Socially Responsible University in the Era of Migrations

Higher education institutions are recently facing new challenges in the context of international migration that have shed particular light on the role of universities to build inclusive tools to facilitate migrants’ and refugees’ access to university education and research and promote their social integration and active participation in academic and social life. The international community and academic institutions are called upon to strengthen collaboration around common priorities. Initiatives addressed to migrant and refugee students should be integrated into a broader approach to diversity. The UNESCO chairs may participate in this debate as a community of knowledge, offering a contribution of ideas to national, international, and UNESCO policies.