HIBAPRESS – Mohammed Menfloti
The Faculty of Legal and Political Sciences in Settat, affiliated with Hassan I University, in partnership with the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad and the University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy, is organizing the first edition of the international conference entitled: "Migration in Times of Crisis: Legal Perspectives and Humanitarian Challenges" on April 1 and 2, 2026, at the faculty's headquarters in the city of Settat.
The organization of this conference comes within the framework of the dynamism witnessed by the Faculty of Legal and Political Sciences in Settat at the level of scientific research, partnership, and cooperation, as well as in an international context characterized by increasing multi-dimensional crises, from political, economic, climate, and security, and what it produces of profound transformations in migration patterns and their legal and humanitarian repercussions. This scientific event aims to discuss the various issues related to migration, especially those related to the protection of migrants, border management, and the promotion of international solidarity and the sharing of responsibilities between countries. This academic event will constitute a multidisciplinary scientific platform that brings together a select group of professors, researchers from, and experts from various national and international universities, legal practitioners, and representatives of international organizations, in order to exchange views and experiences and enhance scientific research in the field of migration. The conference program is divided into four main axes including: The international legal framework for migration and asylum, the humanitarian dimensions of forced migration, migration management and integration policies, international cooperation and responsibility-sharing. The organizers of this scientific conference seek to be an opportunity to enrich public and academic debate on one of the most topical and complex global issues, and to contribute to the development of practical recommendations capable of keeping pace with the rapid transformations witnessed by the world in the field of migration.
