Contemporary international migration is drawing increasing attention from various segments of society. Migratory flows are becoming increasingly complex and dynamic. There is a diversification of the places of origin and destination and also of the forms of human mobility, which go beyond migration for economic reasons to include refugees, internally displaced people and other categories of forced migrants, presenting new realities and demands that often require urgent responses.
According to United Nations figures, more than 232 million people in the world are migrants (UNITED NATIONS, 2013). The year 2015 saw unprecedented levels of displacement due to wars and conflicts. In 2014, for example, 59.5 million people were displaced by forced migration, according to UNHCR data. It has also been possible to follow, through the media, the increase in migratory flows and the various challenges facing migration policies and, especially, respect for and promotion of human rights. The challenges of protecting the lives and dignity of people and human groups on the move challenge all social actors, and the academic world in particular.
The International Seminar aims to discuss the issue of international migration today from an interdisciplinary and human rights perspective, encouraging interaction and the exchange of experiences and knowledge among the audience.
The event also marks the 10th anniversary of the scientific journal REMHU - Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana (Interdisciplinary Journal of Human Mobility), which began publishing in 2006 and has since maintained its regularity and scientific rigor by disseminating reflections, research and studies based on an interdisciplinary approach, having achieved four international indexations and an A2 score in Qualis in 2015.
Director do SIMI, professor ordinário no mesmo Instituto e professor convidado da Universidade de Valencia, Espanha, da Universidade Autónoma de Zacatecas, México e da Pontifícia Universidade Salesiana de Roma, Itália.
Doutora em Direito pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná. Professora do Programa de Pós- Graduação Stricto Sensu em Direito da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM). Coordenadora do MIGRAIDH, Grupo de Pesquisa, Ensino e Extensão em Direitos Humanos e Mobilidade Humana Internacional da UFSM (registrado no CNPq). Responsável pela Cátedra Sérgio Vieira de Mello UFSM. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/2298217007407061 .
Professor associado da Universidade Federal de São CArlos, onde coordena o Laboratório de Estudos Migratórios. Tem trabalhado com temas que se referem à imigração internacional, refugiados, parentesco e migração, entre outros. É pesquisador com bolsa de produtividade do CNPq. Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/4705450652848752 .