European ministers have met in Malta to step up efforts to use research as a central tool in addressing the refugee crisis.
¡°Research and science can help by looking at the root causes for that migration, that displacement,¡± Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, told assembled research ministers earlier this month.
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that the event was designed to take forward plans for the EU-supported (PRIMA), the largest ever cross-Mediterranean research collaboration, which will look at issues around food and water.
Most current research is ¡°done in destination countries¡±, said Octavio Quintana Trias of the European Commission¡¯s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, when it needed to ¡°encompass origin, transit and destination countries¡±. This could shed light on the impact of EU initiatives and suggest policies for helping middle-class families, who make up the majority of migrants, remain in their home countries.
Participants in the meeting also called for increased dialogue over , which harnesses science to stimulate growth in ocean-related industries.
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