Terms such as flight, migration, and asylum shape current social and political debates. Yet in public discourse they are often used imprecisely or deliberately distorted. This makes it all the more important to distinguish between them clearly and to gain a deeper understanding of their meaning.
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Svenja Niederfranke
Svenja Niederfranke from the Migration Program at the German Council on Foreign Relations explores these questions. She explains what the terms signify in both political and legal contexts and shows why precise language is essential when it comes to flight and migration.
About the Speaker
Svenja Niederfranke is a Research Fellow at the Center for Migration of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). She regularly publishes, comments, and speaks in the media on German and European asylum and migration policy. For her research on the foreign and development policy effects of the EU’s migration cooperation, she has conducted interviews in Tunis, Beirut, Brussels, and Berlin.
Before joining DGAP, she worked in the Migration Program of the European Policy Centre (EPC) on European migration policy. Other professional experiences include work on international migration law with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Geneva, as well as on migration and development with the GIZ Representation in Brussels.
- The event will be held in German
- Included in the museum admission
- No registration required.
Additional information
Dates
November 2025
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