Jonas WIDGREN International Centre for Migration Policy Development, Director General
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1967 | Graduation from Stockholm University, BA in philosophy |
1971 | -74 Secretary General of the parliamentary Commission |
1978 | -82 Director of the immigration policy Division of the Ministry of Labour |
1982 | -87 Secretary of State at the Ministry of Labour, deputy to Minister |
1983 | -87 chair in the OECD Working Party on Migration |
1987 | joined UNHCR as Senior Adviser to the High Commissioner for Refugees |
1991 | -93 Head of Secretariat to finding solutions to the asylum crisis in Europe as Coordinator for the Intergovernmental Consultations (IGC) |
consultant on international refugee and migration matters to the UN, ILO, UNESCO, OECD, IOM, Council of Europe and others | |
1995 | -98 External Adviser to the Cabinet of the EU Commissioner responsible for immigration and asylum affairs |
since 1993 | Director General of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), Vienna |