum Europe Social affairsPrintShareThe migration crisis of 2015 revealed the inadequacies of European legal tools in terms of asylum and, by extension, in terms of managing migration flows. In this context, Institut Montaigne jointly with Terra Nova have written a report which calls for a reform of the European asylum policy and for a rapid, unified response to the humanitarian emergency in the Mediterranean.Institut Montaigne and Bruegel invite you to this event where we are discussing how to reform the European asylum policy.Join us and contribute to the conversation.Programme12:30-13:00 - Check-in and lunch13:00-13:20 - PresentationMarc-Olivier Padis, Head of Studies department, Terra NovaJean-Paul Tran Thiet, Senior fellow, Former Board member of Institut Montaigne13:20-14:00 - DiscussionChair: Elina Ribakova, Visiting fellow, BruegelKaren Mets, Senior Advocacy Adviser, Asylum and Migration, Save the Children InternationalRainer Münz, Special adviser on migration and demography at the European Political Strategy Centre (EPSC)Marc-Olivier Padis, Head of Studies department, Terra NovaJean-Paul Tran Thiet, Senior fellow, Former Board member of Institut Montaigne14:00-14:30 - Q&A14:30 - End