Zócalo Public Square

Four million Syrians have fled to other countries, and hundreds of thousands of others from the Middle East and Africa are pouring into Europe. Thousands have perished crossing the Mediterranean, and many nations have failed to live up to their legal obligations on refugees, creating a humanitarian emergency and leaving millions in legal limbo. What must Europe do differently in its response to the crisis? And, with war and climate change likely to produce more waves of refugees around the world in the decades ahead, what lessons must the world learn from today’s refugees challenges? In a conversation moderated by Reuters Global News Editor Alessandra Galloni, four panelists explore whether the world can devise a better approach to refugees: Naomi Steinberg, Director of Refugee Council USA, Astrid Ziebarth, Director of the German Marshall Fund’s Immigration and Integration Program, Susan Fratzke, Policy Analyst at the Migration Policy Institute, and Wenzel Michalski, Germany Director of Human Rights Watch.