Sana Mustafa ’17 Calls for Better Representation of Refugees at Global Refugee Forum
Bard alumna Sana Mustafa ’17 attended the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva last month, at which UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on countries to take joint responsibility for caring for a surging number of displaced people. Mustafa, a Syrian refugee and founding member of the Network for Refugee Voices, was among dozens of refugees attending the forum. She told Al Jazeera: “Having 70 refugee representatives out of the 2,000 plus attendees is not enough. People shaping policies and projects have not necessarily had any refugee experience. These solutions are not efficient. For solutions to be efficient, they have to be well informed. If we are not working altogether, stakeholders including refugees themselves ... we will never have sustainable solutions.” She added, “We are demanding actions, not words. We do not want this to be just another meeting.”
Post Date: 12-30-2019
Post Date: 12-30-2019