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From the HostsWelcome to the Transatlantic Forum on Migration and Integration!On behalf of the German Marshall Fund of the United States and the Robert Bosch Stiftung, we are pleased towelcome you to the third annual Transatlantic Forum on Migration and Integration (TFMI). We are proud tohost such a diverse and interesting group of 65 young leaders, whose experience with migration topics in over25 countries will undoubtedly foster interesting and fruitful exchanges.The location for the third TFMI was decided upon for a variety of reasons. After hosting TFMI in Germanyand in the United States, predominantly receiving societies, hosting TFMI in Turkey offers an extended focus.In recent history and until the present day, Turkey has been a country of origin of migrants that is significantfor the European migration debate. At the same time, it is also a major destination country and plays animportant role in transit migration to the European Union. Izmir in particular is often referred to as the“gateway” to Europe.Overall, TFMI is designed to foster a transatlantic dialogue on migration and integration issues from a varietyof perspectives. Since migration topics are often politically sensitive, all workshops and meetings will be offthe-record,and frank, open discussions are welcome and encouraged.Thank you for participating in the Transatlantic Forum on Migration and Integration. We are delighted thatyou could join us for this important event in its third year.Craig KennedyPresidentThe German Marshall Fund of the United StatesDieter BergChairman of the Board of ManagementRobert Bosch Stiftung2 | T h e T R a n s a t l a n t i c f o r u m o n M i g r a t i o n a n d I n t e g r a t i o n

About TFMIThe Transatlantic Forum on Migration and IntegrationThe Transatlantic Forum on Migration and Integration (TFMI) is a transatlantic learning community onmigration and integration and will take place from July 7-11 in Izmir, Turkey. In its third year, TFMI willbring together 65 future leaders in migration and integration from Europe, the United States, and sendingcountries. The inaugural conference was held in Nuremberg, Germany, in July 2008, and was followed by asecond conference in Austin, Texas, in July 2009. Both conferences have laid the groundwork for the forumto be the leading platform for future decision-makers and an international forum for exchange on crucialimmigration and integration issues. Apart from the annual conference, TFMI has developed into a sustainablenetwork that supports multiple networking activities and formats throughout the year. TFMI Fellowsorganize TFMI spin-off projects in all parts of the world, including: study tours, regional meetings, academicexchanges, and professional exchanges. TFMI is jointly organized by the German Marshall Fund of the UnitedStates and the Robert Bosch Stiftung.International migration and the resulting challenges of integration will dominate the global policy agendafor decades to come. Therefore, the broad expertise of young, highly qualified, and specialized experts fromvarious professional backgrounds is of vital importance to guide the political decision-making process and toshape the public discourse. TFMI will provide participants with opportunities for professional networking andlearning, thereby promoting new insights as well as deepening transatlantic and global understanding.The TFMI FellowsTFMI brings together young professionals working on immigration issues from more than 25 countries:n In local administrations, mayors’ offices, and new municipal structures in order to deal with immigrationissues.n In administrations on the national and European level that have been restructured and expanded.n In the business sector and the corporate world.n In private foundations that support research, dissemination, and convening activities on immigration issues.n In nongovernmental and migrant organizations, complementing the governments’ and private sectors’perspectives and work.n In international organizations and European bodies that have institutionalized immigration issues and haveestablished widespread expert networks.n In media specializing in immigration issues.n In universities that have setup research institutes dealing with questions of immigration and integration orintroduced new faculties that deal specifically with immigration.The PartnersThe German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) is delighted to welcome the Robert Bosch Stiftung asa key partner in this initiative.n The German Marshall Fund of the United States is a grantmaking and public policy institute dedicatedto strengthening transatlantic cooperation.n Robert Bosch Stiftung is one of the major German foundations associated with a private company andworks predominantly in the fields of international relations, science, health, education, society, and culture.T u r k e y o n t h e M o v e : A C o u n t r y o f E m i g r a t i o n ,I m m i g r a t i o n , a n d T r a n s i t M i g r a t i o n | 3

TFMI Format and TopicsTFMI meetings are designed to delve below surface-level debates in order to examine political instrumentsfor dealing with migration. By comparing migration flows and the resulting public discourse, civil societyinitiatives, and governance structures in the United States, Europe, and other countries, the consequences ofcurrent and potential political actions will be identified. Such international comparisons will also enable TFMIfellows to identify future demands, compare legislative frameworks and best practices, detect current gaps anddeficits, and develop strategies for future migration and integration policies.TFMI is designed to offer a mix of formats that provide participating fellows with opportunities to learn,discuss, network, and immerse themselves in stimulating debates. The forum offers dinner discussions withhigh-level speakers, as well as interactive and open format sessions. The fellows will play an important rolein shaping break-out workshops on specific sub-topics, and will be given the opportunity to present theirown work. To foster creative thinking and to dismantle stereotypical notions, the fellows will also be askedto actively engage in open formats and develop strategies for solutions with a long-term impact. Site visits torelevant locations and institutions will provide participants with concrete hands-on learning experiences inmigration and integration management.The forum will deal with the opportunities and challenges that result from international migration and theimplications for sending, transit, and receiving countries.4 | T h e T R a n s a t l a n t i c f o r u m o n M i g r a t i o n a n d I n t e g r a t i o n

AgendaWednesday, July 710:00–16:00 Arrival and Registration of ParticipantsLocation:Hotel Denizati13:00–15:00 Buffet Lunch at Hotel18:00 WelcomeCraig Kennedy, President, The German Marshall Fund of the United StatesOlaf Hahn, Head of Section Society and Culture, Robert Bosch StiftungIntroduction to the conferenceMelanie Schuster, Robert Bosch StiftungAstrid Ziebarth, The German Marshall Fund of the United StatesLocation:Main Hall18:30–19:00 Icebreaking Activities19:00 Welcome DinnerLocation:Outside Dining Area20:15 Setting the Scene, Part ITurkey past and present — an introduction to Turkey’s development in the 20th and 21st centuryThis session will provide participants with important background information on Turkey, itshistory and current affairs. This will enable participants to better contextualize current and pastimmigration and integration developments in Turkey.Speakers:Özgür Ünlühisarcikli, Ankara Office Director, The German Marshall Fund of theUnited StatesSinan Ülgen, Chairman, Center for Economics and Foreign Policy StudiesT u r k e y o n t h e M o v e : A C o u n t r y o f E m i g r a t i o n ,I m m i g r a t i o n , a n d T r a n s i t M i g r a t i o n | 5

AgendaThursday, July 807:30–08:45 BreakfastLocation:Dining Hall09:00–09:15 Introduction to the ConferenceOrganizers will provide rules and guidelines for the conference and talk through the agendaLocation: Main Hall09:15–10:15 TFMI Network Presentations: Spin-Off Projects and Professional ExchangesIn this session TFMI Fellows will report on their networking activities. TFMI is not only aconference but a year-round network with multiple activities. Among those are spin-off projectssuch as workshops, think-ins and study tours organized by TFMI Fellows involving relevantstakeholders and organizations. Furthermore, fellows also engage in professional exchanges wherethey accompany another TFMI Fellow in their daily work to broaden the professional experienceand networks.Location:Main Hall10:30–12:15 Setting the Scene, Part IITurkey: A country of emigration, immigration, and transit migrationThis session will provide participants with an overview of past and current immigration andintegration developments in Turkey.Speakers:Juliette Tolay-Sargnon, Ph.D Candidate, University of Delaware, and formerTransatlantic Academy FellowSelin Ay, Protection Assistant, UNHCR TurkeyRepresentative of the Turkish Coast Guard (tbc)12:30–13:30 LunchLocation:Dining Hall13:45–14:00 Introduction to the Transatlantic Workshops on Migration and IntegrationThe workshop topics have been selected by TFMI Fellows during the regional meetings inWashington D.C. and Izmir in spring 2010. They are dedicated to timely issues that are ofconcern for the migration and integration debate in Turkey and in the participating countries.The workshops have been organized by TFMI Fellows.Location:Main Hall6 | T h e T R a n s a t l a n t i c f o r u m o n M i g r a t i o n a n d I n t e g r a t i o n

Agenda19:30 Reception and Policy Dinner DiscussionLocation:Denizati Hotel•Reforms on the horizon?Devising a new asylum legislation in TurkeyWelcomeSayın Aziz KocaoğluMayor of Izmir (invited)Set DinnerDiscussion PanelAtilla TorosChief Inspector, Asylum and Migration BureauMinistry of InteriorBerlan Pars AlanHead of Migration Department,Deputy Directorate General of Migration Asylum Visa, Foreign MinistryMarta CyganDirector, Directorate B: Immigration and AsylumDG Justice, Freedom and SecurityEuropean Commission (invited)Moderator:Barcin YinancForeign News EditorHurriyet Daily NewsEngaged Discussion with Guests and TFMI FellowsDessert•8 | T h e T R a n s a t l a n t i c f o r u m o n M i g r a t i o n a n d I n t e g r a t i o n

Agenda5. Removal CenterGuide: GMFInterpreter: TBCThe Removal Center hosts around 30 irregular migrants from several countries such asAfghanistan, Russia, Eritrea, Pakistan, and Iraq. The main function of the Removal Center isto start the return process so migrants can be sent back home. It also cooperates closely with thecoast guard. The Removal Center in Izmir was formerly called the Guesthouse but this name wasofficially changed in April of this year.6. Goethe Institute — Language and Orientation Course for Migrants to GermanyGuide: GMFInterpreter: TBCThe Goethe Institute is a government-funded institute that promotes German culture andlanguage. Hundreds of potential migrants to Germany have to attend language courses in Turkeyin order to pass the basic language test required for immigration to Germany especially for familyreunification.7. Afro-Turk AssociationGuide: GMFInterpreter: TBCThe Afro-Turk Association defines itself as a cultural association. At the same time it tries toraise awareness about the history of slavery in Turkey. The main goal is to promote a historicaland intellectual debate among experts in order to bring to light the fact that slavery was an issueduring Ottoman rule. Moreover, the association draws attention to the fact that Afro-Turks existin Turkey by launching photo exhibitions. Since the Afro-Turk communities live in small villagesin the Aegean region, many Turks are not even aware of their existence in the country.8. Interreligious Dialogue in IzmirGuide: GMFInterpreter: TBCThis site visit will provide a platform for participants to ask questions to members of Christiancongregations and church leaders in Izmir about their cooperation with other religious groupsin Izmir as well as about their everyday life in a Muslim country. Church leaders will speakabout challenges and positive aspects of interreligious dialogue and life as a non-Muslim in aMuslim country.16:30 Depart for Izmir Meeting PointLocation:Deniz Fish RestaurantT u r k e y o n t h e M o v e : A C o u n t r y o f E m i g r a t i o n ,I m m i g r a t i o n , a n d T r a n s i t M i g r a t i o n | 11

