The Unseen: Europe's Invisible Workers

The screening will be followed by an in-depth panel discussion led by Valeska Onken. Together with Andreina de Leo, Simone Gavazzi and filmmaker Milou Rientjes, we will discuss themes from the film and open the conversation on migration, working conditions and the complexity of European regulations.

About the panelists:
Andreina De Leo
Postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at Universiteit Maastricht s Faculty of Law and member of the Italian Association for Legal Studies on Immigration (ASGI). Her research focuses on EU asylum and migration law and policy, with a special focus on cooperation with third countries and the broader impact of European migration policy on the fundamental rights of people on the run.

Simone Gavazzi
Simone Gavazzi is a junior lecturer at Maastricht Universiteit Maastrichts Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. He writes for the Italian newspaper "domani" and has directed two documentaries on the conditions of agricultural workers, shot in the central Mediterranean, in Sicily and Calabria.

Milou Rientjes
With Milou's background in International Development Studies, she is constantly committed to vulnerable communities. She researched the exploitation of African migrant workers in Italy, which led to her debut documentary The Unseen. After working as a team leader at Refugee Council, she founded Nuru Foundation Tanzania.