Matti Heinonen

Matti Heinonen is the Head of Section of the International cooperation at the Finnish Immigration Service (MIGRI). Previously he acted as the Head of the Dublin Section and the Deputy Head of the Asylum Unit of the MIGRI (budget 2013 € 80 million). He is also a lecturer and expert on migration management, mixed migration flows, refugee law, human smuggling and trafficking, voluntary and forced returns in several administrations, universities and international organisations in more than 20 different countries around the world. His talk will give a broad perspective to the current and future global immigration flows.

Matti will be speaking on controlling irregular migration at borders along with Mile Milenkoski from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Macedonia at 16.15, Stream B (Migration) on Day One (21st May). Matti’s presentation will give a broad perspective to the current and future global immigration fl ows. He is best placed is to give this presentation as a lecturer and expert on migration management, mixed migration fl ows, refugee law, human smuggling and traffi cking, voluntary and forced returns in several administrations, universities and international organisations in more than 20 different countries around the world.