Comprehensive and co-ordinated international response needed to tackle refugee crisis

OECD countries are facing an unprecedented refugee crisis and the situation requires a comprehensive and co-ordinated international response to address the immediate needs of asylum seekers and the longer-term challenge of helping them integrate. This is the main message of two new OECD documents, the 2015 International Migration Outlook and a Policy Brief on the Refugee Crisis launched by OECD on the 22 September 2015.

Launching the reports in Paris, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria said: 'European leaders need to step up to the challenge so that Europe as a whole emerges stronger economically, socially and politically. Europe has the experience and the capacity to respond'.

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Deutsche Welle, 22.09.15: EU could face 1 million asylum applications in 2015, says OECD http://dw.com/p/1GaGa

ESO: Information Guide: European Migration Challenges http://www.europeansources.info/record/information-guide-european-migration-challenges/

OECD: Migration: International Migration Outlook 2015 http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/social-issues-migration-health/international-migration-outlook-2015_migr_outlook-2015-en

ESO: Background information: Migration Crisis Debated At EPRS-OECD Conference, Brussels, 8 December 2015. Recent migration trends and the refugee crisis http://www.europeansources.info/record/blog-migration-crisis-debated-at-eprs-oecd-conference-brussels-8-december-2015-recent-migration-trends-and-the-refugee-crisis/

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