Agenda17:00–19:30 Dinner at Izmir Boardwalk, opportunity to explore surrounding area19:45 Departure to Denizati Conference HotelMeeting Point: First Arch at Kordon (boardwalk)21:00 Evening Reflection RoundTFMI Fellows discuss and share impressions from their site visitsLocation: Main Hall21:30 Film Screening “Approaching the Shore” by Tahsin İşbilen (Optional)Izmir-based filmmaker Tahsin İşbilen portrays the plight of refugees in Turkey in this engagingdocumentary.4o minutesLocation:Main HallSaturday, July 1007:30–08:45 BreakfastLocation:Dining Hall09:00–09:15 Introduction to Workshop on Framing Immigration Messages09:15–10:15This workshop will focus on ways to move messages about immigration topics. Emphasis willbe placed on knowing and addressing other viewpoints, gauging current public opinion, helpingelected officials talk about immigration issues, and ways to get messages out to the media.Location:Main HallSpeakers:Angela Kelley, Vice President for Immigration Policy, Center for American ProgressJerry Kammer, Senior Fellow, Center for Immigration StudiesMarietje Schaake, Member of the European Parliament, TFMI Fellow 200810:30–11:15 Workshop Panel with TFMI FellowsThe panel will focus on the lessons learned of Fellows who have had extensive experience withmessaging, especially in public relations and media work.12 | T h e T R a n s a t l a n t i c f o r u m o n M i g r a t i o n a n d I n t e g r a t i o n

SessionsWorkshop A: National Identity and ReligionSocieties around the globe are marked by an ever increasing diversity fostered by mass immigration. At thesame time, some societies or parts of societies are marked by more primordial identifications. Religion isone of the main identity markers that has gained new weight in global politics and triggered much public andacademic debate. The controversy on the accession of Turkey — a non-Christian country — to the EuropeanUnion is one clear manifestation revealing the importance of religion and multiple identities.Using Turkey as a backdrop, this workshop aims to explore the issue of identity or multiple identities,particularly national and religious ones, and the dynamic interplay among these and other salient identitiessuch as ethnic identity, legal status, and socio-economic class. The workshop examines the impact of thesedifferent identities with regard to the religious freedom of ethnic and religious minority groups; interculturaland interreligious dialogue with regard to the question on how individual states identify ethnic and religiousminorities; and the strategies used to improve the position of different groups in public life. In this context, theimpact of migration on religion in respect to the formation of individual identities in multicultural societiesand Islam’s role in Europe will also be discussed.In a world wrestling with fears of a potential “clash of civilizations” where identity politics are of increasedimportance and influence (as can be seen in the public debate over Turkey’s place in Europe), the discussion ofmatters related to religion and identities is timely and much needed.Guiding Questions■ How is the dominant discourse on religious and national identities constructed, enforced, and contestedin the special case of Turkey? What is the role of state organizations like Diyanet within and outsideTurkey? What is the relationship between different identities? Is it possible to construct complementaryidentities on the same level or do they have to be mutually exclusive categories?■ What is the relationship between religion and the state? For Turkey, what is the relationship between themodel of laicism versus Sharia? Should non-mainstream religions groups like Alevi Muslims, Catholics,Greek Orthodox, and Protestants be permitted to train their clergy in Turkey?■ Is Islam compatible with secular democracy? What is the impact of EU membership process andreforms in the realm of religion?■ What is the situation of minority religions? Have non-Muslim communities in Turkey been targeted forattacks in the last ten years? If so, what is fueling those actions? What policies and measures have beentaken by the central and local governments?■ Are religious freedoms fundamental human rights or should the state be allowed to limit religiousfreedoms if they are perceived to be a threat to the secular system? What is the interplay betweenreligion and integration in receiving societies?14 | T h e T R a n s a t l a n t i c f o r u m o n M i g r a t i o n a n d I n t e g r a t i o n

SessionsWorkshop B: Human Rights and MigrationTo varying degrees on both sides of the Atlantic, immigrants and migrants are entitled to, and enjoy,certain social and civil rights and other legal protections that touch upon all aspects of their life.Depending on the country, these laws are diverse in the areas they cover and serve, for example, to protectimmigrants and migrants from discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin; to ensure thatthey have the right to unionize and work in a safe environment; and to provide them with freedom of religionand speech.However, the rights and protections afforded to immigrants and migrants often come under heightenedscrutiny, reevaluation, and, indeed, criticism by elected and appointed officials and members of the greatercommunity during periods of severe economic and financial crisis and rapid demographic change that directlyquestion previously held views of national identity. Certainly since September 11th, and the subsequent actsof terrorism in Europe and across the world, protecting national security and related concerns have playeda prominent role in defining and redefining the rights and protections given to immigrants and migrants incertain countries. With this backdrop, we have witnessed the state of Arizona in the United States enact a lawthat requires all state law enforcement officials to verify the immigration status of an individual who has beenstopped, detained, or arrested if they have a “reasonable suspicion” that individual is “unlawfully present” inthe country — causing widespread criticism that this law will inevitably lead to racial profiling in violation ofthe U.S. Constitution among other laws. In Europe, we have witnessed countries banning burqas and, in thecase of Switzerland, banning minarets beginning in 2009. Although these bans and related measures adverselyaffect all Muslims, they can also be correctly defined and characterized as affecting immigrant communities asa whole.This workshop will delve into the current measures in Turkey, the European Union, and the United Statesthat seek to restrict or eliminate the social, human, civil, and/or constitutional rights of immigrants withthe purpose of comparing and highlighting if, how, and why the debate surrounding these measures differ.This workshop will also explore and examine strategic approaches that have been or can be taken insideand outside of the courtroom by nongovernmental entities, nonprofit organizations, and other entities toaddress restrictive and/or anti-immigrant measures. Participants will be invited to share their expertiseand experiences in addressing these types of measures with the goal of identifying effective strategies thatparticipants can take back for the benefit of their communities.Guiding Questions■ What is the current landscape in Turkey, North America, the EU and sending countries in terms ofmeasures that potentially restrict the social, human, civil, and/or constitutional rights of immigrants/migrants?■ What are the motivating factors contributing to the increased proliferation of legislative and policymeasures at all levels of government that are restrictionist in nature?■ What are the strategic approaches that have been developed to respond to these measures? How havethese approaches been shaped, strengthened, and/or constrained by the relevant judicial system,applicable laws, and political climate?T u r k e y o n t h e M o v e : A C o u n t r y o f E m i g r a t i o n ,I m m i g r a t i o n , a n d T r a n s i t M i g r a t i o n | 15

SessionsWorkshop C: Diaspora InvolvementThe word diaspora in this workshop describes the sum of migrated people and their descendents whobelong to a certain religious or ethnic group living outside of their traditional community. Diasporasoften play a crucial role in terms of economic, social or foreign policy both in the host and home societies.Thus, diasporas form and inhabit a unique transnational space that presents challenges and opportunities forboth, home and host societies. While some stress the positive potential for diasporas to provide economicsupport to family members in home societies and open up and creatively impact host societies, others stressthe role of diasporas in fueling conflicts in home countries or emphasize the self segregation of some diasporacommunities, which makes integration in host societies challenging. Most home countries’ governments arebeginning to recognize the benefit of reaching out to diaspora communities, especially for economic andpolitical support.This workshop will use the Turkish diaspora as a starting point to explore the general relationship ofdiaspora communities in host and home societies. The Turkish diaspora consists of individuals and theirdescendents who have migrated and currently live outside of Turkey. Because of bilateral agreements andtheir geographic proximity many members of the Turkish diaspora are living in European countries. Due toLabor Export Agreements between Turkey and six European countries formed in the 1960s, many membersof the Turkish diaspora are concentrated in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden.Approximately 500,000 reside in the United States. The largest concentrations of the Turkish diaspora arein Germany (2.3 million), followed by France (423,000), the Netherlands (364,000), Belgium (130,000), andAustria (110,000). About 1.3 million members of the Turkish diaspora have obtained citizenship in theircountries of residence (see Centre for Studies on Turkey).Generally, the second and third generations are more educated than first generation migrants, but in mostcountries many of these children from the second and third generation lag behind their native peers in termsof educational performance. Only in the past two decades have most host societies started to formulateadequate integration and education policies to address these shortcomings. A Turkish middle class isemerging in many host countries, and they hold higher expectations in terms of education standards, labormarket access, and political participation. Turks in the European Union make up 0.69 percent of the laborforce and add 80.7 billion to GDP in the EU (see Centre for Studies on Turkey). Those of Turkish descent havebecome more economically productive and also more vocal in their demands for improved education, socialequality, employment, and political participation in their host and home societies. The Turkish diaspora playsa vital role in Europe and can build important cultural, social, political, and economic bridges between Turkeyand the European Union.Guiding Questions■ What impact do diasporas have in shaping the bilateral relations of the sending and host societies? Arethere common patterns or regional differences? What can we learn by comparing the role of the Turkishcommunity in the bilateral relations between Germany and Turkey, and the Mexican diaspora in theU.S., in terms of political lobbying and economic impact?continued on next page16 | T h e T R a n s a t l a n t i c f o r u m o n M i g r a t i o n a n d I n t e g r a t i o n

SessionsWorkshop C: continued■ Should individuals of Turkish descent living outside of Turkey still be seen as members of a diaspora orsolely as citizens of the country they are now living in?■ How is Turkey taking up its pro-active role to mobilize the Turkish diaspora relate to efforts bygovernments (such as the Dutch) to diminish the influence of Turkey on its citizens?■ Can the diaspora only play a part in improving Turkey’s image in the EU, or can the diaspora also helpresolve issues in Turkey itself that it needs to address in order to meet EU standards?■ Is the role of the diaspora a burden or an opportunity for the bilateral relations of sending and hostingcountry?■ Is the political power of the diaspora welcome in the host country? Are there potential conflicts ofinterests? Sending countries seek lobbying power; host societies expect integration and assimilation —are those wishes mutually exclusive?■ Does the cultural/religious affinity/difference between the diaspora community and host societiespositively or negatively impact the acceptance in the host society and the identification of the diasporacommunity with the values and social order of the host societies (one can compare the Italian, Spanish,and Turkish communities in Germany).■ To what extent does the role of the diaspora influence integration and immigration policy in thehost societies?T u r k e y o n t h e M o v e : A C o u n t r y o f E m i g r a t i o n ,I m m i g r a t i o n , a n d T r a n s i t M i g r a t i o n | 17

SessionsWorkshop F: Integration of Internal andExternal MigrantsThis workshop aims to explore the issue of internal and external migrant integration, with the focus onsocial and cultural integration in metropolitan cities. Like many southern European countries, Turkeyhas experienced labor emigration flows to northern Europe (in particular to Germany, the Netherlands,and France) of around 3.5 million Turkish citizens since the 1960s. Today, Turkey is no longer a country ofemigration, but since 1950 has experienced a rapid growth in population, which has led to a significant risein so called “internal migration” among the rural population from the eastern areas to cities. At the sametime, the immigration of different population groups from the Balkans, Africa, Arabic countries, and formerSoviet countries since the 1980s into the country is also substantial. These flows — internal migration andimmigration — offer new challenges to social cohesion and integration of diverse ethnic and religious groupsin big cities worldwide, in particular Europe and North America.The greater İzmir area has been and still is one of the primary destinations for internal migrants to settle, andhas become a gateway to the West for new (legal and illegal) migrants, refugees, and transit migrants, and isa good example to showcase the challenges local governments are facing. But, it also presents local initiatives andcooperation projects with cities in EU countries that are suggesting comprehensive measures to cope withthese challenges.Beginning with the Turkish context, the panel intends to compare this case with the experiences in otherworld regions, and discuss new approaches and strategies to successful integration in order to promote theexchange of good practices among the participants from different cities and regions.Guiding Questions■ What are the current burning problems the city of İzmir is facing concerning internal migrants(Kurdish, Roma, and Christian) and foreign newcomers?■ Is there a need for different policies addressing internal and external migrants?■ How do cities cope with migration flows in the age of globalization, changing demographics, and agingpopulations?■ What programs and policies are provided by national and local governments to promote the integrationand participation of diverse groups into society and key areas such as education, labor, housing, healthservices, and religious practices?20 | T h e T R a n s a t l a n t i c f o r u m o n M i g r a t i o n a n d I n t e g r a t i o n

