World Refugee Day with Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga and Patrick Youssef

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Democracy in Practice

Club de Madrid

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Democracy in Practice series gathers the voices of democratic former Presidents and Prime Ministers, who leverage their individual and collective leadership experience to strengthen inclusive democratic practice today to better deliver towards the well-being of people around the world. More: clubmadrid.org

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World Refugee Day with Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga and Patrick Youssef

Democracy in Practice

43 minutes 34 seconds

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World Refugee Day with Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga and Patrick Youssef

In commemoration of World Refugee Day, Patrick Youssef, Regional Director for Africa of the International Committee of the Red Cross and an old friend of Club de Madrid, is discussing with Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, President of Latvia from 1999 to 2007 –the first female head of a former Soviet bloc state–, and former President of Club de Madrid. She was a refugee herself and fled from war-torn Latvia to spend more than 50 years in exile, to return afterwards and become President.

Our two protagonists talk about current refugee crises, forcibly displaced persons around the world, migrants' rights, war-related humanitarian problems, exclusive narratives towards refugees, and possible solutions.