Population fleeing from war: rescue, assistance and integration towards the world humanitarian summit
11/11/2015 . The press conference organised by the Order of Malta: challenges and prospects of the migratory phenomenon
The conflict in Syria on the eve of its fifth year of war, the Libyan chaos and the arrival of winter that makes the conditions of hundreds of thousands of people fleeing from all kinds of violence even more desperate; the Mediterranean crossings and the Balkan route. The humanitarian organizations and agencies are finding themselves facing enormous challenges in the attempt to meet the needs of entire populations in flight, on foot and on makeshift boats.
All this was discussed in a conference in the Rome Foreign Press HQ organized by the Sovereign Order of Malta and entitled:: “Populations fleeing from war: rescue, assistance, integration. Towards the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, 2016”.
Read the full article on the Order Of Malta website
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