Here's How the International Community Is Trying to Solve the Global Refugee Crisis

Locals carry two young girls to the shores of Lesbos, after they reached the island with their families in an inflatable boat full of refugees and migrants, having crossed the Aegean sea from Turkey. As world leaders gather at the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York next week, you can expect some high diplomatic drama. It will be President Obama and Ban Ki Moon's last UN Summit. And speeches from various world leaders--from Justin Trudeau to Theresa May -- are hotly anticipated. But behind all the politics and drama are issues of substance -- and arguably the most important substantive issues on the table relate to the global refugee crisis. There will be two high profile summits at the UN related to refugees. The first is organized by the United Nations itself, the "Summit for Refugees and Migrants." The second is being organized by President Obama, and billed as the "Leaders Summit on Refugees." Taken together, these two high level meetings at the UN have the potenti…