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Younous Arbaoui is an Assistant Professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam specializing in Migration Law. He leads the Amsterdam Centre for Migration and Refugee Law (ACMRL) and the Global Migration Law Hub. His research focuses on the interaction of global migration governance instruments, particularly the Global Compact for Migration and the UN Migrant Workers Convention, with a keen interest in the developments surrounding migration between the EU and North Africa. He has actively participated in the travaux préparatoires for the UN Committee on Migrant Workers and has played a crucial role in establishing a partnership aimed at strengthening academic engagement in labor migration governance. Arbaoui began his academic career in the early 2000s, combining work as a primary school teacher with legal studies at the University of Marrakech, where he earned his bachelor's degree in public law. He later moved to Amsterdam in 2004 to study Dutch, international, and European law, eventually defending a PhD in socio-legal studies in 2019. Besides his academic pursuits, Arbaoui is the editor-in-chief of the Revue Hijra, an interdisciplinary journal focused on migration law and policy, and he chairs the Clinique Juridique Hijra in Morocco, providing legal aid to asylum seekers.
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