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Migration and Asylum in Europe MONDAY, 14 JUNE 2021 10.30 - 16.00 CET MIGRATION EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND ASYLUM BRUSSELS IN EUROPE REMOTE PARTICIPATION SECOND HIGH-LEVEL INTERPARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE ON MIGRATION AND ASYLUM CO-ORGANIZED: by the European Parliament and the Portuguese Assembleia da República European Parliament List of Participants National Parliament ČESKO / CZECHIA Senát / Senate Member: Mr Zdenek NYTRA Committee on European Affairs Civic Democratic Party - European Conservatives and Reformists Group Official: Ms Adela SUCHMANOVA Official of National Parliament DEUTSCHLAND / GERMANY Bundestag / National Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany Members: Mr Wolfgang SCHÄUBLE Speaker President of the German Bundestag CDU/CSU - Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) 1 SECOND HIGH-LEVEL INTERPARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE ON MIGRATION AND ASYLUM | DATE 15/06/2021 Ms Gökay AKBULUT Internal Affairs Committee DIE LINKE - The Left group in the European Parliament - GUE/NGL Ms Luise AMTSBERG Internal Affairs Committee BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN - Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance Mr Lars CASTELLUCCI Internal Affairs Committee SPD - Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament Mr Detlef SEIF Internal Affairs Commitee CDU/CSU - Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) Officials: Ms Vesna POPOVIC National parliament representative (based in Brussels) Mr Lothar Henning STUHR National parliament representative (based in Brussels) Bundesrat / Federal Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany Officials: Mr Michael REINOLD Official of National Parliament Ms Svenja WUCHERPFENNIG National parliament representative (based in Brussels) 2 SECOND HIGH-LEVEL INTERPARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE ON MIGRATION AND ASYLUM | DATE 15/06/2021 ΕESTI/ ESTONIA Riigikogu Member: Ms Oudekki LOONE Constitutional Committee Estonian Center Party - RENEW ΕΛΛΑΔΑ / GREECE Βουλή των Ελλήνων / Hellenic Parliament Members: Mr Konstantinos KARAGKOUNIS Committee on Public Administration, Public Order and Justice New Democracy - Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) Mr Manos KONSOLAS Committee for Public Administration, Public Order And Justice New Democracy - Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) 3 SECOND HIGH-LEVEL INTERPARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE ON MIGRATION AND ASYLUM | DATE 15/06/2021 Ms Giota POULOU Committe on Public Administration, Public Order And Justice SYNASPISMOS RIZOSPASTIKIS ARISTERAS - The Left group in the European Parliament - GUE/NGL Officials: Ms Argyro TRAGAKI Official of National Parliament Ms Danai TSOTSI NΑKOU Official of National Parliament Ms Eleni SIANNA National Parliament representative (based in Brussels) ESPAÑA / SPAIN Congreso de los Diputados / Congress of Deputies Member: Ms Ana María BOTELLA Home Affairs Committee Socialist Group - Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament Officials: Ms Rosa RIPOLLÉS Official of National Parliament Ms Carmen SÁNCHEZ-ABARCA National Parliament representative (based in Brussels) 4 SECOND HIGH-LEVEL INTERPARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE ON MIGRATION AND ASYLUM | DATE 15/06/2021 Senado / Senate Member: Mr Sergio RAMOS ACOSTA Vice-President Committee of Ecological Transition Partido Popular - EPP FRANCE Sénat / Senate Member: Mr Philippe BONNECARRÈRE Vice-chair, Law Committee Union centriste - No Group Affiliation in the EP Assemblée nationale / National Assembly Officials: Ms Alexandra POIRSON Official of National Parliament Mr Pierre BOSSE National parliament representative (based in Brussels) 5 SECOND HIGH-LEVEL INTERPARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE ON MIGRATION AND ASYLUM | DATE 15/06/2021 HRVATSKA / CROATIA Hrvatski Sabor / Croatian Parliament Members: Mr Josip ŠARIĆ Domestic Policy and National Security Comitte Croatian Democratic Union - Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) Mr Davor Ivo STIER Foreign Affairs Committee Croatian Democratic Union - Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) Officials: Ms Maja ČAČIJA Official of National Parliament Ms Anita GVOZDANOVIĆ Official of National Parliament Ms Martina KUŠNJAČIĆ Official of National Parliament 6 SECOND HIGH-LEVEL INTERPARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE ON MIGRATION AND ASYLUM | DATE 15/06/2021 ITALIA / ITALY Camera dei Deputati / Chamber of Deputies Members: Mr Piero FASSINO Chair, Committee on Foreign and EU Affairs Partito Democratico - Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats Ms Sabrina DE CARLO Committee for Constitutional Affairs, Presidency of the Council of Ministers and Interior Affairs Movimento 5 Stelle - NI Officials: Mr Stefano CICCOGNANI Official of National Parliament Ms Francesca PIAZZA Official of National Parliament Ms Maria SCHININÀ National