Paul Currion is a consultant with particular interest in migration, technology and urban resilience. He has worked in a range of humanitarian responses, including the Indian Ocean Tsunami, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Liberia and Darfur. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/paul-currion/rss en Integration Tue, 28 Mar 2017 05:00:46 +0000 Paul Currion https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/03/28/social-impact-of-migration-must-be-a-topic-of-policy-not-fear https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/03/28/social-impact-of-migration-must-be-a-topic-of-policy-not-fear As part of our “This Age of Migration” commentary series, analyst Paul Currion discusses growing concerns among Europeans about the social impact of migration, and calls for prioritizing constructive policy discussions over fearmongering. Laws & Policy Mon, 09 Jan 2017 14:18:55 +0000 Paul Currion https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/01/09/as-trump-era-dawns-europe-must-reclaim-refugees-debate-from-populists https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/01/09/as-trump-era-dawns-europe-must-reclaim-refugees-debate-from-populists As part of our “This Age of Migration” series, Paul Currion argues that to make equitable and effective refugee policies a reality, the notion of “European values” needs to be recast. Laws & Policy Wed, 09 Nov 2016 05:00:47 +0000 Paul Currion https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/11/09/when-it-comes-to-the-refugee-crisis-the-numbers-game-matters https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/11/09/when-it-comes-to-the-refugee-crisis-the-numbers-game-matters As part of our “This Age of Migration” series, Paul Currion, a former aid worker focused on Afghans returning from Pakistan in the early 2000s, argues that better data and improved understanding of statistics are essential for an informed debate on the refugee crisis. Laws & Policy Tue, 13 Sep 2016 07:14:15 +0000 Paul Currion https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/09/13/u-n-refugee-summits-numbers-do-not-add-up-to-reality https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/09/13/u-n-refugee-summits-numbers-do-not-add-up-to-reality As part of our ongoing “This Age of Migration” series, humanitarian expert Paul Currion argues that the humanitarian systems in place, which are based on 20th-century realities, cannot tackle current global migration influxes. Laws & Policy Tue, 23 Aug 2016 09:03:34 +0000 Paul Currion https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/08/23/this-age-of-migration-europes-rising-militarization https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/08/23/this-age-of-migration-europes-rising-militarization As part of our series “This Age of Migration,” Paul Currion argues that increasing militarization in Europe in response to the refugee crisis is akin to an autoimmune response that could attack the very body it is supposed to protect. Economy Laws & Policy Mon, 27 Jun 2016 11:32:24 +0000 Paul Currion https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/06/27/the-walls-that-exist-in-our-minds https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/06/27/the-walls-that-exist-in-our-minds As part of his series “This Age of Migration,” humanitarian commentator Paul Currion examines why more states than ever are erecting walls in reaction to migration, and the dangerous emergence of a migration-industrial complex. Laws & Policy Wed, 18 May 2016 08:00:41 +0000 Paul Currion https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/05/18/this-age-of-migration-we-need-a-new-political-deal https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/05/18/this-age-of-migration-we-need-a-new-political-deal Any success at the World Humanitarian Summit will require participants to admit that international refugee law is in crisis and to embark on reform of current humanitarian systems, says Paul Currion, as part of our series “This Age of Migration.” Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Displacement Human Rights Wed, 18 May 2016 04:19:22 +0000 Paul Currion https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2016/05/18/the-age-of-migration-time-for-a-new-political-compact https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2016/05/18/the-age-of-migration-time-for-a-new-political-compact Any success at the World Humanitarian Summit will require participants to admit that international refugee law is in crisis and to embark on reform of current humanitarian systems, says humanitarian operations expert Paul Currion. Laws & Policy Wed, 27 Apr 2016 01:43:37 +0000 Paul Currion https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/04/27/age-of-migration-refugees-as-living-laboratories https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/04/27/age-of-migration-refugees-as-living-laboratories In this second part of our ‘This Age of Migration’ series, commentator Paul Currion argues that European governments, private enterprises and civic groups creating new ‘innovations’ to aid refugees should get the consent and participation of refugees themselves. Innovation & Technology Mon, 28 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Paul Currion https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/03/28/age-of-migration-the-fiction-of-the-nation-state https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/03/28/age-of-migration-the-fiction-of-the-nation-state As part of our series This Age of Migration, Paul Currion argues that the existence of refugees exposes the nation-state as a convenient fiction, leading governments to view refugees as an existential threat – yet how we deal with refugees will define who we are in the 21st century.