Participants List
Second Global Roundtable on Reception and Alternatives to Detention.
Toronto, 20-22 April 2015
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Alison Samedi, Head of Asylum Policy, Home Office, United Kingdom
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Analía Isabel Cascone, Coordinator, National Commission for the protection and assistance of
asylum-seekers and refugees, National Public Defenders Office, Argentina
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Anderson Selvasegaram, Executive Director, SUKA Society, Malaysia
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Andrew Lorenzen-Strait, Deputy Assistant Director, Enforcement and Removal Operations –
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, United States of America
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Ben Lewis, Advocacy Coordinator, International Detention Coalition
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Brahim Lahyani, Senior Police Commissioner, Ministry of Interior, Morocco
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Bruce Smith, Acting Chief Immigration Officer, Immigration Department, Cayman Islands
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Daniel Solomon, Legal Advisor of Population, Immigration and Border Authority, Ministry of
Interior, Israel
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Dave Scott, Toronto Bail Program, Canada
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Dimitris Christopoulos, Advisor to Minister of Interior, Migration and Citizenship, Greece
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Emmanuel Grupper, Head of the School of Education and Social Studies, Ono Academic
College, Israel
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Fernando Alonso Becerra Pinales, Director of the Protection Unit, COMAR (National Refugee
Commission), Mexico
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François Crépeau, UN Special Rapporteur Human Rights of Migrants, United Nations
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Franz Manderson, Deputy Governor, Ministry of Home and Community Affairs, Cayman
Islands
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Geertrude van Tujil, Bridge to Better Foundation, Netherlands
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Gintaras Valiulis, Senior Adviser to the Public Security Policy Department, Ministry of Interior,
Lithuania
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Grant Mitchel, Director, International Detention Coalition
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Greg Kipling, Director General, Policy, Planning and Research, Immigration and Refugee Board
(IRB), Canada
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Irene Ritman, Supervising Policy Advisor Ministry of Safety and Justice, Migration Department,
Asylum, Reception & Return, Netherlands
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Isabelle Plumat, Head of the UASC Unit, L’Agence federale pour l’accueil des demandeurs
d’asile (Fedasil), Belgium
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Iwona Przybyłowicz, Counselor at the Department for Foreigners, Border Guard HQ, Poland
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Jacob Mphepo, Commissioner for Refugees, Zambia
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Jerome Phelps, Director, Detention Action, United Kingdom
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Jong-Chul Kim, Director, Advocates for Public Interest Law, Republic of Korea
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Katrine Camilleri, Director, Jesuit Refugee Service, Malta
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Kerry Neal, Senior Child Protection Specialist (Justice for Children), UNICEF
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Kevin White, Director General, Strategic Communication and Partnership Branch, Immigration
and Refugee Board (IRB), Canada
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Laurence Hart, Head Migrant Assistant Division, International Organisation for Migration
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Lilian Tsourdi, Researcher, Odysseus Network, Belgium
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Marc Linning, Protection Coordinator, Washington DC, ICRC
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Mary Giovagnoli, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Immigration Policy, Department of Homeland
Security, United States of America
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Mieko Ishikawa, Director, Forum for Refugees, Japan
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Monik Beauregard, Director General, Enforcement and Intelligence Program Directorate,
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canada
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Moola Milomo, Director General for Immigration, Department for Immigration, Zambia
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Nicole Lefebvre, Manager, Hearings and Detentions, Inland Enforcement Division, Canada
Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canada
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Sir Nigel Rodley, UN Human Rights Committee (former Chairperson), United Nations
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Paul Vrbanac, Director of Enforcement and Intelligence Operations Division, Greater Toronto
Enforcement Centre, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canada
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Peter Orosz, Consul, Embassy of Hungary in Ottawa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hungary
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Pol.Lt.Col. Prawit Sirithon, Deputy Superintendent, Investigation Division, Immigration
Bureau, Thailand
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Rachel Sharvit, Senior Deputy Director General, Director of Division of Correctional Services,
Ministry of Welfare and Social Services, Israel
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Robyn Sampson, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
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Stephanie J. Silverman, University of Toronto, Canada
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Steve Jack, Assistant Chief Immigration Officer (Ag.), Ministry of National Security,
Immigration Division, Trinidad & Tobago
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Susan Bibeau, Deputy Chairperson, Immigration Division, Immigration and Refugee Board
(IRB), Canada
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Tim Parritt, Programme Officer, Oak Foundation, United Kingdom
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Vivien Vadasi, Head of Division for Migration, Department of EU Cooperation, Ministry of
Interior, Hungary
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Carlos Omar Herrera Matías, Chief of Protection, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Consulate of
Mexico in Toronto.
UNHCR
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Janice Marshall, Deputy Director, Law and Policy, Division of International Protection,
UNHCR, Geneva HQ
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Furio De Angelis, Representative, UNHCR Canada
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Alice Edwards, Senior Legal Coordinator and Chief, UNHCR, Geneva HQ
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Leslie Velez, Senior Protection Officer, UNHCR, ROWAS
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Rana Khan, Legal Officer, UNHCR Canada
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Ariel Riva, Legal Officer, UNHCR, Geneva HQ
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Marie Huberlant, Global Strategy Specialist, UNHCR, Geneva HQ
UNHCR
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