Our Café Crossfire debate discussed ways to adapt to the low-carbon future for businesses and financial institutions.

Speakers included Ugo Bassi (European Commission), Ingrid Holmes (E3G), Mark Lewis (Barclays Investment Bank), Anders Marvik (Statoil), Michael Wilkins (S&P Global Ratings).

Jacques Bughin, Director of the McKinsey Global Institute, puts refugee flows in perspective, by outlining that refugees are only ten per cent of migrants globally.

Belinda Pyke, Director for Migration, Mobility and Innovation at the European Commission Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs, provides figures on third-country nationals living in the EU.

Deputy Mayor of Amsterdam Kajsa Ollongren describes the city's approach to integrating refugees into the labour market.

Paul Mbikayi, Director of the Refugee Talent Hub, talks about his experience in making refugees' work valuable to society.

Yara Al-Adib, founder of 'From Syria With Love', explains how their organisation empowers women refugees by giving them a purpose and a role in the society.

Jürgen Siebel, Head of Portfolio and International Business at Siemens Professional Education, describes Siemens' approach to vocational education as a powerful instrument to integrate migrants.

Mogens Peter Carl is a former director-general of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Trade and Directorate-General for the Environment and author of ‘How to (Br)exit: a guide for decision makers’.

This interview clip is from BBC World Service ‘Newshour' programme, broadcast on 29 March 2017.

Download the episode at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04xm48k

The event was part of Friends of Europe's Migration Action programme. The debate brought together experts and policy makers from a range of groups, including Jürgen Siebel (Siemens), Belinda Pyke (European Commission), Kajsa Ollongren (Deputy Mayor of Amsterdam), Paul Mbikayi (Refugee Talent Hub) and Yara Al-Adib (From Syria with love).

Benedek Jávor MEP describes the action of the EU and of the European Parliament to contrast deforestation.