Transnational Skill Partnerships as a Contribution to Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration

Summary of the 2023 SORM Conference

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https://doi.org/10.57947/qrp.v62i4.119

Abstract

This report summarizes contributions, discussions, findings and conclusions from the 68th International Conference of the Association for the World Refugee Problem (AWR) on the subject of “Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration: Transnational Skill Partnerships”. It was held at the Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt on 24-26 May 2023 and gathered expertise from science and practice, from receiving and sending States.

Author Biography

Prof. Dr. Ralf Roßkopf, Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt (THWS)

Dr. Ralf Roßkopf is a professor for law in the Faculty Applied Social Sciences at the Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt, Germany.

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12/15/2023

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Roßkopf, R. (2023). Transnational Skill Partnerships as a Contribution to Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration: Summary of the 2023 SORM Conference. Quarterly on Refugee Problems - AWR Bulletin, 62(4), 328–345. https://doi.org/10.57947/qrp.v62i4.119