Discussant BiographiesBerlan Pars Alan, Head of Migration Department, Deputy Directorate General of MigrationAsylum Visa, Turkish Foreign MinistryBerlan began his work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the International Relations Department in 1986, and later went onto postings at the Turkish Embassies in Doha, Dusseldorf, Nairobi, Dushanbe, and Manama. He has also worked in the CulturalAffairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a Second Secretary and First Secretary, and was appointed Head ofSection in 2000. In 2008 he was appointed Head of the Migration Department in September of 2008.He completed his undergraduate education at T.E.D. Ankara College in 1976, and later studied at Ankara University Faculty ofPolitical Sciences International Relations Department, and is currently working towards his Masters with a focus on Migrationissues at Istanbul University Political Sciences Faculty.Selin Unal Arslan, Head of Media Relations, International Organization for Migration(IOM)Selin Unal Arslan completed her primary, secondary, and high school education at TED Ankara College. She joined the IOMin 2004, and has been the external affairs officer of the IOM Mission to Turkey since February 2006. She has a degree intourism management from Bilkent University, and a master’s degree in gender studies from Middle East Technical University.For the past six years, she has worked primarily with the media and civil society members on public awareness activities, aswell as organizing informational campaigns on human trafficking.Elif Selen Ay, Legal Officer and Protection Assistant, United Nations High Commissionerfor RefugeesElif Selen Ay works for United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees as a legal officer in the Ankara and Nicosia branchoffices. She pursued her master’s degree in international human rights law at the University of Essex and earned her lawdegree from the Ankara University Faculty of Law. She worked for three years in the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs as alegal adviser.Selected current work projects include projects related to the self-reliance of refugees and asylum seekers, non-refoulment andpreparing a manual for the municipalities in Marmara region to raise awareness on the importance of supporting refugeeseconomically and socially in the region.Veysel Essiz, Refugee Support and Advocacy Program, Helsinki Citizens’ AssemblyOriginally from Diyarbakir, Veysel Essiz works for the Refugee Support and Advocacy Program of Helsinki Citizens’Assembly-Turkey, the leading nongovernmental organization stakeholder in Turkey and the principal legal assistanceprovider for individuals who seek to apply for asylum protection. As a member of the program’s protection unit team, hisresponsibilities include dealing with litigation interventions before domestic courts and the European Court of Human Rightsfor cases involving arbitrary detention, denials of access to asylum procedure, and risk of imminent deportation of asylumseekers. In addition, he is the author of “National Human Rights Institutions: Other Geographies, Different Experiences,” whichprovides a comparative analysis of ten country experiences with a view to assessing their efficiency and perceived legitimacyand drawing lessons that could be useful for the Turkish context. Mr. Essiz is also co-author of the “Refugee Aid Manual forNGOs,” a detailed reference tool for nongovernmental service providers working with refugees in Turkey.His main interests are refugee law, internal displacement, anthropology of violence and gender dimensions of reparations.His publications have appeared in Open Democracy and Güncel Hukuk (Journal of Contemporary Law). He has also presentedpapers at Oxford University, Istanbul Bilgi University, and Istanbul University, contributed to various training events onhuman rights issues organized by the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey and Amnesty International. As a public speaker,he has contributed perspectives from the field at various events including: Gay Pride Istanbul, Istanbul Municipal Dialoguefor the Integration of Migrants, and the Amargi Women’s Academy.T u r k e y o n t h e M o v e : A C o u n t r y o f E m i g r a t i o n ,I m m i g r a t i o n , a n d T r a n s i t M i g r a t i o n | 21

Discussant BiographiesJerry Kammer, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Immigration StudiesJerry Kammer became a senior research fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies in 2009, after a long career as ajournalist. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Kammer holds a master’s degree in American studies from theUniversity of New Mexico and was a Nieman fellow at Harvard University. After working as a teacher on the Navajo IndianReservation, he began his journalism career at the Navajo Times. He was a reporter for the Arizona Republic for 16 years,beginning in 1986 as the paper’s correspondent in Northern Mexico and ending in 2002 as its Washington correspondent.He then joined the Washington bureau of the Copley News Service, specializing in immigration and U.S.-Mexico relations.Kammer also covered Congress in 2006 and received a Pulitzer Prize for his work in helping to uncover a bribery scandal thatinvolved California Congressman Randy Cunningham. He received the Robert F. Kennedy Award for his reporting in Mexico.He is the author of a book on a land dispute between the Navajo and Hopi Indians of Arizona and co-author of a book on theCunningham scandal.Angela Maria Kelley, Vice President for Immigration Policy and Advocacy, Center forAmerican ProgressAngela M. Kelley, a well-known authority on the policy and the politics of immigration, joined American Progress in2009 as Vice President for Immigration Policy and Advocacy. As Vice President, she applies her 20 years of experiencein the immigration field to the Center’s stepped-up immigration initiative, overseeing and coordinating the Center’s workin this area.Before joining the Center in 2009, Ms. Kelley served as director of the Immigration Policy Center — the research arm ofthe American Immigration Law Foundation — which provides policymakers, academics, the media, and the generalpublic with access to accurate information about the effects of immigration on the U.S. economy and society. Prior to that,she was deputy director at the National Immigration Forum, where she headed its legislative, policy, and communicationsactivities and oversaw its operations. During her service at the forum, she was a front-line negotiator as Congress debatedin 2006 and 2007 proposed comprehensive immigration reform legislation. Other major legislative work by Ms. Kelleyincluded the Legal Immigration Family Equity Act of 2000, which, among other things, extended the period during whichundocumented workers and family members could be sponsored for permanent residence. She was previously part of thesuccessful NACARA and HRIFA campaigns to secure immigration benefits for certain Nicaraguans, Cubans, Salvadorans,Guatemalans, and Haitians.Ms. Kelley began her career as a staff attorney for Ayuda, a local services agency in Washington, D.C. representing low-incomeimmigrants on immigration and family matters. She is a graduate of George Washington University Law Center and was afellow with Georgetown University’s Women’s Law and Public Policy Program.Burcu Miraç Diraor, Ph.D. candidate, Faculty of Political Science at Atılım University,TurkeyBurcu Miraç Diraor is a Ph.D. candidate in economics at the Faculty of Political Science at Atılım University, Turkey. She hasa multidisciplinary academic background (MSc. in economics, BSc. Major in political science and public administration, andBSc. minor degree in economics). She has been working as a planning expert at the State Planning Organization since 2003.Her academic research spans the fields of political economy and development, diaspora politics, post-crisis governmentalpolicies, socio-economic cohesion, and rural development policies in connection with the EU integration process. She haspublished numerous related articles in Turkish and English.Emine Şahin, Istanbul Roundtable for ReturneesEmine Şahin runs her own management consultancy that focuses on business development, project management, marketresearch, feasibility studies, and marketing for foreign companies operating in Turkey. She is a Member of the Chamberof Architects of Turkey, Izmir, and speaks German, English, and Turkish. Ms. Şahin was born in Ankara, but grew up inGermany, where she also completed her post graduate diploma in Architecture at University of Applied Sciences in Frankfurt/Germany. She majored in Interior Design and Project Management. Furthermore, Ms. Sahin holds a degree as a constructiontechnician from the engineering school for construction technique, Frankfurt/Germany.Ms. Sahin has considerable experience on the national and international property/real estate market. Upon completingher post graduate studies in 2003 she started her real estate career in Frankfurt, working as an intern for the Real EstateDepartment of Deutsche Bank Real Estate Management GmbH and for DeTeImmobilien (Deutsche Telekom GmbH).Later she was also in charge of supervising a residential project in Doha (Qatar). In September 2006 Ms. Sahin moved fromFrankfurt to Izmir to become an architect/site manager for a Turkish company. Later she worked for a German shopping malldeveloper, working on property acquisitions from conception to realization.22 | T h e T R a n s a t l a n t i c f o r u m o n M i g r a t i o n a n d I n t e g r a t i o n

Discussant BiographiesMarietje Schaake, Member of European Parliament (The Netherlands)Marietje Schaake is a Dutch member of the European Parliament with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe(ALDE) political group of D66 political party. She serves on the Committee on Foreign Affairs, where she focuses onneighborhood policy, Turkey, and Iran. In the Committee on Culture, Media, Education, Youth, and Sports, she works onEurope’s digital agenda. Ms. Schaake is a member of the delegation for relations with the United States and a substitutemember on the delegation with the Balkan countries. She is also a founder of the European Parliament Intergroup on NewMedia and Technology.Before joining the European Parliament, Ms. Schaake worked as an independent advisor to governments, diplomats,businesses and NGO’s on issues of transatlantic relations, diversity and pluralism, civil and human rights, and integration.Zekai Tanyar, Chairman of the Association of Protestant ChurchesZekai Tanyar is a graduate of Nottingham University, England, where he received a BSc. in mining engineering in 1975.He has a postgraduate DIC degree from Imperial College in petroleum engineering.Upon returning to Turkey in 1977 he completed his compulsory 18 month military service in the Army as a sub-lieutenant. Hethen worked for four years as a field production engineer and, later, as a senior project engineer for Turkish Petroleum (TPAO)in southeast Turkey. During this time he also served as branch secretary for the Turkish Chamber of Petroleum Engineers.He moved with his family to Izmir in 1983, and worked in various export companies for eight years, gaining particularexpertise in textile and leather exports. He was the manager of the Izmir office of a German buying and quality control agency.In 1991 he set up his own buying and control company; by 1994 the company’s work moved into organizing faith and culturaltours in Turkey. He continues to manage the small family company.Mr. Tanyar grew up a Muslim but converted to Christianity at the age of 19. He has been the pastor of a Turkish church inIzmir for the past 26 years and has been active in the nationwide alliance of local Protestant churches. He is currently thechairman of the Association of Protestant Churches in Turkey and has been particularly active in the areas of freedom ofreligion and belief. He has been a chairman and member of a committee dealing with these issues within the Association.Mr. Tanyar also is involved in aid and development projects part-time.Juliette Tolay-Sargnon, Ph.D Candidate, University of Delaware and former TransatlanticAcademy FellowJuliette Tolay-Sargnon is completing her Ph.D in political science and international relations at the University of Delaware.Her dissertation looks at Turkish approaches to immigration, and studies the historical and cultural sources of these complexattitudes and policies. A French national, Ms. Tolay-Sargnon has also studied at Sciences Po in Paris, from which she receivedbachelor’s and master’s degrees, as well as at INALCO, where she received a master’s in Turkish studies. She has studied orconducted research in Turkey, Tajikistan, and Iran. She has authored a number of papers and a book chapter on migrationflows in the Middle East and North Africa. Her research at the Academy will deal with the movement of population in andout of Turkey and the implications of migration for Turkish foreign policies.Atilla Toros, Chief Inspector, Asylum and Migration Bureau, Ministry of InteriorAtilla Toros has served as the head of Asylum and Migration Bureau at the Turkish Ministry of Interior since 2008. He wasappointed to the Ministry’s Inspection Board as civil inspector in 2002. Mr. Toros started his career at the Ministry as acandidate for “Kaymakam” (district governor) in 1990. He served as district governor in various places between 1997 and2002. He holds a master’s degree in public administration. He graduated from the Public Administration Department of theAnkara University’s Political Sciences Faculty in 1989.T u r k e y o n t h e M o v e : A C o u n t r y o f E m i g r a t i o n ,I m m i g r a t i o n , a n d T r a n s i t M i g r a t i o n | 23

