General News of Friday, 6 October 2017Source: www.ghanaweb.comRefugees can become assets to Ghana - UN-WIDER Directorplay videoProf. Finn Tarp is Director at the United Nations University World (UNU-WIDER)Refugees can contribute significantly to development in Ghana if government pursues integration policies targeted at identifying and imploring their knowledge, expertise and labour, this is the posturing of Professor Finn Tarp of the United Nations University. “Every receiving country has a responsibility to help refugees. Sometimes short run costs can be investments that can actually pay back in just a little bit longer time perspective,” he said. Other topics tackled at the conference include conflict, forced migration and international policy, determinants of migration, migration within Africa: defining the governance challenge; remittances and family left behind; immigration integration, transnationalism and societal relations among sub-Saharan African immigrants, as well as understanding the root causes of migration.

Source: GhanaWeb October 06, 2017 16:52 UTC