Integration weekFrom 12th to 21st June 2019

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University leading full and stepwise approach to the

INTEGRATION OF REFUGEES

Funded by the European Union’s Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund

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Thursday, June 13th Salón Nobre do Colexio de Fonseca da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela19:00h. Round table. EncounterSuelma Beiruk. President of the Sahrawi Group in the African Parliament Fadile Tibisay. Responsible of SAWT - Syrian-Galician asso-ciation in favour of the Syrian refugees in Galicia. Katherin A. Belgrave. Asylum-seeker from Venezuela.Modera: María del Mar Lorenzo Moledo, Vice Rector of Comunication, Culture and Services of USC.This round table will be composed by a number of women who, through their direct experience or their support to others, will focus on the situation of the asylum-seeker and refugee community with the aim of giving visibility to their specific problems and exploring cooperation prospects for their integration into the host society.

Tuesday, June 18th Salón Nobre do Colexio de Fonseca da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela19:00h. Conference. Geopolitics and environmental refugees.José Julio Fernández Rodríguez. Director of the Centre for Security Studies (CESEG) of the University of Santiago de Compostela.

19:45h. Conference. Interventions in humanitarian rescue missions in Frontex.

(European Border and Coast Guard Agency).Miguel Ángel Iglesias Blanco. Captain of the Guardia Civil and Chief of the Health Care Service of Lugo’s headquarters.

Friday, June 21st Sala de Artesoado do Colexio de Fonseca da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela19:00h. Conference. Haiti, land of struggle and vulnerability.Ana Isabel Martín. Architect and international cooperation specialist, collaborator of Red Cross and Architects without Borders’ in Haiti.Michael Sainvil. Expert in International Relations and aid worker in reconstruction organisations in Haiti.

19:45h. Conference. The European Dream.Jaime Alekos. : independent journalist, specialised in Human Rights and producer of the documentary The European Dream: Serbia.

20:30h. Round table. Coming from reality.With the additional participation of Patricia Muñiz, PhD in Architecture and specialist in design of housing for refugeesand internally displaced people, and Gabriel Tizón, photogra-pher with over 20 years of experience reflecting the close reality of the human being.

EXHIBITIONWednesday, June 12th Sala de Artesoado e Capela do Colexio de Fonseca da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela20:00h. Opening of the exhibition PERSOAS by Patricia Muñiz and Gabriel Tizón. An exhibition that combines photography and research to delve into the consequences of migratory movements and humanitarian crises triggered by war, natural disasters and climate change. This exhibition will be open from 12th June to 13th July 2019.

SERIES OF CONFERENCES AND COLLOQUIA

Friday, June 14th / 20:00h. ZUK Unax Blanco, Asier García Matías. Spain // 2017 // 81’ // Original version with Spanish subtitles Synopsis: Documentary that shows four stories which are intertwined in different scenarios, of volunteers from Basque associations that work to reduce the suffering of refugees. ZUK emphasizes the situation of women and unaccompanied minors living in refugee camps and the importance of making society aware of the possibility of collaborating from any context and place.

Wednesday, June 19th / 19:45h. A SEASON IN FRANCE Mahamat-Saleh Haroun. Chad, France // 2017 // 101’ // Origi-nal version with Spanish subtitlesSynopsis: Abbas is a French high school teacher in the Central African Republic. Because of the war, he had to flee the country with his children to start a new life in France. While applying for political asylum his children start school and he starts to work at a market. There, he meets Carole, with whom he shares part of his life. But, what will happen to Abbas and his children if his application gets rejected? And what will happen with Carole and the home she has built with them?.

SONG FOR THE JUNGLE Jean-Gabriel Périot. France // 2018 //15’ // without dialogue Synopsis: Calais a few weeks before its clearing: the Jungle is a place where thousands of migrants live waiting to go to England, or just for somebody to take care of them. They wander in this abandoned place, hoping to survive to our indifference.

Thursday, June 20th / 19:45h. 19:45h. THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE Aki Kaurismäki. Finland // 2017 // 98’ // Original version with Galician subtitlesSynopsis: Helsinki. Two men fortunes are entwined: Wikhström, a 50-year-old man who decides to turn his life around and opens a restaurant and Khaled, a young Syrian refugee that arrives to the capital by accident. His application for asylum is rejected but he decides to stay in the country anyway. One afternoon, Wikhström finds him at the door of his restaurant, and moved, decides to help him.

BORDERSDamjan Kozole. Slovenia // 2016 // 10’ // without dialogueSynopsis: October 24th, 2015. A beautiful autumn day landscape. Escorted by police officers and soldiers, a group of migrants and refugees cross the Schengen border between Croatia and Slovenia towards the refu-gee camp of Brežice. Now, the landscape does not look so beautiful anymore.

WORKSHOPThursday, June 20th Sala de Artesoado e Capela do Colexio de Fonseca da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela11:30 h. Photography and empathy workshop. Among us Coordinated by the photographer Gabriel Tizón and targeted to secondary education students.

FILM CYCLESALA NUMAX // Concepción Arenal, 9 baixo. 15702 Santiago de Compostela.Free entry. Advance reservations at www.numax.org

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