Encounter

ROOTS OF MIGRANT CRISIS Rafif Jouejati, Director of Free Syria, and Spokeswoman for the Local Coordinating Committees in Syria and Demetrios Papademetriou, President Emeritus of the Migration Policy Institute, discuss the extent to which the Syrian war and violence in Iraq, among other unresolved conflicts, are driving the refugee crisis currently overwhelming Europe and what actions need to be taken by the international community to address the root causes of the refugee flow as well as the need for greater burden sharing in Europe, the United States and other parts of the world.