Organizer 1
Maria Lucinda Fonseca
Associate Professor
Geography Department and Centre of Geographical Studies, University of Lisbon
Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Faculdade de Letras, Alameda da Universidade 1600-214 Lisboa Portugal

Tel: 351-21-7920000; 351-21-7965469
Fax: 351-21-7938690
Email:Lucinda.Fonseca@mail.doc.fl.ul.pt


Organizer 2
Russell King
Professor
Sussex Centre for Migration Research and School of European Studies, University of Sussex, UK
Sussex Centre for Migration Research,School of European Studies University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9SH, UK

Tel:
Fax:
Email:R.King@sussex.ac.uk


Organizer 3
Charles Buchanan
Director
FLAD - Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento
Rua do Sacramento à Lapa, 21 1249-090 Lisboa Portugal

Tel: 351-21-3935800
Fax: 351-21-3963358
Email:flad@individual.eunet.pt



Workshop description:
The Mediterranean sea, once a unifying element and meeting point of different peoples and cultures, is in the present demographic and economic context, a growing economic, political and religious border between two worlds that are drifting apart culturally and economically. However, the internationalisation of the economies of the countries in the southern and eastern border and the increasing differences of demographic and economic growth when compared to southern Europe, and despite increasing vigilance and control of the entries in the EU, have built multiple border crossing that lead immigrants to the European El Dorado, often after an internal migration from the rural to the urban areas. In this context, international migrations in the Mediterranean Basin, besides being privileged agents in the urbanization and transformation processes of the society and economy of the sending and hosting territories, are a central issue in the political agenda of this region, both at international, national and local levels. This workshop will address two main sub-themes of this Metropolis International Conference particularly relevant in the Mediterranean Region: 1) globalisation and the politics of migration; 2) urban textures. In the first half of the workshop a particular emphasis will be given to the political options to regulate cross-Mediterranean migration promoting co-operation and integration of the borders. The second half will be oriented towards the analysis of the relation between immigration and urban change, in Mediterranean metropolises. The workshop will bring together academics, NGO experts and policy-makers working in the Mediterranean region who will present and discuss both regional and local-based and community-based experiences. The workshop will privilege the cross-comparative dimension of the socio-economic and spatial change processes associated to international migration in the Mediterranean region.





Presenters / participants /other information
Structure of the workshop 2 sessions of 1,5 hours
For each section: 3 presentations (15 minutes), followed by the intervention of one discussant (max. 15 min.). Open discussion will take place in the final part of each session

Session 1
Presenters:
1.Martin Baldwin-Edwards
Mediterranean Migration Observatory
Panteion University, Athens, Greece
baldwin@hellasnet.gr
"Mediterranean migrations: regionalisms versus globalisation"

2.Moha Ennaji,
Center for Studies and Research on Women
Faculty of Arts, Dhar El Mehraz, Fez, Morocco
e-mail: estry@fesnet.ma
"The impact of illegal migration to Europe on poorer women in Morocco"

3.Fatima Sadiqi,
Center for Studies and Research on Women
Faculty of Arts, Dhar El Mehraz, Fez, Morocco
estry@fesnet.ma
"The impact of male migration on the Moroccan rural women left behind"

Discussant:
Demetrios Papademetriou
Migration Policy Institute, Washington D.C, US

Session 2
Presenters:
4.Faycel Daly
University of Tunis, Tunisia
"The experience of migrant workers in issues surrounding health and safety at the workplace: the case of Tunisian workers in Modena (Middle Italy)"


5.Fabio Quassoli
University of Biccoca Milan, Italy
"Immigrant business and urban change: the case of Milan"

6.Maria Lucinda Fonseca and Jorge Malheiros (jmalheiros@hotmail.co)
Centro de Estudos Geográficos, University of Lisbon, Portugal
"Immigration and globalisation from bellow: the example of ethnic restaurants in Lisbon"

Discussant:
Jorge Gaspar,
Centro de Estudos Geográficos - University of Lisbon, Portugal jgaspar@institutos.ul.pt





Summary:
This workshop will be organised in two sessions. In the first part a particular emphasis will be given to the political options to regulate cross-Mediterranean migration promoting co-operation and integration of the borders. The second half will be oriented towards the analysis of the relation between immigration and urban change, in Mediterranean metropolises.
Key words: Migration regulation, Mediterranean Basin, urban change, co-operation




Date: 10 September


(1 session is 3 hours)
Number of sessions: 1

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