Debunking Webinar : Immigration, is the EU being “Invaded”?

* This event will be held in French

Migration is now at the heart of Europe’s major challenges. Armed conflicts, climate disasters, and geopolitical crises have marked the past decade, from Syria to Ukraine, via West Africa and the Mediterranean. While public debate and policy responses have intensified, the climate has hardened: cultural fears, and issues of integration and reception have fueled misconceptions and political instrumentalization. In the face of such discourse, one question arises: what are the facts?

This webinar, organized by the Notre Europe Academy with the 2025/2026 cohort and the alumni association, aims to bring facts back to the center of the debate:

• What are the figures? Can we really speak of a “flood” of migrants?
• What are the real challenges of migration policies: reception, integration, regulation?
• What options are currently being considered at the European level, and are there divergences between Member States and between institutions?

Speaker: Monique Pariat, Advisor at the Jacques Delors Institute and former Director-General for Migration and Home Affairs at the European Commission.