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Here's How the International Community Is Trying to Solve the Global Refugee Crisis

Here's How the International Community Is Trying to Solve the Global Refugee Crisis

FromGlobal Dispatches -- World News That Matters


Here's How the International Community Is Trying to Solve the Global Refugee Crisis

FromGlobal Dispatches -- World News That Matters

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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Sep 14, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

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-----SUPPORT THE SHOW----- Click here to make a contribution to the podcast -->  http://www.globaldispatchespodcast.com/support-the-show/  World leaders gather at the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York next week. There will be much political drama and diplomatic storylines that I'll discuss in a later episode. But behind all the politics and drama are issues of substance -- and arguably the most important substantive issues on the table relate to the global refugee crisis.  There will be two high profile summits at the UN related to refugees. The first is organized by the United Nations itself, called the "Summit for Refugees and Migrants." The second is being organized by President Obama and is the "Leaders Summit on Refugees."   Taken together, these two high level meetings at the UN have the potential to provide an important inflection point in the international community's attempt to address the largest global displacement crisis since World War Two.    On the line to help me to help put these two summits in a broader context of how countries confront a growing refugee crisis and an ever increasing number of migrants around the world is Shannon Scribner, a humanitarian policy adviser for Oxfam. Shannon describes what these two distinct summits hope to accomplish, some of their benefits and weak points, and explains the exceedingly complex challenge of crafting a global strategy to confront this global problem.   
Released:
Sep 14, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

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