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Orlov Vladimir A.: That is an issue we could well discuss for another hour. I
did not list social unrest because I started with the issue of poverty. I believe
that poverty and unequal distribution of wealth – as a security threat –
include a number of other threats and challenges such as social unrest. So,
migration comes directly after poverty. Migration and migration-related
demographic patterns will, in the twenty to thirty years to come, bring
about changes for Europe, Russia, the US, the Middle East, including
Israel, and certain other regions. This requires full scale cooperation of
all. Migration is a threat of global dimension, and it is in the very nature
of migration that it cannot be addressed by any one country or any one
small group of countries on its own. It cannot simply be addressed by, so
to speak, the “supplier” and the “recipient” of migrants. There should, on
the contrary, be a very skilful assessment of a number of questions in each
region: What should be expected? How can migration damage security?
How can migration enhance security? Migration is something we cannot
prevent. In this century, trying to prevent migration would simply be
unrealistic. It was realistic in the century before, but I don’t believe in the
erection of walls against migration, although sometimes it may be tempting
to do so. What my country has experienced shows that migration is not
only a threat but may also be a very important booster to national development
if met adequately. However, it has to be looked at together with the
number one concern, global poverty. Where there is poverty there is no
education. If there is migration, and if we are prepared to address it with
high levels of education – for example there where migrants come from –
then the situation may differ dramatically: what is seen as a serious problem
may turn into a solution for many of our economic needs. However, if we
are not prepared, migration will go hand in hand with problems such as
organized crime, something both Russia and Switzerland have witnessed.
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Orlov Vladimir A., Dr. Président du Centre russe d’études politiques,
Genève
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