Discussant BiographiesSinan Ülgen, Chairman, Center for Economics and Foreign Policy StudiesSinan Ülgen graduated in 1987 from the University of Virginia with a double major in computer sciences and economics. Heundertook graduate studies at the College of Europe in Brugge, Belgium, where he received a master’s degree in Europeaneconomic integration in 1990. He then joined the Turkish Foreign Service as a career diplomat. In 1992 he was posted tothe Turkish Permanent Delegation to the European Union in Brussels, where he became part of the team that negotiated theTurkey-EU customs union.Mr. Ülgen is the founder and managing partner of Istanbul Economics. The consultancy specializes in market entry strategiesfor international companies, and political and economic risk analysis related to Turkey and regulatory affairs.Mr. Ülgen currently the chairman of the Istanbul based think tank, Center for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM).His research and opinion pieces have been published by the Center for European Policy Studies, Center for European Reform,the Atlantic Council, German Marshall Fund, Brookings and the World Economic Forum, as well as newspapers such as LeFigaro, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, European Voice and the International Herald Tribune. He is also the co-author of abook on Turkey-EU relations with Kemal Dervis.Özgür Ünlühisarcıklı, Ankara Office Director, German Marshall Fund of the United StatesÖzgür Ünlühisarcıklı is the director of the German Marshall Fund of the United States’ office in Ankara, Turkey. Prior tojoining GMF, Mr. Ünlühisarcıklı was the manager of the Resource Development Department of the Educational VolunteersFoundation of Turkey. Previously, Mr. Ünlühisarcıklı worked as the director of the ARI Movement, a Turkish NGO aiming topromote participatory democracy, and as a consultant at AB Consulting and Investment Services. After graduating from RobertCollege (Istanbul), Mr. Ünlühisarcıklı received his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Marmara University andhis master’s degree from Koç University. Mr. Ünlühisarcıklı speaks fluent English in addition to his native Turkish.Barçın Yinanç, Associate Editor, Daily News and Economic ReviewBarçın Yinanç works as the Associate Editor of the English language Hürriyet Daily News and Economic Review. She is alsoa columnist for Referans Gazetesi, a business paper. Previously she worked for CNN Türk as a news program editor. Beforemoving to Istanbul in 2005, Ms. Yinanç worked in Ankara for 15 years as a diplomatic reporter. She worked in Milliyet, one ofTurkey’s oldest newspapers, as well as TV8 and CNN Türk. As a diplomatic reporter, she covered Turkish foreign policy issues,including Turkey’s EU bid, and relations with the United States, Middle East, and Caucasus.Dr. Hayat Zengin, Assistant Professor, Dokuz Eylül UniversityAssistant Professor Hayat Zengin was born in Germany. She completed her primary and high school education in Izmir,and graduated from the Dokuz Eylül University Department of Architecture, City and Regional Planning in Izmir in 1990.She started to worked as an assistant at the same department in 1991 and received her master’s degree in 1994. She has beenworking as an assistant professor at the Department of City and Regional Planning since 2003, and has been contributing tograduate and undergraduate programs in Architectural Faculty of Erciyes University for two years.24 | T h e T R a n s a t l a n t i c f o r u m o n M i g r a t i o n a n d I n t e g r a t i o n

Participant BiographiesKristine Alsvik, Migration Officer, International Labor Organization (Norway/Switzerland)Kristine Alsvik holds an M.Phil degree in social anthropology from the University of Oslo. Her M.Phil thesis, based on oneyear of field work in a village in the western part of Nepal, focused on local development and linkages to international labormigration.Ms. Alsvik works as a migration officer with the International Migration Programme (MIGRANT) of the ILO at theheadquarters in Geneva. She works primarily on technical backstopping of projects in the field, in addition to programmingand implementation planning of the work of MIGRANT.Selected current work projects include:• Migration and development (among other things, provided inputs to a handbook on mainstreaming migration intonational development plans, an IOM, UNICEF, UNDP and ILO joint publication.).• Technical support to development of national labor migration policies, particularly in Zimbabwe and Nigeria.• Migration governance and protection of migrant workers.Rawya Amer, Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Economics and Political Science,Cairo University (Egypt)Rawya Amer is an assistant lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science at Cairo University, and a D.Philcandidate in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford. Her research interestsfocus on issues surrounding African political economy. Ms. Amer has written on governance and democracy in Africa, thedevelopmental role of African regional organizations, the political economy of African migration to Europe, and the problemsof African refugees. Publications include “North African Migrants in Europe: A Socio-Economic Analysis” in Arab Migrantsin Europe published by the Afro-Egyptian Studies Program of Cairo University and the “Problems of Refugees in Africa:Dimensions and way out” in African Readings published by the Islamic Forum in London.Selected current work projects include:• Coordinating a project on regional integration in Africa focusing on bridging the North/Sub-Saharan divide. Migration isfeatured as one of the aspects of the project.• Concluding doctoral research on the regional roles of Egypt and South Africa.Tzanetos Anytpas, General Director, PRAKSIS (Greece)Tzanetos Antypas has 14 years of experience in planning, programming, managing, and implementing various initiatives andprojects in Greece, Europe, and in developing countries. While working as a project manager for Medicines Sans Frontiers,he implemented projects in Armenia, Georgia, Serbia, Zambia, Malawi, Palestine, Russia, Ethiopia, Kosovo, and Turkey. Inhis current role as the general director of the nongovernmental organization PRAKSIS, Mr. Anytpas is responsible for themanagement of the organization, scientific supervision of projects, formation of communication strategy, fundraising, andthe supervision of financial issues. His responsibilities also include liaising with donors in all stages of project implementationand managing the organization’s relationship with its board of directors.Mr. Anytpas has a bachelor’s degree in social work and Msc in health management. He is a Phd candidate at PanteionUniversity, and his thesis will be titled “Total Quality Management for Nongovernmental Organizations.”Luis Aparicio, Political Affairs Counselor, Embassy of El Salvador, Washington, DC(El Salvador)Luis Aparicio was appointed to his position as political affairs counselor at the Embassy of El Salvador to the United States inSeptember 1999. His current responsibilities include the monitoring of policymaking in the U.S. Congress and the Salvadoranlegislature, day-to-day coordination with U.S. immigration authorities at the service and enforcement levels, and managementof strategic relationships with his significant network of stakeholders in the migration and development debate. Mr. Aparicioobtained his bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Central Florida, and two Masters of Arts, in politicalscience and in international affairs, at Ohio University. He has a postgraduate diploma in communications from the Universityof Navarra, Spain.Selected current work projects include:• Extensive involvement with his government’s nationwide outreach campaign in the United States, which targets the 235,000Salvadoran beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in a successful effort that could serve as a model for otherinstitutions.• Working on issues including immigration policy, bilateral relations, military cooperation, transnational crime,deportations, and monitoring political and immigration issues, as well as military and foreign aid cooperation discussed inthe U.S. Congress, Department of State, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Defense, Department of Justice,and the White House National Security Council, among other institutions.T u r k e y o n t h e M o v e : A C o u n t r y o f E m i g r a t i o n ,I m m i g r a t i o n , a n d T r a n s i t M i g r a t i o n | 25

Participant BiographiesGiuseppe Battaglia, Professor, LUISS University, Rome (Italy)Lt. Colonel Giuseppe Battaglia is a professor at LUISS University, Rome He served as deputy head of the Operational Roomat Carabinieri General Headquarters from 2002 to 2010 and Company Commander from 1998 to 2002 in Sicily, and hiswork focused primarily upon the small Mediterranean island of Pantelleria in the Sicilian Channel, a destination point ofthousands of migrants from Africa. In the Carabinieri headquarters, he served in the Organized Crime Office and then in theInternational Cooperation Office, both tasked with developing international cooperation between Carabinieri corps in police,military, and bilateral fields. From September 2010 to 2013 he will be assigned to the Embassy of Italy in the United States(Washington, DC) as deputy military attaché. He joined The German Marshall Fund of the United States as an Europeanfellow in 2008 and is also a junior fellow of the Aspen Institute Italia and a member of the International Affairs Institute in Rome.Carsten Behrendt, Staff Reporter, ZDF (Germany)Carsten Behrendt is a staff reporter for ZDF German television in Berlin. He reports on all issues in the German capital, andhas developed a special focus on youth, education and migration. Mr. Behrendt reported on the Millenium DevelopmentGoals in his documentary, Mission 2015, which recently won a World Bronze Medal at the New York Television and FilmFestival. Mr. Behrendt also reported on U.S. president Barack Obama’s inauguration, and on the effects of the economic crisison ordinary people. His story on a German father’s struggle to get to get his family savings back from a bankrupt Icelandicbank received the CNN Journalist Award this year.Mr. Behrendt holds a master’s degree in communications from Berlin’s University of Fine Arts and has attended the HenriNannen School of Journalism in Hamburg.Selected current work projects include:• 24 Stunden Südafrika, a real time documentary on South Africa, which will run for a full 24 hours on ZDF Television.Kustaw Bessems, Political Correspondent, De Pers (The Netherlands)Kustaw Bessems is a political correspondent for the Daily De Pers. He is mostly based in The Hague. Aside from politicshe specialises in integration issues and Islam in the West. He has published on intelligence and counterterrorism and is akeen U.S. watcher. He traveled there, among other occasions, with the Marshall Memorial Fellowship granted by GMF.Mr. Bessems is a historian by training and he has published two books, his latest in 2006 on Dutch multicultural society inthe post 9/11 era. Mr. Bessems has received several Dutch awards. He is a frequent commentator for TV and mostly radioand an experienced moderator.Selected current work projects include:• Covering Dutch national elections June 9.• Covering the trial against Dutch anti Islam politician Geert Wilders, to resume in October.• Covering free speech/hate speech/threats (various cases).Pawel Busiakiewicz, Policy Officer, European Commission (Belgium/Poland)Pawel Busiakiewicz is a policy officer in the External Aspects of Migration and Visa Policy Unit of the European Commission’sDG Justice, Freedom and Security, where he deals with the negotiation of international agreements between the EU Commissionand third countries in the area of migration, with a focus on migration clauses and readmission. Mr. Busiakiewicz is alsoinvolved in various other EU Commission processes with third countries, including global approach to migration, mobilitypartnerships with Moldova and Cape Verde, and visa free dialogue with Western Balkan countries.Mr. Busiakiewicz holds a law degree from Wroclaw University (Poland), a certificate in European, international, and comparativeLaw from Schuman University in Strasbourg (France), and a master’s degree in European law from the College of Europe inBruges (Belgium).Selected current work projects include:• Negotiations of readmission and migration related agreements between the EC and third countries (in particular MoroccoAlgeria).• Monitoring of application of the above instruments in cooperation with the respective third country (in particular Russia,Moldova, FYROM, Bosnia and Herzegovina).• Policy development of instruments aiming at improving management of migration flows (so called mobility partnershipswith Moldova and Cape Verde).• Evaluation of migration policy of countries participating in the Visa free dialogue with the EC (in particular, WesternBalkan countries).• EU-Russia relations on migration related matters.T u r k e y o n t h e M o v e : A C o u n t r y o f E m i g r a t i o n ,I m m i g r a t i o n , a n d T r a n s i t M i g r a t i o n | 27

Participant BiographiesMeredith Cipriano, Government Relations Manager, Western Union (United States)Meredith Cipriano is the manager of government relations for the global financial services company, Western Union.Ms. Cipriano is responsible for developing and executing public policy programs in the United States, Europe, and Asiathat support Western Union’s business objectives. She serves as an advocate for Western Union, its consumers, agents, andemployees before policymakers and policy influencers worldwide. In this role, Ms. Cipriano develops public policy positionson issues of specific interest to Western Union, including global migration and financial services regulation. She receivedher Bachelor of Science from Shepherd College, and her Master of Public Administration from the University of NorthCarolina-Wilmington.Selected current work projects include:• Preventing U.S. state legislatures from imposing taxes and fees on remittances.• Advocating for comprehensive immigration reform before the U.S. Congress and other federal policymakers.• Coordinating Western Union’s Transatlantic Event Series, a program designed to foster transatlantic dialogue on issues ofimmigration and financial services between U.S. and EU policymakers.Sabine Craenen, Head of Services on Integration and Return, Flemish Refugee Action(Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen) (Belgium)Sabine Craenen recently started working as head of services on integration and return at Flemish Refugee Action(Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen), a Belgian umbrella organization defending rights of asylum seekers and refugees. Shecoordinates a team conducting projects on higher education and access to highly qualified jobs for refugees and refugeeartists, information on countries of origin for asylum seekers and people interested in voluntary return, and alternativepolicies for forced return and detention. Until April 2010 she was coordinator of the Organization for UndocumentedWorkers (OR.C.A.) in Brussels, a position she held for five years. She has also worked for several NGOs active ondevelopment issues. Ms. Craenen holds a master’s degree in Arabic languages from the University of Amsterdam (theNetherlands).Selected current work projects and activities include:• Board member of OR.C.A.• Projects on integration of refugees, mainly on access to higher education and highly qualified jobs.• Projects on country of origin information and alternatives for forced return and detention.Diana Daskalova, Head Attorney and Founder, Center for Legal Aid — Voice in Bulgaria(CLA) (Bulgaria)Diana Daskalova is the head attorney and founder of the newly established Center for Legal Aid — Voice in Bulgaria (CLA).CLA is an independent nonprofit organization promoting rights of migrants and refugees in Bulgaria as well as othervulnerable groups of people through legal aid and policy advocacy. Ms. Daskalova is actively engaged in counseling, litigation,and representation of asylum seekers, refugees, and immigrants in front of administrative authorities and courts on theterritory of Bulgaria and Europe. Previously, she was the head lawyer for the Legal Clinic for Refugees and Immigrants at theLaw Faculty of the National University in Sofia, Bulgaria, where her work combined both theoretical and practical training ofstudents in refugee and migration law. Ms. Daskalova completed a master’s degree in international law in South Korea. Herpractical involvement working with minority groups has included short-term assistance of local human rights organizationsin Pakistan in 2006 and at in the Thai-Burma border region in 2007.Selected current work projects include:• Litigating several pilot law cases in front of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg on issues of prolongeddetention of immigrants in Bulgaria, family separation of migrant’s families through expulsion from the territory of thecountry measures, availability of effective local remedies in case of migrants’ rights violation, and right-to-life refugee cases.• Campaigning for the respect of basic human rights for undocumented migrants, and assistance in accessing these rights,including changes in the current Aliens Act in Bulgaria through determination of restricted period of forced detention inaccordance with EU standards.• Campaigning for improved refugee and immigrant rights protection in Bulgaria through work with the media andenhancing public awareness regarding refugee and immigrant issues.Anna di Mattia, Economist and Policy Analyst, OECD (France)Anna di Mattia recently moved to a new position within the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development inFrance. She is now working as an analyst in the Education & Training Policy Division of the OECD Education directorate. Hercurrent tasks include:• Researching evidence on quality in early childhood education and care.• Developing a database.• Building a tool box for policy makers.T u r k e y o n t h e M o v e : A C o u n t r y o f E m i g r a t i o n ,I m m i g r a t i o n , a n d T r a n s i t M i g r a t i o n | 29

Participant BiographiesMaciej Duszczyk, Deputy Director, Institute of Social Policy, Department of Journalismand Political Sciences, Warsaw University (Poland)Dr. Maciej Duszczyk is deputy director at the Warsaw University Institute of Social Policy, Department of Journalismand Political Sciences, where he is responsible for research programs and teaches courses on the social and economicimplications of migration and migration’s impact on the labor markets of sending and receiving countries. He is alsocoordinator of a research project on immigration policy financed by EU structural funds that determines immigration policyrecommendations for the Polish government.Dr. Duszczyk is also a member of the Board of Strategic Advisers to the Prime Minister of Poland, where he focuses on theissue of return migration to Poland, and a member of the Board of Centre of Migration Research, Warsaw University.He received his PhD in political science from the Institute of Social Policy, Warsaw University for his thesis, “Free Movementof Workers in Connection with Poland’s Accession to the European Union.” During the negotiations on Polish membership inthe European Union, he was an adviser to the chief of negotiators, Jan Kułakowski. He was also employed as deputy directorin Department of Economic and Social Analyses in the Polish Ministry of European Affairs. He received scholarships grantedby the Jean Monnet Project, Carl Duisburg Gesellschaft, and the Polish Committee for Scientific Research.Selected current work projects include:• The socioeconomic consequences of foreign student’s immigration to Poland.• The integration of foreigners in Poland.• Immigration to Poland in the context of labor market needs.Brahim El Mouaatamid (Italy/Morocco)Brahim El Mouaatamid previously served as research assistant at the Euro-Mediterranean Consortium for AppliedResearch on International Migration (CARIM), where he was in charge of the demographic and economic modules fromJune 2006 to September 2009. At CARIM, he contributed to the development of the Mediterranean migration database,the coordination of the project network and the elaboration of the research programs related to migration in the southernand eastern Mediterranean countries. Prior to joining CARIM, Mr. El Mouaatamid worked at the Demographic ResearchCenter of Morocco (1999-2006), where he contributed to the conduction of empirical research activities in the field ofMoroccan demography and migration from a sending country perspective. His research activities range from field surveysand methodologies to essays on demographic change, migrants’ integration, and the link between migration and povertyreduction. Mr. El Mouaatamid holds a degree in statistics and demography from the Institute of Statistics of Rabat.Currently, Mr. El Mouaatamid is broadly interested in migration demographic, social, and political causes and impacts onsending countries, with a special focus on North Africa and the Middle East.Suzi Emmerling, Press Aide, Center for American Progress (United States)Suzi Emmerling is a press aide at the Center for American Progress (CAP), a progressive policy think tank in Washington,DC. Working through various communications mediums, she develops media strategies with the immigration, energy,national security, education policy, and lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender issues teams to drive news on their studies,reports, and writings. Previously, Emmerling served on CAP’s communications team as special events coordinator, andprovided research for the center’s immigrant integration studies, including the report “Learning From Each Other: TheIntegration of Immigrant and Minority Groups in the United States and Europe.” She came to American Progress fromEnvision, EMI, and Congressional Youth Leadership Council, where she developed leadership and civics conferences acrossthe United States. She has a Bachelor of the Arts degrees in French and political science from the University of California-LosAngeles. She has also earned a certificate in political science studies from the Sciences Po-Bordeaux in Bordeaux, France.Suzi’s current work with the immigration team at American Progress focuses on:• Supporting the passage of a comprehensive immigration reform bill.• Responding to various immigration-related issues as they arise — such as Arizona’s recently passed immigration law.Julian Escutia-Rodriguez, Consul for Community and Economic Affairs,Consulate General of Mexico in Houston (United States/Mexico)Julian Escutia-Rodriguez is a career diplomat posted to the Consulate General of Mexico in Houston, where he is the consulfor community and economic affairs. Since August 2008 he has been in charge of designing and implementing programs forMexican migrants living in the Houston area. His main areas of work are education, health, and community organization. Hehas a bachelor’s degree in international relations from El Colegio de México, and a master’s degree in public policy from theUniversity Victoria of Wellington, New Zealand.Selected current work projects include:• Health issues: Health Directory for Hispanic Migrants; Binational Health Week 2010.• Education issues: Adult education program for migrants (Plazas Comunitarias); financial education week and mini fairs.• Community organization: Workshop for Mexican and Mexican-American Emerging Leaders; talent network; basicbusiness training for hometown association leaders.30 | T h e T R a n s a t l a n t i c f o r u m o n M i g r a t i o n a n d I n t e g r a t i o n

Participant BiographiesVanya Ivanova, Researcher, Center for European Refugees Migration and Ethnic Studies(Bulgaria)Vanya Ivanova is a researcher and projects’ assistant at the New Bulgarian University’s Center for European RefugeesMigration and Ethnic Studies (CERMES), where she is conducting her PhD research in the field of policies of return afterforced and voluntary migration. In addition, Ms. Ivanova is assisting associate professor Anna Krasteva in courses onmigration policies, international migrations, and refugee’s issues. Ms. Ivanova has a bachelor’s degree in history from theUniversity of Sofia, and a master’s degree in diplomacy and international relations from the New Bulgarian University. Anarticle by Ms. Ivanova discussing policy developments in managing displacement waves in Bosnia and Herzegovina waspublished in Migrations from/to Southeast Europe.Selected current work projects include:• An analysis of return policies after voluntary and forced migration.• A study of highly qualified migration.• OPENCities, etc.Rajiv Khandelwal, Executive Director, Aajeevika Bureau (India)Rajiv Khandelwal is the executive director of Aajeevika Bureau, headquartered in Udaipur, Rajasthan, western India, anew generation public initiative that provides services, solutions, and social security to rural migrant workers and theircommunities. Mr. Khandelwal founded the Aajeevika Bureau in 2004 after 15 years of rural development practice andresearch experience in India and East Africa. Under his leadership, the Aajeevika Bureau has become well known as thefirst attempt in India to focus on the problems and solutions for India’s millions of internal migrants. The Bureau providesregistration and identification, skill training and job placement, legal aid, financial services, and health and food options forseasonal rural migrants who enter urban markets and work in hazardous low-end sectors of the economy. He holds a degreein rural management from India’s prestigious Institute of Rural Management, and has written and published extensively onissues of rural livelihood and change. In 2005 he was nominated as an Ashoka Fellow in recognition of the innovative ideasunderlying the Aajeevika Bureau.Selected current work projects include:• Setting up a legal aid and counseling cell for interstate migrant workers who report violations of minimum wages and fairworkplace conditions.• Developing a worker managed cheap food solution in a large destination for migrant construction workers.• Expanding migration services through the creation of a network of civil society organizations from high out-migrationstates of India.Karen Krüger, Journalist, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany)Karen Krüger is an editor of the cultural section of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Her main topics include the integrationof Turkish people in Germany, Turkey, Islam, and media politics. Ms. Krüger holds a master’s degree in history, French, andsociology from the University of Bielefeld. From April 2005–March 2006, she was a research fellow at the Collaborative ResearchCentre 640, Changing Representations of Social Order — Intercultural and Intertemporal Comparisons at Humboldt University,Berlin. Ms Krüger is currently completing her doctoral thesis on the Rwandan Genocide at University of Bielefeld/HumboldtUniversity, Berlin.Mehmet Ali Kucukcavus, Asylum and Migration Bureau, Ministry of Interior, Turkey(Turkey)Mehmet Ali Kucukcavus is a consultant to the recently established Asylum and Migration Bureau under the Ministry ofInterior, which is responsible for drafting the new asylum law and the Law on Foreigners. Mr. Kucukcavus has been part ofthe unit since its inception, and his extensive knowledge of international standards, EU aquis and judgements, internationalhuman rights court judgements and mechanisms, and Turkish law expertise have contributed greatly to the draft asylum law.Mr. Kucukcavus also works as an expert at the Prime Ministry General Directorate of Social Assistance and Solidarity. Beforejoining the civil service, he worked in several multinational projects as individual consultant and research assistant. He holds abachelor’s degree in public administration from the Faculty of Political Sciences of Ankara University.32 | T h e T R a n s a t l a n t i c f o r u m o n M i g r a t i o n a n d I n t e g r a t i o n

