GENEVA CHALLENGE 2025
THE CHALLENGES OF MIGRATION
The world is currently experiencing one of the largest waves of migration in history. Over 280 million individuals (or 3.6% of the world’s population) lived outside their country of birth in 2020 and in 2009, approximately 740 million individuals migrated within their country of origin.
The number of people forcibly displaced by conflict, persecution, and climate-related disasters has increased over the past decades, reaching 122.6 million in 2024. Among them, 43.7 million are formally recognised as refugees. The vast majority of refugees, around 71%, is hosted by low- and middle-income countries that often face significant challenges in meeting the needs of their own populations.
Migration is an integral part of human history, shaping economies, cultures, and societies across the globe. However, migration also presents complex challenges. In addition to affecting the migrants themselves, it also affects the host countries that receive them and the sending countries they leave behind. Thus, the challenges of migration require innovative solutions that turn these challenges into opportunities.
We hope that graduate students from around the world will embrace the opportunity to devise innovative solutions for these many challenges, taking an interdisciplinary approach to tackle the pressing issues of migration.
Registration deadline: 30 April 2025 at 23:59 CET.
Submission deadline: 16 July 2025 at 23:59 CET.
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