La gestion des flux migratoires mixtes au Costa Rica
An Oppenheimer Chair Brown Bag Lunch Seminar with Louis-Phillippe Jannard (in French).
Abstract
Central America is the scene of several migratory movements that
combine asylum seekers and economic migrants. Some are fleeing the
violence in Colombia and gang activity in Honduras, Guatemala and
El Salvador. Others are headed North, seeking their fortune,
sometimes alone, sometimes with the help of traffickers. Some are
migrating in search of work, either legally or illegally.
The State of Costa Rica, despite its limited resources, attempts to
answer the many questions posed by these mixed migrations: how to
ensure the welcome and integration of refugees? How to help victims
of human trafficking? How to handle migrants who are in difficult
situations and have arrived illegaly?
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees works
closely with the Costa Rican government in finding answers for
situations where rigid legal categories offer little help.
About the speaker.
Louis-Philippe holds both a bachelor degree in International Studies (B. Sc. 2006) and a master’s degree in International Law (LL.M. 2009) from Université de Montréal. He is deeply interested in international law, as well as in human rights and migration law. His master’s thesis analyzes the impacts of North American policies to fight human trafficking on victims.
He successively acted as research assistant and coordinator of the Hans & Tamar Oppenheimer Chair in Public International Law, from July 2009 to September 2010. During this period, he published several articles and participated in numerous conferences.
In 2010-2011, he worked as an assistant legal officer for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) office in Costa Rica. He was in charge of providing legal counsels to asylum-seekers and refugees, representing the UNHCR within governmental institutions fighting human trafficking, giving trainings on international refugee law, as well as monitoring the detention conditions of irregular migrants.
