... Human Capital in the Context of COVID-19". The conference brought together Russian and foreign experts specializing in migration research, demography, and human rights; representatives of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as a number ... ... the plenary session and two round tables: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its socio-economic consequences on migrants, refugees and internally displaced persons; problems of integration of migrants and their children and the role of education system ...
... language, I would say.
Jens Schneider
: That is a very general question. Capital can be education, so we can measure educational outcomes. We have been very much in favor of the study of educational pathways. To see what are the ways that migrants or refugees go. What are the opportunities? It depends on what is your intent. What is the added value of migration to the cities in terms of human capital? That is, of course, very difficult. Because you see, some migrants come with language competencies. And I would say that language competency is always good. Is it possible to transform language competency ...
... persons, we are promoting refugee law, providing expert support etc. We are also working at building a better understanding of the situation of forcedly displaced populations globally, their rights and needs. This is very important in today’s mixed migration situations, where IDPs, refugees, migrants and others are often on the move together – which was the topic of RIAC’s international conference. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has led the drafting, with UN Member States, private sector, refugees, etc., of a Global Compact ...
... meeting with RIAC management: international migration and refugee issue in the context of regional crisis situations, the possibility of expanding Russia's cooperation with UNHCR in sharing experience on working with internally displaced people and refugees, as well as the challenges the international expert community is facing in this area. RIAC visitor got to know about current projects of the Council in the area of migration and refugee issues.
... about details, albeit important, such as the conditions for family reunification, faster processing of asylum applications and the repatriation of persons considered not to be refugees or persecuted in their native land. Norway will certainly accept refugees also in the future.
Andrey Repnevsky
: The European society is deeply concerned and profoundly split on the migrant issue. The migration of millions of people belonging to a different culture essentially means a new Migration Period. In history, such migrations led to radical changes: wars raged, horrific diseases spread, great empires collapsed, civilizational patterns changed....
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Attempts to Limit Migration
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Migrants at the Austrian Slowenian border
Austrian people were concerned by problems with the Muslim community well before the mass influx of refugees took place in the second half of 2015, which resulted in tens of thousands of people pouring into the country. On August 28, 2015, news broke about a tragedy that had taken place on a highway leading from the Hungarian border to Vienna, where ...
... unacceptable to the people of France. And it will be even less acceptable if more terrorist attacks or assaults are carried out by refugees.
People in the West to rethink the very existence of the Schengen Area.
Nevertheless, the interests of the population ... ... to withdraw from or make amendments to the agreement.
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Alexander Pivovarenko:
Hold Your Guard: Migration Crisis in South-
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The European structures must in quick order offer a viable alternative to its states in ...
... of refugee camps. Thus, “external” maritime barriers gave way to deterring the migrants’ flows at the European periphery with a parallel creation of conditions for flexible adaptation of those, whose extradition appears impossible.
Refugees’ factor in the Balkans
The Balkan countries took the heat during the migration crisis. Greece gripped by the economic crisis and neighboring the coast of Asia Minor became the first victim. The crisis then spread to neighboring Macedonia. At first, the Macedonian government tried to deter refugees by force. A state of ...
... domestic pressures, such as coup d’état attempts, diplomatic and military defeats, social unrest, and salient socio-economic cleavages.
Today Jordan is once again facing a multiplicity of internal and external problems: a vast influx of Syrian refugees, lingering discontent with the regime, and tensions between social groups. The most worrying development, however, has been the encroachment of IS, aimed at dismantling national boundaries and identities that the group sees as artificial and ...
... aid agencies and transit countries hosting millions of Syrian refugees and to step up the identification and finger-printing of refugees in Italy and Greece by November. According to the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, the number of refugees may not be a problem for the EU, which has the capacity and experience to deal with the current migration crisis. Moreover, he added that the Middle Eastern countries such as Lebanon and Jordan are embracing millions of refugees. Italian Premier Matteo Renzi said that last EU summit marked a major step forward in bringing the bloc towards Italy’s ...
