World leaders, diplomats and experts are in Munich this weekend for the annual security summit in Germany.
The conference tackles key global topics and challenges. In this session, the panel discusses ongoing refugee crises around the world. Amy Pope, Director General for the International Organisation for Migration will set the scene.
The National's Editor-in-Chief Mina Al-Oraibi moderates a panel that includes Filippo Grandi, the UN's High Commissioner for Refugees; Guatemala President Bernardo Arevalo; Ylva Johansson, the European Commission's Home Affairs commissioner, Roberto Patino, founder and director of Institute 2100; and Niels Annen, Germany's Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Session starts at 7.30pm GST (3.30pm GMT).
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In numbers: PKK’s money network in Europe
Germany: PKK collectors typically bring in $18 million in cash a year – amount has trebled since 2010
Revolutionary tax: Investigators say about $2 million a year raised from ‘tax collection’ around Marseille
Extortion: Gunman convicted in 2023 of demanding $10,000 from Kurdish businessman in Stockholm
Drug trade: PKK income claimed by Turkish anti-drugs force in 2024 to be as high as $500 million a year
Denmark: PKK one of two terrorist groups along with Iranian separatists ASMLA to raise “two-digit million amounts”
Contributions: Hundreds of euros expected from typical Kurdish families and thousands from business owners
TV channel: Kurdish Roj TV accounts frozen and went bankrupt after Denmark fined it more than $1 million over PKK links in 2013
The White Lotus: Season three
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Starring: Walton Goggins, Jason Isaacs, Natasha Rothwell
Rating: 4.5/5