The Refugee Crisis is one of the worlds most intractable problems. 60 Million People have fled their homes, a third of them also fleeing their own country. But my guest today says the problem is fixable and we can do it easily. Hes The Economist professor sir paul collier. The solution, he argues, is to give refugeesjobs and in doing so, he suggests everyone will benefit. But if the answer is so simple, why hasnt it been done before . Paul collier, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for inviting me on. Now, you have said of the syrian Refugee Crisis that it is entirely manageable, it is fixable, we can do it easily, and yet we are talking about millions of desperate people on the move why do you say it is so fixable . Because it is. The reason weve got a mess is two things. One is weve got an International System which is hopelessly broken. Weve got a system built in 1950 that is completely unfit for 21st century problems. And weve never changed it. So weve got a broken system which was then
The Refugee Crisis is one of the worlds most intractable problems. 60 Million People have fled their homes, a third of them also fleeing their own country. But my guest today says the problem is fixable and we can do it easily. Hes The Economist professor sir paul collier. The solution, he argues, is to give refugeesjobs and in doing so, he suggests everyone will benefit. But if the answer is so simple, why hasnt it been done before . Paul collier, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for inviting me on. Now, you have said of the syrian Refugee Crisis that it is entirely manageable, it is fixable, we can do it easily, and yet we are talking about millions of desperate people on the move why do you say it is so fixable . Because it is. The reason weve got a mess is two things. One is weve got an International System which is hopelessly broken. Weve got a system built in 1950 that is completely unfit for 21st century problems. And weve never changed it. So weve got a broken system which was then
Its 8am in singapore, 1am In London and eight in the evening in new york, where diplomatic efforts to try to ease the tension on the Korean Peninsula are stepping up a gear this friday. The us Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson will attend a Un Security Council meeting. The United States and its allies are expected to turn up the pressure on china to use its leverage to rein in kimjong un. Speaking to the bbc, republican senator John Barrasso explained the renewed diplomacy drive. Well, of course the goal is a peaceful resolution of the process, thats what we want. We want north korea without Nuclear Weapons and this whole thing peacefully resolved. Thats the deliberations and discussions with china so they can get much more involved because you know after all, that 85 of the trading that north korea does is with china and i think china right now realises their interests are aligned with the United States, with regard to a Nuclear Armed north korea because the question is really can they
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