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Peter Sutherland, 1946-2018

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Peter Sutherland, EU Commissioner, Irish Attorney General, first head of the World Trade Organization, and a long-time contributor to Project Syndicate, has died. Few people believed in the European project more deeply; fewer still fought as hard to improve conditions for refugees; and perhaps no one more fully embodied the vision of globalization as a positive force for humanity.

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  1. Migration’s Private-Sector Problem-Solvers
    Refugees Iakovos Hatzistavrou/ Stringer

    Migration’s Private-Sector Problem-Solvers

    Sep 12, 2016 Peter Sutherland praises the individuals, companies, and NGOs helping refugees find new homes and employment.

  2. Cities for Migrants
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    Cities for Migrants

    Aug 26, 2016 Peter Sutherland believes that municipal authorities hold the key to successful integration of newcomers.

  3. Migration Fact vs. Migration Fiction
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    Migration Fact vs. Migration Fiction

    Aug 6, 2016 Peter Sutherland refutes the misleading claims that have come to dominate developed countries' immigration debates.

  4. Defusing Migration
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    Defusing Migration

    Jul 8, 2016 Peter Sutherland challenges the corrosive myths that nationalists in Britain and elsewhere have been peddling.

  5. Saving Our Drowning Humanity
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    Saving Our Drowning Humanity

    Jun 13, 2016 Peter Sutherland urges the EU and other developed countries to take in more migrants.

  6. Helping Refugees Together
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    Helping Refugees Together

    Apr 4, 2016 Peter Sutherland outlines the steps that need to be taken before September's UN summit on refugees and migrants.

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