“REFUGEE DISLOCATION, FLIGHT AND MIGRATION IN AN INCREASINGLY UNWELCOMING WORLD

SPECIAL SUMMER FORUM, SUNDAY AUGUST 6: “REFUGEE DISLOCATION, FLIGHT AND MIGRATION IN AN INCREASINGLY UNWELCOMING WORLD” — On August 6 from 9:00-10:00, Dr. Laura Hammond of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London will present and lead a discussion on the above. Displacement has happened as a result of natural causes such as drought and demographic shifts, but also because of human created causes, such as civil wars, deforestation, famine, governmental neglect and oppression, racism, religious fundamentalism, intolerance and ethnic cleansing, genocidal policies and even climate change. Millions of people throughout the world, from Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia are uprooted and homeless; yet risking their very lives, they search our world for a home. Laura will speak of all this, but also of humane societies and countries where hope persists, of efforts within our international community to provide new homes at last, and of the young and old who do create new lives for themselves, against all odds. Her experience is rooted in the Horn of Africa – particularly Ethiopia and Somalia – where she has worked for the past 25 years.