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