Cities and immigration
Workshop on Avner de-Shalit’s ‘Cities and Immigration: Political and Moral Dilemmas in the New Era of Migration’ (Oxford University Press, 2018).

All over the world immigration is one of the most urgent political issues, creating tensions and unrest as well as questions of justice and fairness. 96% of immigrants end up in cities, and in Europe and the USA, two thirds of the immigrants settle in seven or eight cities. How should cities integrate immigrants? Should cities be allowed to design their autonomous integration policies? Could they issue visas and permits to immigrants? Should immigrants be granted voting rights in local elections before naturalisation? And how do cities think about these issues? What can we learn from cities which are thought to be successful in integrating and assimilating immigrants? Is there a model of integration within the city which is best?

Chair: Jonathan Wolff, Blavatnik Professor of Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford.
Date: 24 June 2019, 9:30 (Monday, 9th week, Trinity 2019)
Venue: Venue to be announced
Speaker: Various Speakers
Organising department: Blavatnik School of Government
Organiser contact email address: events@bsg.ox.ac.uk
Topics:
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/events/cities-and-immigration
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Natalie Ham