18 Feb 2010

CONFERENCE FRINGE - TODAY with Latin American Workers Association

CONFERENCE FRINGE - TODAY

Migrants

- More important than the World Bank?
- Less important to politicians?

Speakers:

Farid Bakht, Joint International Coordinator, GPEW

Alberto Durango, Latin American Workers Association

Thursday 18th Feb : Room BC-3 @7pm

· Immigrants are a political football.

· They will be a prominent subject in the General Election.....for all the wrong reasons.

· Are migrants important? If so, why? To whom?

· What are remittances? How do they compare with Foreign Aid?

· Where do the Greens stand on the issue of the treatment of migrants here?

· What political decisions do we need to take?

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