Participant BiographiesHanna-Maija Kuhn, Consultant, Ramboll Management Consulting (Denmark)Hanna-Maija Kuhn is working as a consultant at Ramboll Management Consulting’s department for EU affairs inCopenhagen, where she is participating as a core team member in international evaluations and studies, with a special focuson the European Commission and the European Parliament. Her tasks include designing evaluations, conducting interviews,desk research, and reporting, as well as participating in the design and implementation of case studies. Ms. Kuhn specializesin the social management field, where she has gained experience in conducting evaluations both on the national level and forthe European Commission, in particular DGs JLS and EMPL in the fields of migration, integration and equal opportunities.Ms. Kuhn is a certified Ramboll Management Evaluator. She holds a master’s degree in romance philology, European studiesand political science from Åbo Akademi University in Finland, and an MSc in European studies from Aalborg University,Denmark.Selected current work projects include:• Studying the feasibility of establishing a mechanism for the relocation of beneficiaries of international protection (Memberof the core team).• Assessing priorities and actions of the European Integration Fund (Member of the core team).• Calypso study on social tourism.Juan Carlos Lara-Armienta, Counselor, Regional Affairs, Embassy of Mexico, Washington(Mexico)Juan Carlos Lara-Armienta is currently counselor for regional affairs at the Embassy of Mexico in the United States, wherehe is responsible for migration issues and policy coordination between the Embassy and the Mexican consular network(50 consulates) in the United States. Previously, he was the deputy director general for consular protection at the Ministryof Foreign Affairs (2005-2007). From this position, he oversaw a wide array of consular assistance services and programsdelivered worldwide. He served at Mexico’s Consulates General in New Orleans (1999–2001) and Atlanta (2002–2005), asdeputy consul general and consul for legal affairs, respectively. At both postings, he developed and implemented outreachstrategies and programs aimed at Mexican immigrant communities of recent arrival to the U.S. Southeast. Mr. Lara-Armientaholds a law degree from Universidad Panamericana, a master’s degree in diplomatic studies from Mexico’s DiplomaticInstitute Matias Romero, and completed a graduate program in American legal studies at the University of New Mexico.Selected current work projects include:• Monitoring local and state measures that intend to regulate immigration and developing and implementing consularassistance programs and initiatives to protect the rights of Mexican nationals under those jurisdictions.• Follow up of migration consultation mechanisms between the Embassy of Mexico and U.S. federal agencies, includingbilateral initiatives implemented by the U.S.-Mexico Repatriation Technichal Working Group (RTWG).Magdalena Lesinska, Assistant Professor/Deputy Director, Centre of Migration Research,University of Wroclaw (Poland)Dr. Magdalena Lesinska is an assistant professor at the University of Warsaw (UW) and deputy director at the Centre ofMigration Research (CMR UW). She was awarded a PhD in political science in 2006; her PhD thesis was devoted to theprocess of political inclusion of immigrants in European countries. She completed a master’s degree in nationalism studies atthe Central European University, Budapest in 2002, and a master’s degree in political science from the University of Wroclawin 2001.Her present research interests focus on state and European migration policy, borders, political rights, and immigrantparticipation, especially in the case of irregular migrants.Selected current work projects include:• Conducting international research on politization of migration in Europe.• Coordinating of European Website of Integration (http://ec.europa.eu/ewsi/en/index.cfm) as a country coordinator.• Preparing political analyses and scientific articles on migration policy in Poland.Xin Li, Chief of English Desk, Caixin media group (China)Xin Li is chief of the English desk at Caixin Media. She runs Caixin’s English-language website and publishes the electronicCaixin Weekly-China Economic & Finance magazine. Li Xin founded Caijing Magazine’s first Washington, DC bureau, whereshe was a politics and finance correspondent from June 2006 to June 2007. Before Caijing, she was a documentary producer atChina Central Television, where two of her shows won nationwide competitions. She received a bachelor’s degree in English fromTsinghua University in Beijing in 2002, and a master’s degree in journalism from University of Missouri-Columbia in 2006.Selected current work projects include:• Foreign immigration to China and the China’s demographic change.• Traditional media’s opportunities in the mobile era.T u r k e y o n t h e M o v e : A C o u n t r y o f E m i g r a t i o n ,I m m i g r a t i o n , a n d T r a n s i t M i g r a t i o n | 33

Participant BiographiesMerliza Makinano, Senior Officer, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)(Philippines)Merliza M. Makinano is a Senior Officer at ASEAN. She is also a columnist tackling the issues, challenges and opportunitiesin overseas employment. Previously, she was Deputy Executive Director, Institute for Labor Studies, in the PhilippineDepartment of Labor and Employment. She has served at the International Organization for Migration (IOM) as a ProgramOfficer handling the project on capacity building for the vulnerable migrant workers in Asia. She was also Consultanton Strategic Matters at the Philippine Department of National Defense, the Philippine Center on Transnational Crimeas Consultant for Research and consultancies with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and theInternational Organization for Migration on overseas employment. She holds a Master in International Relations degreefrom Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand), a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University ofthe Philippines, and diploma on Oceans Law and Policy from Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law and Policy (Greece). Ms.Makinano has written a book on child soldiers in the Philippines, and monographs on national security issues, such asterrorism, maritime disputes, and drug trafficking.Patrick McEvenue, Senior Policy Adviser, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (Canada)Patrick McEvenue is a senior policy adviser working for the Integration Branch of Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Sincejoining in 2006, he has led the Branch’s work in the area of language training policy and has been a significant contributor tothe development of the department’s modernized approach to settlement and integration. Prior to joining the branch, Mr.McEvenue served as a visa officer at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing, China. He holds a bachelor’s degree in history andpolitical science from Concordia University and common and civil law degrees from McGill University’s Faculty of Law.Current work projects include:• Canadian representative at the Council of Europe’s Intergovernmental Conference on “The Linguistic Integration ofAdult Migrants.”• Project lead on the development of a national language test for use in Canada’s integration and citizenship programs.• Project lead on the introduction of portfolio-based language assessment within Canada’s federal language trainingprogram.Zafer Mese, Senior Manager for Business Development and Investment, TAV AirportsHolding (Germany)Zafer Mese is senior manager for business development and investment in the Turkish TAV Airports Holding Co. withheadquarters in Istanbul, where he is responsible for the European aviation market. Previously, he managed European andgovernmental affairs for Frankfurt Airport Company Fraport AG for seven years. Prior to his work in the private sector, hewas foreign and security policy advisor to a German politician from the conservative Christian Democrat Party (CDU) inthe German Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag). In this function, he was responsible for the Middle East, Islamic affairs, andtransatlantic relations. Mr. Mese is initiator and speaker of the German-Turkish Union within the conservative ChristianDemocrat Party. In cooperation with the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation, he regularly coaches Turkish imams prior to theirwork for the German Islamic community. Mr. Mese holds master’s degrees in political science, Oriental studies, and politicaleconomy from the University of Bonn, and was enrolled in a graduate studies program at the Hebrew University of Jerusalemfor an academic year.Selected current work projects include:• Responsible for the relation to European Airlines (for scheduled and charter flights to the TAV-Airports in Eastern Europe,North-Africa, Middle East).• In charge of governmental affairs vis-a-vis European and national administration with regard to aviation policy.Merlys Mosquera Chamat, Sub-Director, Jesuit Refugee and Migrant Service (Venezuela)Merlys Mosquera Chamat started her career working with vulnerable teenagers in Caracas. In 2003 she went to work withJesuit Refugee Service (JRS) at the Colombian-Venezuelan border, where she helped to accompany immigrants and refugeesand advocate for human rights for six years. Ms. Mosquera gained her degree in pedagogic sciences, and holds a master’sdegree in learning processes education, a master’s degree in migration by specialist in research and social intervention, anda master’s degree in humanitarian action. Currently she is working as JRS’s sub-director of JRS in Latin America, supportingthe management projects in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Colombia, Ecuador, Panamá, and Venezuela. She also teaches in alocal university in Caracas and is a trainer in courses on gender based violence and the management of social projects.Selected current work projects include:• Designer and manager of the project “Incorporating the Gender Approach in Jesuit Refugee Service-Latin America.”• Writer of a training notebook titled “Peace and Violence at the Colombian-Venezuelan border.”• Lecturer at “The Immigration Word Social Forum” (Quito — Ecuador, 2010) and “The International Meeting of PeaceBuilders” (Caracas — Venezuela, 2010).34 | T h e T R a n s a t l a n t i c f o r u m o n M i g r a t i o n a n d I n t e g r a t i o n

Participant BiographiesFidéle Mutwarasibo, Research and Integration Officer, Immigrant Council of Ireland(Ireland)Fidéle Mutwarasibo is currently a research and integration officer at the Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI). Before joiningICI in 2002, Mr. Mutwarasibo worked in community development with Canal Communities Partnership and was a researcherwith the African Cultural Project. Prior to migrating to Ireland in 1995, he was a secondary school teacher, and communitydevelopment, relief, and emergency worker in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. In March 2010, Mr.Mutwarasibo successfully defended his doctoral thesis titled “(New) Migrant Political Entrepreneurs: Overcoming Isolationand Exclusion through Creative Resistance in Ireland” at University College, Dublin. He is a founding member of the AfricaCentre and sits on advisory committees of a number of public and civil society organizations. He is a regular contributor todebates on migration and integration at national and European levels.Selected current work projects include:• Country Manager of Pathways to Work — An Employment Upgrade Training Programme for Young Immigrants, atransnational project funded by the European Commission aims to support young migrants in accessing employmentopportunities and fostering their mobility in the workplace.• Manager of Pathways to Parental Leadership, a project funded by the European Programme for Integration and Integrationaimed at encouraging and fostering migrant parents’ participation in their children’s school life.• Coordinator of Mentoring Program, a project funded by the European Fund for the Integration of Third CountryNationals, through the Office of the Minister for Integration and administered through Pobal. After a successful run ofthe pilot phase, the mentoring program was rolled out nationally in 2010, to encourage interactions between newly arrivedmigrants and members of the established community, including natives and migrants.Chris Newman, Legal Director and General Counsel, National Day Laborer OrganizingNetwork (United States)Chris Newman is the legal director and general counsel for the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), wherehe directs legal advocacy programs for indigent immigrant day laborers throughout the United States. For the last six years,he has overseen the network’s efforts to defend day laborers’ civil and workplace rights, and has represented the network’sinterests in federal efforts to reform U.S. immigration laws. During that time, NDLON has assumed a significant leadershiprole in policy and legal discussions at the federal, state, and local level on the appropriate use of local police to enforce federalimmigration law.Mr. Newman was the recipient of an Academy of Educational Development New Voices Fellowship in 2004. Prior to joiningNDLON, he founded the Legal Clinic at El Centro Humanitario, a day labor worker center in Denver, CO. He has a bachelor’sdegree in political science from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of DenverCollege of Law, where he graduated with honors.Selected current work projects include:• Coordinating efforts in Arizona to respond to recent anti-immigrant legislation; Counsel on lawsuit challenging SB 1070 inFederal court.• Leading national effort to prevent local police from enforcing federal criminal immigration law.• Coordinating local legislative campaigns to ensure migrants receive full labor protections.Chinedu Onyejelem, Editor and Publisher, Metro Eireann (Ireland)Chinedu Onyejelem is the publisher of Ireland’s multicultural weekly, Metro Eireann. He is the author of News in Black andWhite, and holds a master’s degree in ethnic and racial studies from Trinity College, Dublin. Mr. Onyejelem was one of theonly six Ireland’s National Ambassadors appointed for the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008. He is currently amember of the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs/NGO Standing Committee on Human Rights.Selected current work projects include:• Gospel Music Festival.• Conversations with Blackmen, a book in progress.• Metro Éireann Media and Multicultural Awards (MAMA), a recognition of the contributions of individuals andorganizations in promoting cross-cultural understanding and cooperation in Ireland.T u r k e y o n t h e M o v e : A C o u n t r y o f E m i g r a t i o n ,I m m i g r a t i o n , a n d T r a n s i t M i g r a t i o n | 35

