Dear colleagues,
The plight of thousands of migrants attempting to cross international borders by sea has captured the world’s attention. What are the roots of the current crisis? How can the international community respond?
Public webinar: “Boat People”: The Emerging Challenge in Forced Migration
Date: Wednesday, 19 August 2015
Time: 14h00 UTC/GMT
Link to register: http://conta.cc/1IyVQVS
Please join us for this free one-hour webinar with Saeed Ullah Khan. We will look into the history of these migrants and analyse how and why their numbers have so dramatically increased. We will discuss the main migratory routes for these migrants and the factors contributing to their migration in order to better understand the current situation. Finally, we will examine how the political response to “boat people” has changed over time and explore how the international community can resolve this crisis.
Registration is required in order to receive the logistical details necessary to join the session. Use the following link to register: http://conta.cc/1IyVQVS
Can't attend the live session? Please register and we will send you the recording of the event.
TARGET AUDIENCES
This webinar is intended for:
NGO staff members and service providers;
staff of inter-governmental organisations;
government officials (local and national level) dealing with forced migration and refugee-related issues;
all others interested in migration and in protecting migrants’ human rights.
For more information about this event, please visit: www.hrea.org/boat-people.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Saeed Ullah Khan has extensive experience in forced migration and related issues in the humanitarian field. Originally from Pakistan, he has worked for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, International Rescue Committee and other organisations in Somalia, Kosovo, Tanzania, Burundi, Kenya, Georgia, Jordan, Afghanistan and Pakistan – which has provided him with first-hand experience in some of the major emergency situations in the last decade. He currently works as an independent consultant and advisor on humanitarian issues with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation in Pakistan. Prior to this, he worked as Country Director with the Norwegian Refugee Council in Pakistan, managing an annual response of USD 24 million for IDPs, refugees and returnees. He is actively involved in the development of forced migration strategies in Pakistan for different INGOs and donor agencies. Mr. Khan is a World Bank Robert McNamara Fellow and a British Commonwealth Scholar. He holds an MA in Development Economics from the University of Sussex (UK) and received advanced training from Oxford and Harvard Universities. He is also the instructor of HREA’s Forced Migration course (28 October-8 December 2015): www.hrea.org/forced-migration.
Please feel free to contact us ( [log in to unmask] ) if you have any questions.
Best wishes,
Nate
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Nathaniel Weisenberg, Program Associate
Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)
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