Panel Discussion: The contribution of migrants at a time of financial crisis, ULB, Brussels

On the occasion of Campus Plein Sud, which will take place from 22nd February to 7th March 2010 at the Free University of Brussels, SEDIF is organizing a lecture entitled “The contribution of migrants at a time of financial crisis”.

Right in the middle of the financial crisis, migrants keep supporting their families who live in the South and become therefore a driving force for development in their country of origin. Moreover, they contribute to the development of their host country by taking part in their material enrichment. The lecture aims to show how migration and remittances can help in weakening the financial crisis effects.

Our guests :

• Mrs Cécile Riallant from the Joint Migration and Developement Initiative (JMDI, UNDP) ;
• Mr Andrea REA, Professor at the Institute of Sociology at the ULB and President of GERME;
• Mr Ivan Salazar, professor et researcher;
• A delegate of the IOM ;
• Pr Jorge Magasich, Chilean historian, Doctor of History of Latin America and part-time lecturer at the Institut des Hautes Études des Communications Sociales (IHECS) ;
• Mrs Luz García Ocampo, SEDIF’s general secretary, who will be the moderator.