Participant BiographiesPia Orrenius, Research Officer and Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas(United States)Pia Orrenius is a research officer and senior economist and Senior Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas andadjunct professor at the Hankamer School of Business, Baylor University. Her research focuses on the labor market impacts ofimmigration, illegal immigration, and U.S. immigration policy, and her work has been published in the American EconomicReview, Journal of Development Economics, Labour Economics, and Industrial and Labor Relations Review, among others. Dr.Orrenius is a research fellow at the Tower Center for Political Studies at Southern Methodist University and at the Institutefor the Study of Labor in Bonn, as well as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She was senior economist on theCouncil of Economic Advisers in the Executive Office of the President, Washington, DC from 2004-2005. She received herPh.D. in economics from the University of California at Los Angeles, and bachelor’s degrees in economics and Spanish fromthe University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Current work projects include:• A forthcoming book on U.S. immigration reform.• A study of the economic impact of the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992.• An overview of Hispanic labor market outcomes in Texas and the U.S.Jonathan Osborne, Chief Legislative Analyst, NumbersUSA (United States)Jonathan Osborne is the chief legislative analyst for NumbersUSA, a Washington, DC based nonprofit organization focusedon immigration. His responsibilities include meeting with members of Congress and their staff, writing detailed analysisof legislation pending before Congress, researching politics and policy, and managing correspondences. Before joiningNumbersUSA, Mr. Osborne spent five years as senior legislative assistant for U.S. Representative Phil Gingrey of Georgia,where he advised the Congressman, wrote speeches, and drafted legislation on issues including agriculture, education, energy,foreign affairs, immigration, labor and trade policy. Furthermore, he staffed Congressman Gingrey on the House Educationand the Workforce, Rules, and Science Committees. Mr. Osborne has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Berry College in Rome,Georgia, where he majored in history and minored in political science.Selected current work projects include:• Managing a list of the top 50 campaigns and political races across the United States where immigration is a central issueof contention.• Preparing a series of blogs about the political landscape of the upcoming U.S. general election.• Maintaining a conversation with members of Congress and their staff about appropriations and the possibility of debatingcomprehensive immigration reform in the 111th Congress.Mark Owens, Tracing Caseworker, American Red Cross (United States)Mark Owens is a tracing caseworker for East Africa, Central Africa, and the Middle East with Restoring Family Links, basedat the American Red Cross national headquarters in Washington, DC. In this position, Mr. Owens assists families who areseparated by armed conflicts and political disturbances in East and Central Africa and the Middle East; he has held thisposition since 2001. In addition to the management of casework, Mr. Owens regularly provides training and guidance toAmerican Red Cross caseworkers throughout the United States to prepare them to carry out Restoring Family Links caseworkin their local refugee and immigrant communities. He holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Wesleyan University.Selected current work projects include:• Development, testing, and implementation of Restoring Family Links Case Management System.• Instructor for Restoring Family Links caseworker trainings in target cities throughout the United States.• Participation in the International Committee of the Red Cross working group on provision of Restoring Family Linksservices to migrants.36 | T h e T R a n s a t l a n t i c f o r u m o n M i g r a t i o n a n d I n t e g r a t i o n

Participant BiographiesAyse Özbabacan, CLIP Network Coordinator, Department for Integration Policy (Germany)Ayse Özbabacan is working for the Department for Integration Policy of the City of Stuttgart, where she coordinates theEuropean Cities Network CLIP (Cities for Local Integration Policies of Migrants) and supports the city’s implementation ofthe Stuttgart Pact for Integration, a Stuttgart Integration Policy concept. For the last two and a half years, she has worked onthe extension of the network and supported the CLIP scientific research group’s conduction of migration-specific case studiesin Stuttgart, Athens, Istanbul and Izmir. Moreover, Ms. Özbabacan organizes CLIP meetings, writes the CLIP newsletter andgives presentations on the sucessful integration work on the local, national and European levels. Ms. Özbabacan is multilingual,speaking German, English, French, Dutch, Kurdish, and Turkish. She has degrees in European studies and law, and a master’sdegree in European culture from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. She has spent a one month public policyfellowship at the Transatlantic Academy of The German Marshall Fund of the United States studying local integration policiesin selected U.S. cities.Selected current and recent work projects include:• The European Cities Network CLIP is currently conducting a case study on local policies on ethnic entrepreneurship in 30European cities.• Further development and implementation of the Stuttgart integration and diversity policy in jobs and services.• Organization of the follow-up of the naturalization campaign of 2009 to inform and motivate migrants to apply forGerman citizenship.Karoline Popp, Associate Migration Policy Officer, International Organization for Migration(Switzerland/Germany)Karoline Popp is an associate migration policy officer at the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Geneva,where she works in the Migration Policy & Research Department. Among her areas of activity is the International Dialogueon Migration, a multilateral forum on migration policy issues, and she has worked on a variety of subjects, includingmigration and human rights, human trafficking, migration and climate change, integration, and mixed migration flows.Before working for IOM, Ms. Popp spent time with a nongovernmental organization in Ecuador and worked as a volunteercase worker in a refugee charity in the United Kingdom. She holds a bachelor’s degree in geography from Oxford Universityand a master’s degree in dispute and conflict resolution from the School of Oriental & African Studies in London.Selected current and recent work projects include:• A study on the impacts of regional intergovernmental processes on migration governance.• An intergovernmental conference on the subject of migration and transnationalism.• Several projects relating to the connections between migration, climate change and the environment.David Reisenzein, External Relations Officer, European Agency for the OperationalCooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union(FRONTEX) (Poland/Austria)David Reisenzein works as an external relations officer for the European Agency for the Operational Cooperation at theExternal Borders of the Member States of the European Union — Frontex. He is responsible for Frontex cooperation withInternational Organizations and EU Bodies. He negotiates working arrangements with international organizations andadvises the senior management of Frontex on the latest developments with regard to European and international bordermanagement and migration policies and their potential impact on Frontex. Before joining Frontex, he headed the Unit forDevelopment, Programs, Policy and Media at the international business management (IOM) in Vienna. He holds a PhD inlaw and a master’s degree in international business management from the University of Innsbruck, as well as a master’s degreein advanced international relations from the Diplomatic Academy Vienna.T u r k e y o n t h e M o v e : A C o u n t r y o f E m i g r a t i o n ,I m m i g r a t i o n , a n d T r a n s i t M i g r a t i o n | 37

Participant BiographiesSicel’mpilo Shange-Buthane, Advocacy Officer, Consortium for Refugees and Migrants(South Africa)Sicel’mpilo Shange-Buthane is an advocacy officer with the Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa(CoRMSA). She joined CoRMSA in September 2007 after having worked in the human rights sector for seven years at theBlack Sash. Her current position involves engaging with government and other stakeholders at local, provincial, and nationallevels on legislative and policy issues affecting non-nationals in South Africa, including the challenges encountered in theprotection and integration of refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants. Ms Shange-Buthane manages the Access to SocialServices and Access to Asylum Programs. She is currently pursuing her master’s degree in forced migration at the Universityof the Witwatersrand. Some of her current projects are:• Administrative management of CoRMSA (including fundraising and managing donor relations).• Advocating for and lobbying on access to education and social security for non-nationals.• Coordinating work on access to the Refugee Reception Offices.Riem Spielhaus, Researcher, University of Copenhagen (Denmark/Germany)Riem Spielhaus is a research fellow at the Centre for European Islamic Thought. Currently, she is pursuing her post-doctoralresearch at the Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark with a survey on political participation of Muslimsin Berlin. Since completing her Magister Artium in Islamic Studies, Riem Spielhaus has been working as an advisor for theCommissioner for Migration, Refugees, and Integration of the German Federal Government. Riem Spielhaus obtained herdissertation and master’s degree from the Institute of Asian and African Studies (IAAW) at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlinin 2001 and 2008. She majored in Islamic studies and African studies. Her dissertation describes the emergence of a Muslimconsciousness in Germany between ascription and self-identification.Current selected work projects include:• Her research interest in Muslim minority studies with a focus on the production and dissemination of Islamic knowledge,identity politics, and the institutionalization of Islam in Europe.• Her main field of expertise in Muslim religious practices and the institutionalization of Islam in Germany and Europe.Oliver Steinert, Head of Section, Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, Germany(Germany)Oliver Steinert is head of the Central Aspects of Integration and Social Cohesion section in the Federal Office for Migrationand Refugees, Germany. The year before, he was head of public relations in the Department of Integration at the FederalOffice for Migration and Refugees. At university he dealt with the integration of Polish migrants in Germany. His doctoralthesis compares the integration process of Poles in Berlin between 1870 and 1918 with the parallel integration process ofPolish migrants in the Rhein-Ruhr-Area.Selected current work projects include:• The organization of a conference on Integration in June 2010 in Nuremberg (highlighting aspects of education, languageand monitoring/indicators).• A concept concerning social cohesion and intercultural awareness.• Proposals to improve the link beween programs on social integration and those intending integration in the labor market.Victoria Stoiciu, Project Coordinator, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (Romania)Victoria Stoiciu has a bachelor’s degree in political sciences and a master’s degree in international relations from the NationalSchool of Administrative and Political Studies, Bucharest. Since 2006 she has been working as a policy officer on social affairsat Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Romania. In addition, she regularly writes articles on migration and social issues for two Romaniannewspapers: Dilema Veche and Romania Libera.Current selected work projects include:• The economic crisis’s impact on labor migration.• Labor market policies under the crisis.• “Romanian migrants’ dilemma — domestic or foreign crisis?” — a series of media articles reporting on the life stories ofthe Romanian migrants from Spain, Italy, Cyprus, etc.T u r k e y o n t h e M o v e : A C o u n t r y o f E m i g r a t i o n ,I m m i g r a t i o n , a n d T r a n s i t M i g r a t i o n | 39

