On December 19, the Valdai Club hosted a discussion on migration issues. The discussion was timed to coincide with the International Migrants Day, which is celebrated annually on December 18. Rashid Alimov, SCO Secretary-General (2016–2018), Professor at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan and at the Taihe Institute (China); Maria Apanovich, Associate Professor, Department of Demographic and Migration Policy, MGIMO of the Russian Foreign Ministry; Nourhan ElSheikh, Professor of Political Science, Cairo University, Member of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs; Gyulnara Gadzhimuradova, Associate Professor of the Department of Demographic and Migration Policy, MGIMO of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; Andrey Korobkov, Professor of Political Science at the University of Tennessee (USA) (co-author of the report); Dmitry Poletaev, Leading Researcher, Institute of Economic Forecasting, Russian Academy of Sciences, Director at the Regional Public Organisation “Migration Research Center” (co-author of the report). The event was moderated by Oleg Barabanov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club.