Patrick Taran gives a historical perspective on the real scale of migration to Europe today. Duration: 1:28
My name is Patrick Taran, and I am now presiding over Global Migration Policy Associates which is an international expert group with about 40 recognised experts in various disciplines related to migration, such as development, human rights, social protection and so on. We are from countries all around the world, more or less equitably represented in terms of different regions, and gender balanced I would add. We do research, policy development, advisory services, training and advocacy on migration, but specifically from a rights-based and I would call it a socially responsible approach. We also take an explicitly global and multidisciplinarian perspective, rather than looking at it from the point of view of one particular country, region or interest.
Myth busting
Cameron: In your presentation you discussed several ‘myths’ around migration as well as the demographic and economic case for migration. You also discussed the double standard that exists when states are happy to intervene to ‘help’ people elsewhere in the world, but aren’t happy to either deal with the human consequences of those interventions, or to ‘help’ those same people when they come knocking at the door. Could you please lay out those arguments for us again?
