SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL’s Humanitarian Talk

SATURDAY 12 OCTOBER – 2 pm

SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL’s Humanitarian Talk
Forced displacement: rebuilding lives

Moderator: Maryse Burgot, a journalist and reporter

Why do people flee their village or town? How do people get on with their lives when they have had to leave everything behind? How does the humanitarian world cope with increasingly complex human and political situations and insufficient funding to help refugees and displaced persons?
For the twelfth year running, the number of forcibly displaced people – forced to flee conflict, violence and human rights abuses – is rising, reaching an estimated record of 120 million by mid-2024. The vast majority of these people are hosted in low and middle-income countries.
Humanitarian actors are changing radically. They are no longer just concerned with people’s immediate survival. They are also creating the conditions necessary for people to regain their autonomy and rebuild their prospects for the future. Another key concern is to include the local communities hosting refugees or displaced persons, who often face a cruel lack of resources themselves.

For the first time, the NGO SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL is organising its Humanitarian Talk during the Bayeux Award week. Expert guests and key witnesses will be sharing their experiences with the public.

Speakers: Paolo Artini, representative in France of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Justine Muzik Piquemal, Regional Director of Solidarités International, Rosa Al Juhmany, engineer and Syrian refugee, laureate of the Academy for Refugee Participation

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Halle Ô Grains
66, rue Saint Jean
Free admission