Greece and Turkey Facing the Migration Crisis - Foundation Office Greece and Cyprus
Event Reports
Dimitris Keridis, Navarino Network, Ercan Mutlu, Prime Minister's Office in Turkey, Alexandra Stiglmayer, ESI, mayor Yannis Boutaris, Susanna Vogt, KAS Athens, Vassilis Kikilias, MP, Nea Dimokratia, Angelos Syrigos, Panteion University, Can Ünver, TOVAK, Iakovos Dimitriou KAS Athens (from ledt to right)
Vassilis Kikilias, Member of Parliament and Nea Dimokratia Coordinator for Migration Policy, was the first keynote speaker
The Turkish speakers were Ercan Mutlu, Advisor on migration in the Prime Minister's Office in Ankara...
...and Can Ünver, Vice President of TOVAK
Angelos Syrigos with his experience as former Secretary General for Migration participated constructvelly in the discussion.
Alexandra Stiglmayer, represented ESI, the Think Tank that has followed the migration crisis from the very beginning
The discussion was moderated by Dimitris Keridis
The audience was very interested in the topic...
...some participants, like the mayor of Thessaloniki Yannis Boutaris, posed interesting questions.
Only a few hours before the crucial EU-Turkey Summit on Migration, KAS and Navarino Network put together a public event on "Greece and Turkey Facing the Migration Challenge".
The speaker were:
- Vassilis Kikilias, MP, New Democracy Coordinator for Migration Policy, Athens
- Angelos Syrigos, Assistant Professor, Panteion University, Athens
- Ercan Mutlu, Advisor, Department for Migration and Humanitarian Aid, Prime Minister’s Office, Ankara
- Can Ünver, Vice President, Turkish Foundation for Services to the Society (TOVAK), Ankara
- Alexandra Stiglmayer, Senior Analyst, European Stability Initiative, Brussels
On the same day, experts on migration from Greece and Turkey met in a closed workshop to discuss about challenges and opportunities in coordination.
