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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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