4-5 October 2007

The progressive intensification of relations between China and Europe is reflected in initiatives such as the 2nd China-Europe Forum, which is organised by the Charles Léopold Mayer Foundation for Human Progress. The Forum is coordinated on a Europe-wide scale, and comprises more than 40 simultaneous subject-based workshops devised to generate common viewpoints on a range of key aspects for political, economic and social development. Within this framework, the phenomenon of migration is one of the issues under debate, given that the demographic and economic transformations being experienced by China and Europe are producing migration movements that are having a major effect on the shaping of the respective societies. Though significant differences exist between the two cases - in terms of, for example, volumes, flows and relations with countries of origin and destination - other similar challenges also exist that are associated with this phenomenon, such as the inequality of laws, the underground nature of its existence and the need to build inclusive societies. European and Chinese experts will meet together in this workshop to identify the distinctive elements of migrations in Europe and China, and to reflect on the challenges that this reality is bringing about.

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