Migration, Displacement and Citizenship in an Urban World: Cities and Migration in Global Networks

Event Date: 

Wednesday, December 1, 2021 - 7:00am to 8:15am

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Event Location: 

  • ZOOM

Cities are the destination areas for the majority of migrants and those forcibly displaced. Their role in creating pathways to integration for migrants has been recognized across various academic and policy fields. In recent years we have witnessed an increasing engagement of global city networks around the topic of migration. Such networks advocate for the important place that cities hold for harnessing opportunities and addressing the challenges associated with human mobility. Through these networks, cities exchange ideas, policy expertise and learn from each other's experiences. This panel will discuss global city networks and their importance in (re)shaping and reframing the migration debate focusing on the role of "infrastructures of reception", the kinds of programs, policies, and knowledge needed to strengthen the response to cities to increasing migratory flows.