On February 21-22, the Valdai Discussion Club, with the support of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, holds its eleventh Middle East Conference. The speakers of the fifth session discussed the issues of migration. Eleonora Tafuro Ambrosetti, Research Fellow, Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI); Galip Dalay, Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy; Associate Fellow at the Chatham House; Doctoral Researcher at the History Faculty, University of Oxford (Turkey); Romain Grandjean, Regional Director, Middle East North Africa, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (Switzerland); Dmitry Poletaev, Leading Researcher, Institute of Economic Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences, participated. The session was moderated by Oleg Barabanov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Professor, MGIMO University; Professor, Russian Academy of Sciences.