Forced to FleeAn unprecedented 65.3 million people are forcibly displaced in the world today,...
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An unprecedented 65.3 million people are forcibly displaced in the world today, including 21.3 million refugees and more than 40 million people who are internally displaced. At the UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants in New York in September nations pledged to make life better for these people. is event revisits this issue and asks what more needs to be done and are states providing adequate protection and assistance to those in need? What is life like for an internally displaced person, a migrant or refugee today? Can aid agencies respond effectively to these ever more complex and protracted displacement crises? And how do we prevent people being forced to leave their homes and livelihoods? Panellists: Valerie Amos, Director - SOAS, University of London Kelly Clements - UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Dominik Stillhart - Director of Operations, ICRC Samina Ahmed - ICG South Asia Director Moderator: Lauren Taylor - Al Jazeera English PLEASE REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/2dFyipI e event will be followed by a reception. Artwork: Deluge by Imranovi, courtesy of Art Represent Forced to Flee With millions on the move, the world must do better. But how? Monday 7th November 2016 6 pm – 7.30 pm | MacMillan Hall Senate House | Malet St. | London WC1E 7HU e International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), SOAS, University of London (SOAS), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) British Red Cross and the University of Exeter invite you to a public event on forced displacement:
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An unprecedented 65.3 million people are forcibly displaced in the world today, including 21.3 million refugees and more than 40 million people who are internally displaced. At the UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants in New York in September nations pledged to make life better for these people.
This event revisits this issue and asks what more needs to be done and are states providing adequate protection and assistance to those in need? What is life like for an internally displaced person, a migrant or refugee today? Can aid agencies respond effectively to these ever more complex and protracted displacement crises? And how do we prevent people being forced to leave their homes and livelihoods?
Panellists: Valerie Amos, Director - SOAS, University of London
Kelly Clements - UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Dominik Stillhart - Director of Operations, ICRC
Samina Ahmed - ICG South Asia Director
Moderator:Lauren Taylor - Al Jazeera English
PLEASE REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/2dFyipI
The event will be followed by a reception. Artwork: Deluge by Imranovi, courtesy of Art Represent
Forced to FleeWith millions on the move,
the world must do better. But how?Monday 7th November 2016
6 pm – 7.30 pm | MacMillan HallSenate House | Malet St. | London WC1E 7HU
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), SOAS, University of London (SOAS), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) British Red Cross and the University of Exeter invite you to a
public event on forced displacement:
