EMN Conference on Migration of Students from Third Countries to Slovakia and EU, Bratislava, 4 December 2012

IOM International Organization for Migration as the coordinator of the EMN National Contact Point in the Slovak Republic arranged a one-day conference entitled Migration of Students from Third Countries to Slovakia and EU which took place in Bratislava on 4 December 2012.

The aim of the conference was to present existing policies, measures and their impact on immigration of third-country students to EU through the main findings from the EMN study on Immigration of International Students to EU Member States.

Representatives of the Austrian, Czech, Norwegian and Slovak EMN National Contact Points presented main findings from the EMN study on Immigration of International Students to EU Member States from their perspective. Part of the conference programme was also a panel discussion with state and public sector representatives on the impacts of international student migration.

The conference was targeted at representatives of relevant state institutions, universities, non-profit organizations and foreign missions active in the field of migration and internationalization of higher education as well as at international students and other individuals interested in this topic.

Conference topic and outcomes were covered by the Slovak media in the following articles: