INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES
In the years 1951 to 1974 the “working congresses” were without a general theme. Superordinate points of view were thematized in the “Festrede” (Opening Speech).
2018 Budapest / Hungary
International and National Developments related to Migration
Joint International Conference of Provincia de Lecce, Assessorato alle Politiche Sociali and AWR
2016 Vienna / Austria
Managed Immigration of Refugees. Learning from Each Other
Steering Refugee Immigration – Learning from Others.
2014 Poznan / Poland
East-West Migration in Europe
2012 Freising / Germany
The State of the European Asylum Directives: Implementation, Difficulties and Need for Improvement in View of Current Challenges in the Areas of Flight and Migration
2011 Leiden / Netherlands
Integration and Identity
2010 Berlin / Germany
Immigration as a challenge for the welfare state
2009 Sibiu / Romania
Migration and Minorities in View of the EU Enlargement to the East
2008 Roma / Italy
The Contribution of Refugees and Immigrants to the Construction of a European and Mediterranean Cultural Community
2007 Vilnius / Lithuania
Migration, Asylum and Minorities. European and National Perspectives in the “New” Europe
2006 Poznan / Poland
Migration and EU Enlargement to the East: Stocktaking and Developments
2005 Ljubljana / Slovenia
Ethnic Cleansing in Europe and Repatriation after Flight and Expulsion
2004 Lucerne / Switzerland
Secure Borders and Secure Standards for Asylum Seekers, Refugees and Migrants
2003 Vienna / Austria
Europeanization of the Law on Foreigners and Asylum? The Eastern Enlargement of the European Union: Implications for Migration and Asylum and the Labor Market
2002 Würzburg / Germany
Asylum and Integration with Special Emphasis on the Integration of Recognized Refugee Families
Pre-conference Preceding the Congress: International Conference of the Youth Committee of WAR
Persecution: Agents and Victims. Protection from Non-state and Gender-based Persecution in International and National Law.
2001 Roma / Italy
Refugees and Immigrants. Today and Tomorrow
2000 Vaduz / Liechtenstein
50 years of Refugee Research – International, European and National Aspects
1999 Banz-Staffelstein Monastery / Germany
Europeanization of Refugee aw
1998 Gorizia / Italy
Refugees from and in the Balkan Countries
1997 Poznan / Poland
Political Transformation: Flight and Migration – German-Polish Perspectives /European Dimensions / International Implications
1996 Salzburg / Austria
Asylum and Human Rights
1995 San Marino / Italy
Refugees in the Countries of Origin and Reception – on the Special Situation of Children and Women
1994 Orvieto / Italy
Refugees and Immigrants
1993 Travemünde / Germany
Minorities and Ethnic Rights as an Instrument to Avoid New Refugee Flows
1992 Budapest / Hungary
Refugee Migrations in the “New” Europe
1991 Ancona / Italy
40 Years after the Geneva Refugee Convention – Questions and Answers at the End of the 20th Century
1990 Strasbourg / France
History, Development and Future of Refugee Research
1989 Salzburg / Austria
The de Facto Refugees
1988 Augsburg / Germany
Refugees and Human Rights
1987 Trieste / Italy
The Contribution of Refugees to the Development of Host Countries
1986 Strasbourg / France
Refugees and Europe
1985 Urbino / Italy
Refugee Issues of the Third World – Refugees and Migrant Workers in Countries of Origin and Host Countries
1984 Bonn / Germany
Xenophobia with Special Emphasis on the Problems of Social, Cultural and Economic Integration
1983 Igls / Austria
The Identity and Personality of the Refugee and Migrant Worker
1982 Grado / Italy
Refugees and Migrant Workers on the Move
1981 Feldkirch / Austria
Thirty Years of the Geneva Refugee Convention
1980 Arc-et-Senans / France
Problems of Integration of Refugees in the Host Country; Facts and Prejudices
1979 Regensburg / Germany
The Young Generation of Refugees, Displaced Persons and Migrant Workers
1978 Aosta / Italy
The Limits of Asylum
1977 Interlaken / Switzerland
World Refugee Issues 1977
1976 San Marino / Italy
Solidarity as a Community Task in the Field of Refugee Movements and Mass Migrations
1975 Rabat / Malta
25 Years of Refugee Research
1974 Luxembourg /Luxembourg
1973 Berlin / Germany
1972 Genève / Switzerland
1971 Kreuzen – Vienna / Austria
1970 Nice / France
1969 Udine – Venecia / Italy
1968 Zurich / Switzerland
1967 Istanbul / Turkey
1966 Feldkirch / Austria
1965 Strasbourg / France
1964 Saint-Cergue / Switzerland
1963 Trieste – Roma / Italy
1962 Vaduz / Liechtenstein
1961 Saloniki – Athens / Greece
1960 Weggis / Switzerland
1959 Berlin / Germany
1958 Baden near Vienna / Austria
1957 Arnhem / Netherlands
1956 Vaduz / Liechtenstein
1955 Helsinki / Finland
1954 Istanbul / Turkey
1953 Strasbourg / France
1952 Munich / Germany
1951 Hanover / Germany