On May 13th of 2025, we conducted the forum “Discussing Humanitarian Visa Policies: global perspectives, solutions and challenges”. The event was organised by the members of the Mapping Humanitarian Visa Policies in Brazil, an ESRC-UKRI-funded project, a partnership between the University of Sheffield, the Federal University of São Carlos (Brazil), and the University of Southampton.
In this event, we gathered experts from both Brazil and the UK to comparatively discuss what ‘humanitarian visas’ (HVs) and safe passages mean in both contexts, their uses and challenges, their interconnections with asylum, and the future of ‘visas with a humane face’. Our intention was to bring a Brazilian perspective on Humanitarian Visas to the UK, build a sustainable network of academics worldwide who study or work with HVs or ‘safe routes’, and co-construct a collaborative research environment.
Agenda of the event:
1:00 pm: Welcome and Opening
1:15-2h15 pm: Panel 1: Thinking Humanitarian Visas in a Comparative Perspective
2:15-3:15 pm: Mapping Humanitarian Visa Policies In Brazil
3:15-3:45 pm: Coffee Break
3:45-5:00 p.m: Panel 2: Challenges and solutions on Humanitarian Visas in the UK
5:00-5:30 pm: Closure.