This panel from the MPI Europe conference, ‘Social Innovation for Refugee Inclusion: A Sense of Home,' looks at housing as a gateway to integration and examines the role of a home in shaping opportunities for newcomers, what needs should be factored in, and how to reduce receiving communities’ anxieties concerning social change.

Welcoming Remarks

Stéphane Dion, Canadian Ambassador to Germany and Special Envoy to the European Union and Europe

Carlos Trindade, President, EESC Group on Immigration and Integration

Meghan Benton, Senior Policy Analyst and Assistant Director for Research, International Programme, Migration Policy Institute

Speakers

Anila Noor, Member of the European Migrant Advisory Board, Netherlands

Tariq Tarey, Director of Refugee Social Services, Jewish Family Services, United States

Doug Saunders, journalist and author, Canada/UK

Fuad Mahamed, Founder, Ashley Community Housing, United Kingdom

Moderator: Meghan Benton, MPI

“Social Innovation for Refugee Inclusion: A Sense of Home.” European Economic and Social Committee. 24 April, 2019. © 2019 EU.