The United Nations General Assembly declared December 18th as the International Migrants Day, as a result of large and rising number of migrants in the world. In the last year, more than 280 million people had an international migrant status, which is 3.6% of the world population. Migrants contribute building of stronger and more resilient communities with their knowledge, networks and skills. Global social and economic system can be shaped through influential decisions for solving challenges and opportunities posed by global mobility and people in movement.
The Faculty of Political Science (University of Belgrade) hosted on December 20th, 2021 a lecture via Zoom platform for students of the fourth year of undergraduate studies on the occasion of International Migrants Day. The participants were greeted by Prof. Ana Čekerevac and assistant Danijela Pavlović, MA. The list of lecturers included Prof. Natalija Perišić, who presented the MIGREC project and pointed to the importance of migration research, and Miroslava Jelačić, legal analyst in non-governmental organization Group 484 and consultant in the GFA Consulting Group, who spoke about regular labour migration, cooperation with diaspora and the Strategy of Economic Migration.
The Faculty of Geography (University of Belgrade) marked the International Migrants Day on December 20th, 2021. Representatives of organizations Group 484, Praxis and Centre for Research and Social Development IDEAS spoke about programmes and projects being realized in the sphere of migration, field work and possibilities for volunteering and internship in their respective organizations. Students of undergraduate studies of Geography and Demography, together with students of master and doctoral studies, had an opportunity to discuss the above topics with the speakers; in doing so, they adequately emphasized the importance of research of migration phenomena.
