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Resolving EuropesRefugee CrisisKhalid Koser
26 February2016 www.gcsp.ch
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Agenda
Overview Reducing the numbers
Resolving the real crisis
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Overview
2015 one million refugees4 x 2014 To date 2016 110,000 refugees (16,000 2015)
Before the sailing season
Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Eritrea, Kosovo, Albania
Mixed migration 3695 deaths in 2015, 366 in 2016
One in three unaccompanied minors
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Reducing the numbers
Protection inside Syria Opportunities in Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon
Stem smuggling and trafficking
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Resolving the real crisis
Lack of perspective Reactive not proactive
Negative not positive
Individual not partnerships
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Perspective
85 percent refugees in developing world Majority of Syrians displaced internally or within r
Far more migrants than refugees in Europe and glo
EU population 500m
Wealthiest single market in the world
Balkans
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Proactive
Upstream challenges Downstream challenges
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Positive
From a humanitarian crisis to an economic opport Demographic deficit
Labour market gaps
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Partnership
Proximity responsibility Civil society
Private sector
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Prospects
Voting with their feet Political leadership
Compassion
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