The topic of this meeting will be the moral response to mass migration and the refugee crisis. The Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Social Sciences have already studied this issue in the last few years and the Final Statements of the last three meetings on this topic can serve as an introduction and basis for our Ethics in Action meeting:
1. Reaffirming Global Solidarity, Restoring Humanity (22 February 2016)
2. Europe: Refugees Are Our Brothers and Sisters (9-10 December 2016)
3. Humanism and Mass Migration (UCLA, 18-19 January 2017)
We also suggest reading the 2017 address that Pope Francis gave to the Diplomatic Corps.
The timeliness and importance of this topic are evident, especially in view of the situation that the West is experiencing, both in Europe and in the US.
Ethics in Action is a partnership co-hosted by the Chancellor of the Pontifical Academies headquartered in the Casina Pio IV, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Religions for Peace, and the University of Notre Dame. The founders of Ethics in Action include the Blue Chip Foundation, the Fetzer Institute, Christina Lee Brown, and Jacqueline Corbelli.