The last meeting of the History of Administration Project Group on the theme: The Comparative Administrative History of Population Migration, 1800 to the Present, took place in Paris at the Faculty of Law, Paris-Panthéon, on 5 April 2008.Upon the invitation of Professor Vida Azimi the Group convened to discuss, for the second time, the administrative history of migrations under the chairmanship of Stefan Fisch and with the assistance of the Rapporteurs. After the welcoming message of the IIAS Director General and an introductive report by the Chairperson, the participants presented the progress made on their respective country papers and drew attention to the specificities of their national administrative systems set up during the 19the and 20th centuries to manage the migratory flows. The excellent working meeting closed with a discussion of the best way to finalize the writing of case studies and recommendations. The Rapporteur drew attention to the aspects that he wished to see developed in national reports and then set out some reflections about possible conclusions. The participants were also pleased that the former study had been published: « National Approaches to the Governance of Historical Heritage over Time » and that it was now available in the IIAS collection.. 

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