Participant BiographiesAmy Sugimori, Executive Director, La Fuente (United States)Amy Sugimori is executive director of La Fuente, which houses the New York Civic and Long Island Civic ParticipationProjects (NYCPP/LICPP). Both projects engage new immigrant community members in civic life in New York City and onLong Island. Prior to being appointed executive director of La Fuente, Ms. Sugimori worked as an attorney for the NationalEmployment Law Project, where she provided support to community and labor organizations throughout theUnited StatesBefore that, she litigated in Texas and in the Southeast on behalf of rural and agricultural workers. Ms. Sugimori is an experton the intersection of U.S. immigration and employment law, and speaks regularly on these issues. She has published articleson immigrant worker rights, the labor market, undocumented workers, and movement building. She received a J.D. from NewYork University School of Law, where she was editor in chief of the NYU Review of Law & Social Change.Current selected projects include:• Engaging immigrant community members in the public debate around state and local budgets and their impact on accessto public facilities, including public schools, parks, and street lighting.• Providing workshops for new immigrant community members on state and federal political structures, the electoralprocess, and how these impact issues of community concern.• Building relationships between Latin American immigrant communities and African, South Asian and Middle Easterncommunity groups to work on issues of common concern, including immigration reform and public education.Aly Tandian, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Gaston Berger University (Senegal)Dr. Aly Tandian is an assistant professor of sociology at the Gaston Berger University (Saint-Louis). He obtained a Ph.D. insociology at the University of Toulouse Le Mirail 2 in 2003 for his thesis “International Migration to the Question of Identity:Redefinition of Statutes of Migrants and Women’s Changing Identities in the Middle Senegal River Valley.” Dr. Tandian isthe coordinator of the interdisciplinary Migration Studies and Research Group [www.germ.sn], associate member at theCentre d’Anthropologie, EHESS CNRS (Toulouse), scientific collaborator at the Centre of Ethnic and Migration Studies of theUniversity of Liege (Belgium) and at Grupo Estudios de Poblacion Social, Universitad de Complutence (Madrid, Spain). From2003-2006 he taught the sociology of international migration and interethnic relations at the University of Toulouse Le Mirail2. He has published numerous articles on migration and interethnic relations in subSaharan populations in France, Spain,Italy, Belgium, and Senegal. Currently, his research focuses on climate change and migration, the social protection of femaleSenegalese migrants, migration, ITCs, and transnationalism.Karen Tumlin, Managing Attorney, National Immigration Law Center (United States)Karen Tumlin, is a Managing Attorney at the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) in Los Angeles, California. Shefocuses on promoting the rights of low-income immigrants through litigation and administrative advocacy. Before joiningNILC in 2005, Ms. Tumlin clerked for a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and worked as a researchassociate at the Urban Institute, where she coauthored studies on immigration, welfare, and language access issues. She alsospent a year in Thailand, where she conducted a study on child trafficking for the U.N. International Labor Organization. Ms.Tumlin holds a juris doctor degree and a master of public policy from the University of California-Berkeley.Selected current projects include:• Challenging Arizona’s new anti-immigrant law, SB 1070, in federal district court on several constitutional grounds.• Litigation to ensure detained immigrants are able to have their day in court and are not detained in sub-standardconditions.• Pursuing administrative solutions to current immigration problems.40 | T h e T R a n s a t l a n t i c f o r u m o n M i g r a t i o n a n d I n t e g r a t i o n

Participant BiographiesKadir Onur Unutulmaz, Doctoral Candidate, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology(ISCA), University of Oxford (United Kingdom/Turkey)K. Onur Unutulmaz is a doctoral candidate at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology (ISCA), University ofOxford. He holds bachelor’s degrees in political science, international relations, and sociology from Bogazici University,Istanbul, and master’s degrees in international relations and migration studies from Koc University, Istanbul, and Universityof Oxford, respectively. In addition to having served as a research and teaching assistant in Bogazici and Koc Universities,Mr. Unutulmaz has presented several academic papers at various workshops and conferences including those at HarvardUniversity, University of Montreal, London School of Economics, and University of Oxford. His research, focused primarilyon the questions of integration and multiculturalism in Western societies, has always had a policy oriented outlook.Selected current work projects include:• “Football and Turkish-Speaking Immigrants in London: Identity, Integration and Political Economy” — Doctoral researchproject involving a one-year ethnographic field study in North London.• “Double-Edged Sword of Betrayal: Immigrant Football Players and National Identity” — Research paper exploring theexperiences of immigrant professional football players with respect to their national identities, particularly in relation totheir choices to play for the national team of the country of immigration or the country of origin.• “Studying Immigrant Identities: How to go beyond the study of discourses?” — A research paper exploring theepistemological and ontological conditions in which multiple immigrant identities can be investigated other than discourseanalyses based on in-depth interviews.Koko Warner, Head of Section, Environmental Migration, Social Vulnerability, and ClimateAdaptation at the United Nations University Institute for Environment and HumanSecurity (Germany/United States)Dr. Koko Warner leads the Section on Environmental Migration, Social Vulnerability, and Climate Adaptation at the UnitedNations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS). She researches risk management strategiesof the poor in adapting to changing environmental and climatic conditions, environmentally induced migration andenvironmental change and financial mechanisms to assist the poor, including insurance.Dr. Warner is an executive board member of the Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII, www.climate-insurance.org).She was on the management board of the Environmental Change and Forced Migration Scenarios Project (EACH-FOR, www.each-for.eu), helped found the Climate Change, Environment, and Migration Alliance (CCEMA, www.ccema-portal.net), andserves on its steering committee.Dr. Warner studied development and environmental economics at George Washington University and the University ofVienna, where she received her PhD in economics as a Fulbright Scholar.Nils Warner, Desk Officer, Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development,Germany (Germany)Nils Warner is a desk officer in the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development and has almost fouryears experience in the field of managing development programs to the benefit of the civil reconstruction in Afghanistan,particularly in the fields of good governance, education, infrastructure, and sustainable economic development. Activitiesconcerning the reintegration of Afghan refugees are one important component of his work. Mr. Warner also has a strongrecord in managing international programs, particularly with Islamic countries such as Afghanistan, Iran, and other Arabcountries. He studied law in Passau, Damascus, and Potsdam, and has worked as a legal clerk in Dubai.Daniel Weber, Education Officer, DGB-Bildungswerk (Germany)Daniel Weber is representative for training and education at the DGB-Bildungswerk, the education and training institutionof the Confederation of German Trade Unions. He works for the Migration and Qualification section, where he is head ofthe intercultural competence centre. He has worked for several projects to strengthen the local labor market by improvingthe employment possibilities of migrants. He is now responsible for cultural diversity. Mr. Weber has a university degreein economics from the University of Cologne and has studied at Trinity College, Dublin. His main fields of interest are theeconomy of the labor-market, establishment of intercultural aspects in further education and training, migration models,political economy, economic geography, the sociology of education and migration, and empirical social sciences.Selected current work projects include:• Establishing a curriculum for education and training with cultural diversity.• Developing and organising intercultural trainings for stakeholders.• Counseling institutions, trade unions and works councils in intercultural terms.T u r k e y o n t h e M o v e : A C o u n t r y o f E m i g r a t i o n ,I m m i g r a t i o n , a n d T r a n s i t M i g r a t i o n | 41

Participant BiographiesJessica Zorogastua Camacho, Chief of Staff of the Regional Healthcare System Minister,Madrid Regional Government (Spain)Jessica Zorogastua worked as chief of staff of the Regional Immigration Minister of the Madrid Regional Government untilMarch 2010. Currently, she is working as chief of staff of the Regional Healthcare System Minister of the Madrid RegionalGovernment, the regional minister with the biggest budget in Madrid. The Immigration Agency, the first regional agency inSpain, is a new branch of the Administration that implements immigration and integration policies. In 2006 Spain was thesecond largest recipient of immigrants, with only the United States attracting more migrants. In 2009 Spain took in a third ofall immigrants to the European Union; 5.7 million immigrants are now living in Spain, 12 percent of the total population.Ms. Zorogastua has a bachelor’s degree in social communication from the University of Lima, a master’s degree in socialpolitics from San Marcos National University, and PhD in mass media from Complutense University of Madrid.Isabell Zwania-Rößler, Political Scientist, University of Yaoundé (Cameroon/Germany)Isabell Zwania-Rößler holds a master’s degree in political science and modern/contemporary history from the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (Germany) and the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain). She started her work as adesk officer for migration and integration issues with the German Caritas Association in January 2006. She has been workingon the subjects of undocumented migrants in Germany and Europe, discrimination in the field of publicly offered goodsand services in Germany, Poland and the Netherlands, education and self-determined participation of migrants, and theprevention of forced marriages among migrants in Germany.During her last year with the German Caritas Ms. Zwania-Rößler researched sustainable development in Africa and relatedmigration issues. In particular, she focused on remittances, the impact of diaspora-communities in their home countries,and the process of reintegration of migrants in national labor markets in Western Africa. Since July 2009 Ms. Zwania-Rößlerhas lived in Yaoundé, Cameroon and is working on a doctoral dissertation regarding the effects of migration processes inCameroon.Selected current work projects include:• From 2007 to 2009, Ms. Zwania-Rößler coordinated a project regarding the issue of forced marriages among migrants forthe German Caritas. In May 2010 a guideline for professional counselling for victims of forced marriages was publishedwith her participation.(Zwangsverheiratung: Arbeitshilfe für die professionelle Beratung von Betroffenen von Friederike Alfes, Asiye Balikci, StefanieNöthen und Isabell Zwania-Rößler, Lambertus-Verlag).42 | T h e T R a n s a t l a n t i c f o r u m o n M i g r a t i o n a n d I n t e g r a t i o n

TFMI Organizers and StaffThe German Marshall Fund of the United States(GMF)GMF Washington, DC OfficeCraig KennedyPresidentRobert Bosch StiftungDr. Olaf HahnHead of Section Society and CultureMelanie SchusterProgram Officer, Society and CultureLamis KhalilovaProgram Officer for Alumni NetworksDelancey GustinProgram Associate Immigration and IntegrationPaul TilleyProgram Assistant Immigration and IntegrationGMF Berlin OfficeTanja WunderlichSenior Program Officer Immigration and IntegrationAstrid ZiebarthProgram Officer Immigration and IntegrationStefanie JostProgram Assistant Immigration and IntegrationThomas WassmannSystems AdministratorRüya PerincekIntern Immigration and IntegrationGMF Ankara OfficeÖzgür ÜnlühisarcikliDirectorCeylan AkmanProgram OfficerEsin GözükaraInternT u r k e y o n t h e M o v e : A C o u n t r y o f E m i g r a t i o n ,I m m i g r a t i o n , a n d T r a n s i t M i g r a t i o n | 43

PartnersThe German Marshall Fund of the United StatesThe German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) is a nonpartisan American public policy andgrantmaking institution dedicated to promoting better understanding and cooperation between NorthAmerica and Europe on transatlantic and global issues.GMF does this by supporting individuals and institutions working in the transatlantic sphere, by conveningleaders and members of the policy and business communities, by contributing research and analysison transatlantic topics, and by providing exchange opportunities to foster renewed commitment to thetransatlantic relationship. In addition, GMF supports a number of initiatives to strengthen democracies.Founded in 1972 through a gift from Germany as a permanent memorial to Marshall Plan assistance, GMFmaintains a strong presence on both sides of the Atlantic. In addition to its headquarters in Washington, DC,GMF has seven offices in Europe: Berlin, Bratislava, Paris, Brussels, Belgrade, Ankara, and Bucharest.On the web: http://www.gmfus.orgRobert Bosch StiftungEstablished in 1964, the Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH is one of the major German foundations associatedwith a private company. It represents the philanthropic and social endeavors of Robert Bosch (1861-1942)and fulfills his legacy in a contemporary manner. The Robert Bosch Stiftung works predominantly in the areasof international relations, science, health, education, society, and culture. Under “Migration and Integration,”the Robert Bosch Stiftung supports and develops feasible solutions for living together in a culturally diversesociety. Since 2005, more than eight million euros have been spent to achieve this aim.On the web: http://www.bosch-stiftung.de44 | T h e T R a n s a t l a n t i c f o r u m o n M i g r a t i o n a n d I n t e g r a t i o n

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