Watch the Webinar: "Externalization of Migration Governance and its Impact on the Right to Asylum"

On Wednesday, June 17, 2026, the Metropolis International Migration Network hosted a webinar in the lead-up to World Refugee Day.

This inaugural webinar launched a new cross-sectoral series by the Network, bringing together academic, policy and practitioner perspectives on pressing migration challenges.

We were pleased to feature:

• Gehad Madi — UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants

• Amb. Amma Twum-Amoah — Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs & Social Development, Ghana

• Michele Le Voy — Director, PICUM

• Luciana Gandini — SUDIMER, UNAM

• Prof. Mary Boatemaa Setrana — University of Ghana

• Prof. Pablo Ceriani Cernadas — Universidad Nacional de Lanús, Argentina

Missed the webinar or want to watch it again? Check out the recording below.