International Migration During Uncertain Times: What Triggers the Flow?

The panel discussion was moderated by Professor Christel Kesler, Associate Director of the Goldfarb Center at Colby, and consisted of three presenters: Erol Yayboke, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS); Dr. Susan Rottman, anthropologist and faculty member in the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences at the University of Southern Maine; and Kathleen Newland, Senior Fellow and co-founder of the think tank the Migration Policy Institute.
This collaborative event between the Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs at Colby College and the Maine Chapter of the Fulbright Association focused on the very topical subject of international migration and the global circumstances (such as the coronavirus pandemic, climate change and food insecurity) that drive its flow. The event represented a unique and important opportunity to bring outside experts in the field together with Fulbright alumni, Colby faculty, and their students. Additionally, the topic was certainly global in scope, targeting mutual understanding between peoples of the world, and therefore, important and timely for a 75th Celebration of the Fulbright Program.