Refugee Cities working group member Hiba Bou Akar organized a conference, alongside Hugo Sarmiento, titled “The Migrant ‘Crisis’ in NYC: Immigration, Asylum, and The Right to the City.” Hosted by GSAPP, the conference was split into two panels: “Urban History of Immigrant ‘Crises’ in NYC,” “Formal and Informal Systems of Support and Care,” and “Housing Question and the Right to Shelter.”
For more on this conference, read the full Columbia Spectator story here.