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Where Are Refugees? Discussion after the screening of "Silent Trees" [Polish-English]

Where Are Refugees? Discussion after the screening of "Silent Trees" [Polish-English]

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Populist politicians often cast refugees as scapegoats to rally their bases. Yet most refugees are simply fleeing persecution, and international law mandates protection. How does Poland respond to these obligations? Can refugees integrate into Polish society, and what becomes of them once they arrive? 

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28.11.2024Thu19:30

Moderator: Magdalena Kicińska (Pismo. Magazyn Opinii) 

Guests:

  • Agnieszka Zwiefka - director of the film "Silent Trees"
  • Alicja Kępka - Advisor and expert on international affairs and migration at the Ministry of Interior and Administration. She has many years of experience in public administration at the national and European level, as well as in non-governmental organizations, 
  • Agnieszka Kosowicz - founder and president of the Polish Migration Forum Foundation. Initiator of many projects on integration of foreigners and intercultural dialogue. For more than six years she led the information policy of the Representation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Poland.
  • Kevin Allen - Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Poland, 
  • Maciej Nowicki - President of the Board of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights.