Nadia Sebtaoui

Nadia is a Supervising Attorney at IRAP Europe. In this role, she is responsible for coordinating the individual representation of beneficiaries of international protection in the family reunification and humanitarian visa processes to France, as well as for litigation and advocacy to challenge difficulties faced by refugees in the process.

Prior to joining IRAP, Nadia worked as an independent consultant conducting global research and evaluation on child migration and trafficking, protection needs of LGBTIQ+ migrants, and access to education for children affected by conflict for Save the Children, IOM and NRC Mali. Before that, she worked in the French and international NGO sectors with France terre d’asile, Médecins sans frontières, and Pacific links foundation, managing programs related to legal aid in immigration detention centres, protection of asylum seekers and unaccompanied minors, combating human trafficking and smuggling at the French-UK border, and capacity-building on Vietnamese migration and trafficking in Europe.

Nadia holds a Master of Law from the University of Grenoble Alpes and a Master of Political

Sciences from the Institute of Political Studies of Rennes. Nadia speaks French, English,

intermediate Spanish and has a basic knowledge in Arabic.