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May - Migration & Population In the 21st Century
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Wilson room
Portcullis House
House Of Commons London
How to find us
"It is at Portcullis house around the corner from Westminster Underground. There is a Reception there and they will either direct you to the Wilson Room or you will be met."
- Who attended?
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Estimated attendance: 60 people attended.
In the 21st Century we are going to experience the scarcity and depletion of vital resources, global warming, resource wars and growing global inequalities. This will cause great stress on our societies and result in huge movements of populations across the globe. Few Governments have thought through the consequences of this and even less has expressed a view. We hope to do this at our meeting in May.
This meeting is to discuss the issue of migration and population in the 21st century and how this can be managed on a global scale. Speaking at that meeting will be,
- Andrew Dismore MP who will host this meeting. Andrew is Chair of the House of Commons Select Committee on Human Rights and in that position central to this debate.
- Don Flynn, formally of the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants and now Director of the Migrants' Rights Network and
- Sylvie Oboa-Bradwell from The Centre For Democracy and Development.
The Migrants Rights Network states - "we exist to ensure that our emerging global society recognises and embraces migration as a key component of economic progress and development, in the creation of culturally rich and diverse societies, and in the promotion of human, political, social and economic rights and gender equality"
The Centre For Democracy and Development exists - To be the prime catalyst and facilitator for strategic analysis and capacity building for sustainable democracy and development.? Sylvie knows a great deal about how the actions of Western Companies in countries like Senegal have forced people to migrate and understands that this will happen on a greater magnitude in the future.
This should be a good and interesting meeting that will logically follow on from the global warming one that we are having in April. There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion from the audience.
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“ some interesting ideas being discussed ” -
mattia fumanti (+1 guest)“ I really thought it was an excellent meeting. The speakers were very good and presented thought provoking and original ideas. The discussion was lively and the chair did a very good job in allowing everybody who wanted to make a comment to come in and have their say. In the end I couldn't shut up as there were so many interesting point raised during the meeting. It was really a wonderful event and I am looking forward to the next meetings. Well done to the organizers!!! ” -
“ I think that Sylvie Oboa-Bradwelle presented a rousing and informative delivery of the circumstances leading to migration. Other speakers were excellent as well. However, I was hoping that the set-up would be more like a mini workshop with a lot of interaction between participants in small groups after the seminar, rather than a Q&A session. I hope it could be more like that next time. ” -
“ The presentation of points of view of speakers was good. The ideas to control migration should have been discussed in more detail. Perhaps the time was short for this type of vital topic which is of global scale and warrants involvement of various governments to formulate a uniform policy of helping the poor nations by providing opportunities to their people to gainfully employ themselves in agriculture, fishing,cottage and large scale industries ,harnessing their natural resources and development of infrastructure. No man likes to leave his home and hearth and venture in a new country with problems of language and culture,unless forced to do so for survival . The only exception is for a few who seek to better their lives because of lack of opportunities or stiff competition in their own countries. The migration due to climate change problems could be regulated by development of central aid reservoir to which all countries should contribute during good times. Dr A.V.Matai ” -
“ It was a great discussion and I have got more information on the theme. What Sylvia said about how to save or make money to send as aid to African Countries is a really good idea. But thinking about a practical point of view, I think it will be difficult to process as there is no trustful government regarding the management of the funds collected. My other point is to try to change the purpose or way of money African Migrants are sending back through Western Union. It could be an investment for their countries. ” -
“ Very informative and thought - provoking. Speakers were very good, especially as Karen Buck had stood in at short notice. Good audience participation. e was plenty of tiem for discussion. Very pleaseant atmosphere. There was a very positive response from those present to a petition on behalf of Behnam, a brilliant young artist who, together with his mother faces prison, totrure and likely death if forced to return to Iran. If you did not see the petition please go to http://tinyurl.co...
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Francis Sealey (+3 guests)“ The meeting went very well and had many positive outcomes but insufficient thought was given to the focus of the meeting that in the 21st century that migration and population movements will increase hugely because of conflict, development problems and climate change. Politicians and those working genuinely for the rights of migrants are often so caught up in the nitty gritty of everyday events that these long term and serious 21st century issues are often off the radar screen. 21st Century Network came into being partly to get people and organisations to think long term in a century of growing turbulence. The evidence of last night was that we got some way there but we have a very long way to go yet if we are to succeed but it is an effort that is worth every moment because it is critical ” -
“ the speakers were absolutely brilliant. Some people from the audience have been grabbing too much bandwidth though. I was hoping to find more scientific facts about the present and future migrations patterns, and how EU is reacting. ” -
“ Amongst the proposals thrown at us, this took the biscuit: All employers of African immigrants will be required to dock ? with or without the employee?s permission - a percentage of each employee?s salary (or, perhaps, the Inland Revenue will have to add a certain amount of extra tax) to be sent to unspecified authorities in each employee?s country of birth, or, perhaps, the country of which he or she was (or still is) a citizen, even if tortured there. No indication of the cost of this operation, nor of who would pay for it. Other ideas weren?t quite that eccentric, but they contributed to the creation of a surreal atmosphere and reinforced my belief that the panel ? and a few participants ? had lost contact with reality. Otherwise, amusing and stimulating: a few well thought-out contributions from the floor! ” -
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