Free Global Cities and the Mobility Divide: Private Innovation for Public Resilience

First, despite growing awareness and assistance, the global refugee crisis is accelerating. Second, asylum seekers and refugees represent one end of a widening migration rights spectrum, with highly skilled migrants at the other. Third, although migration is at the top of political agendas, governments have fewer levers than ever before. Free global cities — self-governed urban hubs designed to host displaced populations — may offer a new way to resolve these contradictions, where private investment and public purpose can come together to shape resilient, forward-looking communities. 

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