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Refugees, migration addressed in first-time UN summit: What was accomplished?

  • Written by Jeffrey H. Cohen, Professor of Anthropology, The Ohio State University

This week the United Nations General Assembly held the first-ever Summit for Refugees and Migrants.

According to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the summit represented “a watershed moment to strengthen governance of international migration and a unique opportunity for creating a more responsible, predictable system for responding to large...

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