#GlobalChallenges - Global migration: from crisis to opportunity
The second #GlobalChallenges of 2016 focused on migration, and ODI had the honour of welcoming Peter Sutherland, the UN Special Representative on Migration, to deliver a keynote speech.
- A graphic novel depicting one girl's journey from Eritrea to England was launched at the event, together with a new report.
Journeys to Europe: the role of policy in migrant decision-makingNew research on journeys migrants take and the capacity of national migration policies to influence peoples' decisions.
Challenges to a comprehensive EU migration and asylum policyThis research report sets out three reasons behind the European Union's failure to deliver a comprehensive and effective approach to the Syrian refugee crisis.- Executive Director of ODI, Kevin Watkins, made introductory remarks.
- Matt Frei, the Europe Editor at Channel 4 News, chaired the event.
- This is a "huge moment peril for Europe" @mattfrei #globalchallenges - #migration must be seen as an opportunity, people are not a threat
- Peter Sutherland then delivered his keynote address.
- Why is "proximity defining responsibility" @PDSutherlandUN - why are Greece and Lebanon left dealing with #migration? #GlobalChallenges
- Some European countries like Germany have tried to respond but "that moral vision has a political price" @PDSutherlandUN #GlobalChallenges
- Where is the evidence and positive stories? Response to #migration pushing European politics to far right @PDSutherlandUN #GlobalChallenges
