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Syrian Refugees in Latin America: A bridge built by history
October 26, 20176:30 p.m.
MADRID
Casa Árabe Ambassadors’ Hall (at Calle Alcalá, 62). First floor.
6:30 p.m.
Free entry until the event’s capacity is reached.
In Spanish.
A sociologist and expert on international migrations, Lorenzo Agar Corbinos, is giving this conference in Madrid.
Agar Corbinos, an associate professor at the University of Chile’s School of Medicine, will be introduced by Isaías Barreñada, a professor of International Relations at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
The mass exodus of Syrian refugees over the last five years has reached some of the most distant places on our planet, from Australia to Canada. What is the current state of Syrian refugees in Latin America and under what conditions is their resettlement being handled? This complex process depends upon a series of factors which go beyond just the conflict in the Middle East: from the activities carried out by international agencies such as the UNHCR and the political context in host societies to the support given by the Latin American communities of Syrian and Lebanese origin themselves.
Lorenzo Agar Corbinos has a PhD in Sociology from the University of Paris Descartes V, having completed his thesis on International Migrations and Cultural Diversity in Chile, as well as a Master’s degree in Sociology and Iberian-American Societies from the University of Paris Vincennes VIII, after earning his bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of Chile. At present, he is an associate professor at the University of Chile’s School of Medicine. The most notable positions in his career include having been the head of the Migration and Social Inclusiveness Unit at the Ministry of Social Development (2014-2015) and the Area for Refugees at the Social Pastoral Vicarage, under the sponsorship of the UNHCR (2010-2011).
The mass exodus of Syrian refugees over the last five years has reached some of the most distant places on our planet, from Australia to Canada. What is the current state of Syrian refugees in Latin America and under what conditions is their resettlement being handled? This complex process depends upon a series of factors which go beyond just the conflict in the Middle East: from the activities carried out by international agencies such as the UNHCR and the political context in host societies to the support given by the Latin American communities of Syrian and Lebanese origin themselves.
Lorenzo Agar Corbinos has a PhD in Sociology from the University of Paris Descartes V, having completed his thesis on International Migrations and Cultural Diversity in Chile, as well as a Master’s degree in Sociology and Iberian-American Societies from the University of Paris Vincennes VIII, after earning his bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of Chile. At present, he is an associate professor at the University of Chile’s School of Medicine. The most notable positions in his career include having been the head of the Migration and Social Inclusiveness Unit at the Ministry of Social Development (2014-2015) and the Area for Refugees at the Social Pastoral Vicarage, under the sponsorship of the UNHCR (2010-2011).
