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OAS Hosts Forum on Challenges and Opportunities of Migration Flows in the Western Hemisphere

  May 16, 2015

The Organization of American States (OAS) will host the Forum “Challenges and Opportunities of Migration Flows in the Western Hemisphere” on Monday, May 18 at the headquarters of the hemispheric institution in Washington, DC.

The event will feature the participation of the Secretary General of the OAS, José Miguel Insulza, and specialists on the issue such as the President of the United States organization Immigration Works, Tamar Jacoby; the Director of the Fundación Ciudadanía y Valores of Spain, José María Román; the researcher from the Colegio Frontera del Norte of Mexico, Rodolfo Cruz Piñero; and Alfonso Aguilar of the International Human Rights Group.

The Forum will be introduced by the Chair of the Committee on Migration Issues of the OAS, Olga Pérez Tuna, and CNN journalist Juan Carlos López will moderate the event.

The Forum will take place in the Rubén Darío Room of the OAS General Secretariat Building in Washington, DC.

WHAT: Forum on “Challenges and Opportunities of Migration Flows in the Western Hemisphere”

WHEN: Monday, May 18, from 9:30 EDT (13:30 GMT) to 12:30 EDT (16:30 GMT)

WHERE: Rubén Darío Room, Organization of American States, 1889 F Street, Washington DC 20006.

Reference: AVI-086/15