The EU Pact on Migration and Asylum: From Paper to Practice

This conference will address important issues arising with the implementation of the EU Pact on Immigration and Asylum law, which will become applicable in June/July 2026. Topics that will be covered include reception conditions, the new border procedure, unaccompanied minors, appeals procedures and more.

Date: Friday, 5th June 2026

Start Time: 1.45pm (Registration from 1pm)

Finish Time: 5.30pm

Location: O'Tnúthail Theatre, The University of Galway

For further information on the associations, including membership, please visit:

Immigration Asylum and Citizenship Bar Association: Home - IACBA

Chaired by:

The Hon. Ms. Justice Mary Faherty

Speakers Include:

Professor Iris Goldner Lang, University of Zagreb “The Main Novelties and Challenges of the EU’s Migration Pact”

Professor Ciara Smyth, University of Galway “The Neoliberal Construction of the Individual and the Group in the EU Pact”

Jyothi Kanics, Director of Policy and Advocacy for Europe, Kids in Need of Defence “Unaccompanied Minors in the EU Pact”

David Conlan Smyth SC “Early legal counselling and legal assistance”

Andrew Robinson BL “Appeal procedures and oral hearings”

Grace Tierney BL “Vulnerability and special procedural guarantees”

This event is open to IACBA Members, Solicitors, Department of Justice, students and NGO's.

Register Here: The EU Pact on Migration and Asylum: From Paper to Practice