Attachments
I. Overview
The world is witnessing complex humanitarian emergencies that are taking place during a time of unprecedented human mobility. To this end, as highlighted in the Secretary General’s Agenda for Humanity, the specific vulnerabilities of migrants must be considered in humanitarian response. The past few years have been marked by many tragic cases where large numbers of migrants have lost their lives at sea, in deserts and on many other migratory routes.
They have been subjected to hunger, abuse, trafficking and some have been stranded in areas of conflicts. In the lead-up to the UN General Assembly’s September 2016 Summit to Address Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants (“19 September Summit”), this Special Session on Migrants and Humanitarian Action focused on ways in which the humanitarian community can better address the protection and assistance needs of vulnerable migrants.