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Refugee Crisis in Europe: Facts and Contexts
September 30, 2015
The United Nations says more than 300,000 migrants have attempted to cross the Mediterranean Sea this year. The majority of these refugees are Syrians, but also in the mix are migrants fleeing from Afghanistan, Eritrea, Nigeria and Kosovo. On Wednesday, Sept. 30 at 6 p.m. in the Pugh Hall Ocora a panel of faculty members from the UF Center for European Studies examined the migration crisis in Europe and the facts and context surrounding the growing humanitarian disaster.
Panelists were:
- Alice Freifeld, History, 1945-49 mass migration in Europe, especially through Hungary
- Esther Romeyn: Immigrant acculturation, especially Middle Eastern immigrants
- Maria Stoilkova: Anthropology, migration and trans-nationalism
- Alin Ceobanu: Sociology, nationalism and anti-immigrant sentiment
The event was sponsored by the Center for European Studies and the Bob Graham Center for Public Service.
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