Staggering numbers of refugees and migrants are flooding into Europe, fleeing war and political instability and seeking safe haven and economic opportunity.
They are risking their lives on perilous journeys into an uncertain future. Who are the refugees and migrants, and what forces are driving them from their homes? What will it take to meet their urgent and immediate needs for food and shelter, and what will be the long-term economic impact of the migration on the cities and countries where the displaced ultimately settle?
To understand this crisis, and accompanying public health challenges, Harvard is holding a forum, bringing together experts in human rights, international relations, and humanitarian response.
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Aaron Schachter, Moderator
Assignment Editor, PRI's The World
Participants:
Simon Henshaw
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, U.S. State Department
Jennifer Leaning
François-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Co-Founder of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Jacqueline Bhabha
Director of Research, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University
Karl Kaiser
Director of the Program on Transatlantic Relations of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
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