The panel of renowned international and Australian migration experts discussed and debated the critical issues of global migration today, including: prospects for enhanced global governance, people smuggling and trafficking, irregular migration and asylum seeking, ‘brain drain’ and the emigration of skilled migrants from developing countries, and remittances.

Video footage of this event is available here via the ANU YouTube channel.

Panellists include:

Professor Stephen Castles Research Chair in Sociology, University of Sydney (event Chair and panellist)

Gervais Appave Special Policy Adviser to the Director General, International Organization for Migration

Professor Graeme Hugo Professor of Geography and Director of the Australian Population and Migration Research Centre, University of Adelaide

Dr Khalid Koser Deputy Director and Academic Dean, Geneva Centre for Security Policy

Kathleen Newland Director of Migrants, Migration and Development and Refugee Protection Programs, Migration Policy Institute