[http://wiiw.ac.at] Dear Madam/Sir, We cordially invite you to the Panel discussion and reception on TUESDAY, 25 APRIL 2017, 11:00-14:00 HRS Bertelsmann Stiftung in cooperation with The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) Location: Presseclub Concordia, Bankgasse 8, 1010 Vienna ’ESCAPING THE ESCAPE – EUROPE AND THE REFUGEE CRISIS’ In 2015, more than one million refugees and migrants came to Europe, in 2016 nearly 300,000. How many will enter in 2017? What can we, in Europe, expect with wars and conflicts continuing and driving people from our neighbourhood to European shores? What is the situation in the source and transit countries of refugees and migrants that are most affected? How can the life of refugees, migrants and host communities be improved? Listen to and debate with experts from Afghanistan, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Libya, Sudan and Nigeria: what solutions for the humanitarian migration crisis do they recommend? What are their proposals for EU actors to improve European policies? Be our guest and meet MARIAM SAFI, AFGHANISTAN, founding director of the Organization for Policy Research and Development Studies (DROPS); DANE TALESKI, FYROM, adjunct professor at the South East European University in Tetovo/Skopje; ZAKARIYA EL ZAIDY, LIBYA, protection team leader for the Danish Refugee Council in Libya; J. SHOLA OMOTOLA, NIGERIA, professor of Political Science at the Federal University Oye Ekiti in Nigeria; and AMIRA AHMED MOHAMED, SUDAN, assistant professor at the Department of International Development and Social Change at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. We will take this opportunity to launch a new Bertelsmann Stiftung PUBLICATION [http://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/en/publications/publication/did/escaping-...] ’ESCAPING THE ESCAPE – TOWARD SOLUTIONS FOR THE HUMANITARIAN MIGRATION CRISIS’   PLEASE REGISTER [https://wiiw.ac.at/er-343.html] FOR THE EVENT.   Sincerely, Dr. Michael Landesmann Christian-Peter Hanelt Gabriele Schöler _Senior Research Associate_ _Senior Expert_ _Senior Project Manager _ wiiw  Bertelsmann Stiftung Bertelsmann Stiftung -- Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche (wiiw) Bertelsmann Stiftung The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies Carl-Bertelsmann-Str. 256, P.O. Box 103 Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Wien 33311 Gütersloh https://www.wiiw.ac.at/ [http://www.wiiw.ac.at/]  https://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/ [https://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you do not want to receive further mailings please send an e-mail to boenisch@wiiw.ac.at Falls Sie keine weiteren Zusendungen des wiiw wünschen senden Sie bitte ein E-Mail an boenisch@wiiw.ac.at