THE DILEMMA OF SEA RESCUE

Judith Kohlenberger in conversation with Rainer Bauböck and Julia Mourão Permoser

THE DILEMMA OF SEA RESCUE
An example of ethical dilemmas in migration policy

Migration policy polarises. Political parties take opposing positions. Governments and civil society activists hardly speak the same language when it comes to goals and values in migration policy. Contrary to this social trend, the project „Ethical Dilemmas of Migration Policy“ claims that there are also genuine conflicts of values and objectives in this field that political actors must face up to. Coordinated by Martin Ruhs, Julia Mourao Permoser, Lukas Schmid and Rainer Bauböck, the „Dilemmas project“ recently published in a Special volume of the journal Migration Studies five dilemmas are presented and their general dynamics are summarised in a Introductory essay analysed.
This innovative approach to migration policy debates will be presented on two evenings at the Bruno Kreisky Forum. On 30 January, the focus will be on the general question of how migration policy dilemmas can be dealt with and on the dilemmas of NGOs in sea rescue.

Rainer Bauböck, sociologist, political scientist and migration researcher, professor at the European University Institute in Florence and chairman of the Commission for Migration and Integration Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences

Julia Mourão Permoser, political scientist and migration researcher, Visiting Professor of Political Science at the University of Vienna and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Innsbruck. Head of the FWF project „Migration as Moral Politics“ (www.migration-morality.com).

Moderation Judith Kohlenberger, Cultural scientist and migration researcher at the Institute for Social Policy at Vienna University of Economics and Business, Chairwoman of the Vienna Integration Council, founding member of COURAGE - Courage for Humanity