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On Wednesday afternoon, Staff Writer Elaine Lloyd attended an event where Dr. Gillian Triggs, the UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, held a discussion with members of the Columbia Committee on Forced Migration on taking action to further implement the UN’s Global Compact on Refugees. 

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This Monday, a panel of experts on the topic of displaced scholars gathered in Low Library to discuss how institutions of higher learning around the globe can support scholars in war torn regions whose work has been endangered. Although not quite as popular as Ralph Nader’s speech on why we need to dispose of our […]

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