If you listen to Donald Trump, you’d think Hamas opened a second front along the Rio Grande River. To hear the former president tell it, Islamist terrorists are coming across
Out of the estimated 2.5 million people crossing the border from Mexico last year, only 169 migrants’ identities matched names on the terrorist watch-list, up from 100 the year before.
Zuzana Cepla, Senior Associate, Labor Mobility Partnerships (LaMP)
PANELISTS
Simon Bowyer, Chief Executive, Concordia, UK
Kangyeon Lee, Senior Social Protection Specialist, World Bank and Secondee, Ministry of Employment and Labor, South Korea
MODERATOR
Helen Dempster, Assistant Director and Senior Associate for Policy Outreach for Migration, Displacement, and Humanitarian Policy, Center for Global Development
ABOUT THE EVENT
High-income countries around the world depend on immigration to help foster strong societies and economies. Yet when deciding who is allowed to enter, many high-income countries use a simple dichotomy based on educational attainment – “high” and “low” skilled.
This dichotomy ignores three key facts. Firstly, economies require a wide variety of skills and abilities to thrive; admitting people at either end ignores this complexity. Secondly, most foreign workers bring a “skills mix”. This could include educational attainment and knowledge of