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Sydney: Panel Discussion: The global refugee crisis: why it’s critical that we care
19 March 2018 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
The global refugee crisis: Why it’s critical that we care
19 March 2018
Sydney
Sydney Development Circle is presenting and hosting a panel discussion on the future of the refugee crisis
at The Ethics Centre in Sydney.
By the end of 2015, 65.3 million individuals had been forcibly displaced by conflict or violence, and the world was hosting 21.3 million refugees — an increase of more than 50% since the end of 2011. What does the future hold?
Chaired by the Sydney Development Circle (SDC) and co-hosted with the Refugee Council of Australia, Handup Congo, Great Lakes Agency for Peace and Development International (GLAPD) and Grandmothers Against Detention of Refugee Children NSW.
- Dr. Vera Sistenich will present her perspective, followed by a panel discussion.
- Dr. Valentina Baú
- Emmanuel Musoni of the Great Lakes Agency for Peace and Development
- Gael Walker of Grandmother’s Against Detention
- Shukufa Tahiri of the Refugee Council of Australia
RSVP: $20 includes afternoon tea (students are refunded $10 at the door)