Migration Conference 2026

The 2026 ADiM-IntoME Migration Conference will take place from 27 to 29 May 2026 at the University of Tuscia, Viterbo, and will focus on “The Right to Asylum and its Crisis: Challenges and Prospects under the EU Pact”.

The Conference is held at a crucial stage for European migration and asylum law, shortly before the new EU Pact on Migration and Asylum becomes applicable. It will provide an international forum to discuss the transformations affecting the right to asylum, the balance between protection and control, and the institutional, judicial and administrative challenges raised by the Pact’s implementation. The event will bring together scholars, judges, practitioners, policymakers and civil society actors, combining legal, political and interdisciplinary perspectives on the future of asylum and migration governance in Europe.

The Conference is organised by the Academy of Law and Migration (ADiM), in cooperation with the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on the Integration of Migrants in Europe (IntoME) and with the support of the PRIN project on the Legal Pathways for Refugees in the Euro-Mediterranean Context (EuroPathways).

Plenary Sessions

Plenary Session I – The Judicial Crisis (Wednesday 27 May, 2.30 p.m.)
Keynote speakers: Massimo Luciani and Giovanni Pitruzzella
Moderators: Barbara Guastaferro and Mario Savino

Plenary Session II – The Asylum Crisis (Wednesday 27 May, 4.30 p.m.)
Keynote speakers: Kristin Fabbe, Hiroshi Motomura and Peter Walsh
Moderator: Federica Passarini

Plenary Session III – The Procedural Crisis (Thursday 28 May, 3.30 p.m.)
Keynote speakers: Jurgen Bast, Philippe De Bruycker, Francesco Gatta and Mario Savino
Moderator: Daniela Vitiello

Parallel Panels

Thursday 28 May

• 9.00–10.30 — Session I, Panels 1–6
• 11.00–12.30 — Session II, Panels 7–12
• 13.30–15.00 — Session III, Panels 13–18

Friday 29 May

• 9.00–10.45 — Session IV, Panels 19–24
• 11.15–13.00 — Session V, Panels 25–30

The panels will address key issues in asylum and migration governance, including solidarity, judicial protection, detention, reception, integration, labour, welfare, securitisation, externalisation, safe countries of origin, safe third countries, climate displacement, legal pathways, border procedures, minors, vulnerability and multilevel governance.

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Barbara G. BELLO, University of Tuscia
Martina GALLI, University of Tuscia
Francesco L. GATTA, University of Palermo
Claudio DE MARTINO, University of Foggia
Paola PANNIA, University of Milan
Federica PASSARINI, University of Tuscia
Mario SAVINO, University of Tuscia
Serena STACCA, University of Naples SOB
Michela TUOZZO, University of Naples Federico II
Elena VALENTINI, University of Bologna
Flavio V. VIRZÌ, Sapienza University of Rome
Daniela VITIELLO, University of Tuscia

Giulia DEL TURCO, University of Tuscia
Nicolò ACQUARELLI, University of Tuscia
Prevail ADEWALE-ALFRED, Univ. of Tuscia
Giampiero CASSOLA, University of Tuscia

Email: accademia.immigrazione@gmail.com, intome@unitus.it

ADiM-IntoME Secretariat
University of Tuscia, Viterbo
Department of Legal, Social, and Educational Sciences – DIKE
Via Santa Maria in Gradi 4
01100 Viterbo, Italy