PPT-Improving the Responsdes to the Migration and Refugees Crisis in Europe

Hugo Martinez de Seabra Project Manager Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Portugal Vision Europe is a consortium of think tanks and foundations collaborating to address some of the most pressing public policy challenges facing Europe . :. . FACTS VS FICTION. Who are these people?. And what links them?. History. Over the last 400 years many waves of . people fled . to this country to escape persecution and war . overseas.. However, the term . October 15, 2014. The Linking Communities (TLC) Project. Fort Worth, TX. Jen . Smyers. , . Associate Director, . Immigration & Refugee Policy, Church World Service, jsmyers@cwsglobal.org, 202.420.0863. Parallel Thematic Groups. Identified Gaps in the Research on:. Young Migrants and Refugees, and the Role of Youth Work. Studying the attitudes . toward refugees among the young . people. Actions and initiatives . by Fr. John G. Feeney, Shrewsbury, UK. Photo: ”LE Eithne Operation Triton" by Irish Defence Forces . https://www.flickr.com/photos/dfmagazine/18898637736/. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Commons. presented by. Parallel Thematic Groups. Identified Gaps in the Research on:. Young Migrants and Refugees, and the Role of Youth Work. Studying the attitudes . toward refugees among the young . people. Actions and initiatives . Faith Community Response. To join the webinar, you will go to . http://join.me/faith4immigration.  . and follow the directions for audio and visual. . For audio only call, dial . +1.202.602.1295. , Access Code: 354-977-836#.. Prayer pointers. ‘Europe is facing the worst refugee crisis since the Second World War’ . (. Dimitris. . Avramopoulos. , EU official in charge of migration). At least 350,000 migrants have arrived in Europe by sea so far . Suessmilch. . Lecture, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, 18 February 2016. Tom. áš. Sobotka. Vienna . Institute of Demography (Austrian Academy of Sciences), Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital. Quick facts and statistics. Ruslan Trad. 14 International Youth Conference . Krusevo. 2016. Quick facts: What you need to know about the Syria crisis. Anti-government demonstrations began in March of 2011, part of the Arab Spring. But the peaceful protests quickly escalated after the government's violent . conflict. There is no sign of the end of the war. Incidents . of child labour and child marriage have increased since the start of the . war. They are desperate - ‘In Syria we are now used to quick deaths that come with bombs or shootings, but what we are experiencing in these journeys is a slow death.’ . by Fr. John G. Feeney, Shrewsbury, UK. Photo: ”LE Eithne Operation Triton" by Irish Defence Forces . https://www.flickr.com/photos/dfmagazine/18898637736/. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Commons. presented by. Field . Note: . Risking Lives for Remittances. “. “In 1994, I was on my way to . Rosenstiel. Marine Center on Virginia Key, off the coast of Miami, Florida. I noticed an overcrowded boat, with about 70 people on board. The Haitians were fleeing the most impoverished country in the Western Hemisphere. Most of the would-be illegal immigrants were men with perhaps half a dozen women and as many children. They jumped overboard prematurely when the Coast Guard approached, and some undoubtedly lost their lives; others made it to the beach and ran for the road.”. and Central Asia: access to health care for all?. Todays objective:. To. . inform. . all. on . the. Universal Health . Coverage. . when. . it. . comes. . to. . labor. . migrants. in . Eastern. : The Accountability of the EU for Human Rights Abuses against Refugees and Migrants in Libya Wegi Sereke & Daniel Mekonnen Chapter in: Mobile Africa: Human Trafficking and the Digital Divide From