Coming to Connecticut: A Conversation on Economic & Legal Issues of Resettling Refugees

Event time: 
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 - 7:00pm
Location: 
Luce Hall (LUCE), Auditorium See map
34 Hillhouse Ave.
New Haven, CT 06511
Event description: 

The Program on Refugees, Forced Displacement, and Humanitarian Responses at the MacMillan Center at Yale University and Beacon & Main invite the public to a policy forum on the issue of welcoming refugees to Connecticut. All are invited to engage in an informed policy discussion with our state’s foremost policy experts on the practice, policy, and economics of resettling refugees.

This event is a unique opportunity to engage in conversation with Gov. Dannel Malloy; Becca Heller, director of the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), a plaintiff in IRAP v Trump; Justin Cox, National Immigration Law Center, the lead counsel on IRAP v Trump who successfully argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals; and Mushfiq Mobarak, a development economist at Yale University who studies the causes and consequences of migration.

Seating is limited for this special event. Please register by June 23.

Free but register in advance