NORCOM Conference 2023 in Pictures Opening speech by state secretary Even Eriksen. Eriksen is the state secretary for the Minister of Justice and Public Security Emilie Enger Mehl. Principal investigator in PROTECT Hakan G. Sicakkan. Many thanks to Kari Hagatun for leading the audience throughout the whole NORCOM Conference. Hakan G. Sicakkan. Stefania Panebianco presenting on Externalization, Securitization, and the Common European Asylum Policy. Panebianco is associate professor in political science at the University of Catania and researcher in PROTECT. Panel debate on whether legal and institutional reforms are needed in Norway’s asylum and refugee policy to cope with the human rights standards. Moderator: Kari Hagatun. Participants: Jan-Paul Brekke (Institute of Social Research), Hakan G. Sicakkan (University of Bergen), Stefania Panebianco (University of Catania) and Marry-Anne Karlsen (University of Bergen).