Parliament representative (based in Brussels) Senato della Repubblica / Senate Members: Mr Vincenzo GARRUTI Vice-chair, Constitutional Affairs Committee Movimento 5 Stelle - NI 7 SECOND HIGH-LEVEL INTERPARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE ON MIGRATION AND ASYLUM | DATE 15/06/2021 Mr Pietro LOREFICE Committte on EU Affairs Movimento 5 Stelle - NI Officials: Mr Davide CAPUANO Official of National Parliament Ms Viviana DI FELICE Official of National Parliament Mr Francesco GILIOLI Official of National Parliament Ms Beatrice GIANANI National parliament representative (based in Brussels) LIETUVA / LITHUANIA Seimas / Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania Members: Mr Tomas Vytautas RASKEVICIUS Chair, Committee on Human Rights Freedom Party (Laisvės partija) - RENEW Mr Arminas LYDEKA Vice-Chair, Committee on European Affairs Liberals Movement of the Republic of Lithuania - RENEW 8 SECOND HIGH-LEVEL INTERPARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE ON MIGRATION AND ASYLUM | DATE 15/06/2021 Mr Andrius MAZURONIS Committee on National Security and Defence Labour Party - NI Mr Emanuelis ZINGERIS Committee on Foreign Affairs Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrat Political Group - Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) Officials: Ms Vilma GRECKAITĖ Official of National Parliament Ms Ruta BUNEVICIUTE National parliament representative (based in Brussels) LUXEMBOURG Chambre des Députés / Chamber of Deputies Members: Ms Stéphanie EMPAIN Committee on Foreign and European Affairs, Cooperation, Inmigration and Asylum déi gréng - GREENS/EFA Mr Paul GALLES Committee on Foreign and European Affairs, Cooperation, Inmigration and Asylum CSV - Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) 9 SECOND HIGH-LEVEL INTERPARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE ON MIGRATION AND ASYLUM | DATE 15/06/2021 Officials: Ms Rita BRORS Official of National Parliament Ms Elisabeth FUNK National parliament representative (based in Brussels) MAGYARORSZÁG / HUNGARY Magyar Országgyűlés / National Assembly Members: Mr Zoltán TESSELY Vice-Chair, Committee on European Affairs FIDESZ - NI Ms Mónika BARTOS Committee on Defence and Law Enforcement FIDESZ - NI Officials: Ms Karina BRANDENBURG Official of National Parliament Ms Timea KRISTOFFY National parliament representative (based in Brussels) 10 SECOND HIGH-LEVEL INTERPARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE ON MIGRATION AND ASYLUM | DATE 15/06/2021 MALTA Kamra tad-Deputati / House of Representatives Members: Mr Beppe FENECH ADAMI Chair Committee on Public Accounts Nationalist Party - Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) Mr Carmelo MIFSUD BONNICI Committee on Foreign and European Affairs Nationalist Party - Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) Officials: Mr Andre VELLA Official of National Parliament Mr Ian Paul BAJADA National parliament representative (based in Brussels) NEDERLAND / THE NETHERLANDS Tweede Kamer / House of Representatives Members: Ms Marieke KOEKKOEK Justice and Security Committee VOLT - Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance 11 SECOND HIGH-LEVEL INTERPARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE ON MIGRATION AND ASYLUM | DATE 15/06/2021 Mr Gidi MARKUSZOWER Justice and Security Committee PVV - Identity and Democracy Group Official: Ms Janneke TIMMER National parliament representative (based in Brussels) Eerste Kamer / Senate Member: Mr Jan KEUNEN Head of Delegation Standing Committee for Inmigration & Asylum/ Justice and Home Affaris Council VVD - RENEW ÖSTERREICH / AUSTRIA Nationalrat / National Council Members: Mr Ernst GÖDL Head of Delegation Committee on Internal Affairs Austrian People´s Party - Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) 12 SECOND HIGH-LEVEL INTERPARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE ON MIGRATION AND ASYLUM | DATE 15/06/2021 Mr Christian RIES Committee on Internal Affairs Austrian Freedom Party - ID Official: Ms Sophie VELBERG National parliament representative (based in Brussels) Bundesrat / Federal Council Members: Mr Dominik REISINGER Vice- Chair Committee on Internal Affairs Austrian Social Democratic Party - S&D Official: Ms Sophie VELBERG National parliament representative (based in Brussels) POLSKA / POLAND Sejm / Sejm Member: Mr Daniel MILEWSKI Head of Delegation European Union Affairs Committee Prawo i Sprawiedliwość - ECR Officials: 13 SECOND HIGH-LEVEL INTERPARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE ON MIGRATION AND ASYLUM | DATE 15/06/2021 Ms Aneta SKORUPA-WULCZYŃSKA Official of National Parliament Mr Rafał CZARSKI National parliament representative (based in Brussels) Senat / Senate Members: Mr Aleksander POCIEJ Head of Delegation Chair, Committee on Human Rights, the Rule of Law and Petitions Civic Platform - Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) Ms Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA Vice-Chair, Committee on Foreign and European Union Affairs Civic Platform
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