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This one-day conference from BrexitLawNI and the Equality Coalition will examine the risks of hardened entitlement boundaries between different groups of citizens in post-Brexit Northern Ireland.
The existing paradigm of two main citizenship categories (EU and non-EU) will be expanded to include many more sub-divisions should the current Brexit proposals proceed (as is shown in the table below).
Topics explored at the conference will include:
- entitlements differentials
- citizenship status and rights
- racial profiling
- compliance with the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement
- ‘hostile environment’ measures
- the scope of the ‘Common Travel Area’ and the retained EU citizens’ rights provisions under the EU Settlement Scheme
The Equality Coalition is Co-Convened by CAJ and UNISON. BrexitLawNI is a collaborative ESRC-funded research project between CAJ and the Law Schools of Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University.
To book a place at the conference, email events@caj.org.uk.
Please state any access or dietary requirements.
Time | Session |
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9.30am | Registration |
10.00am | Welcome and Overview Welcome: Professor Colin Harvey (BrexitLawNI Principal Investigator & Professor of Human Rights Law at QUB) and Patricia McKeown (UNISON General Secretary & Equality Coalition Co-Convener) Overview: Daniel Holder (CAJ Deputy Director & Equality Coalition Co-Convener) |
10.30am | Panel 1: Implications of Brexit for EU26, EEA and non-EU migrants in NI Chair: Professor Colin Harvey Panel: Bernadette McAliskey (STEP Coordinator), Una Boyd (CAJ Immigration Project Coordinator) and Nathalie Donnelly (Local Organiser for UNISON) |
11.45am | Panel 2: Political representatives on post-Brexit citizenship status Chair: Professor Kieran McEvoy (Professor of Law and Transitional Justice, QUB) Panel: Steven Agnew (MLA, Green Party), Stephen Farry (MLA, Alliance), Claire Hanna (MLA, SDLP), Mike Nesbitt (MLA, UUP), Niall Ó Donnghaile (Senator, Sinn Féin), and a DUP representative (tbc) |
12.45pm | Lunch |
1.30pm | Afternoon opening session Overview: Brian Gormally (CAJ Director) Keynote address: Tony Lloyd (Labour MP & Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland) and a UK government spokesperson (name tbc) |
2.00pm | Panel 3: Implications of Brexit for British and Irish citizens in NI Chair: Patricia McKeown Panel: Emma de Souza (immigration and citizen rights campaigner), Jane Morrice (UK Member of the Brussels-based European Economic and Social Committee & Honorary President of European Movement NI), Niall Murphy (solicitor) and Terry Wright (community unionist) |
3.15pm | Closing plenary Chair: Dr Anna Bryson (Senior Lecturer, QUB), with members of the BrexitLawNI and Equality Coalition teams. The Equality Coalition is Co-Convened by CAJ and UNISON. BrexitLawNI is a collaborative ESRC-funded research project between CAJ and the Law Schools of Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University. This event is supported by the UNISON Campaign Fund and Queen’s University Belfast. |
Event info
This event has ended
Monday 4 March
10am to 4pm
Moot Court, School of Law, Queens University, Belfast