Installation organized by UK charities ActionAid and Islamic Relief to highlight the perilous journey across the Mediterranean undertaken by refugees fleeing war-torn countries. September 15,2016.Tim Ireland / Press Association. All rights reserved.On 19 September 2016, world leaders will congregate in New York at a United Nations Summit for Refugees and Migrants (hereinafter, UN Summit). Ongoing conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, South Sudan, Somalia and Syria, amongst others, have fuelled the mass movement of refugees. The acts of violence perpetrated by terrorist organizations have also accentuated the current flow of 25 million refugees worldwide.
Responsibility for hosting refugees is disproportionately shared. Only particular countries host a greater majority of refugees worldwide such as Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. This is corroborative of the fact that South-South refugee movements are more significant than South-North trends.
The UN Summit is an opportunity not to be missed in highlighting the fact that refugees require international protection. In view of the upcoming UN Summit, the UN has been organizing consultations with government officials as well as members of civil society organizations and refugees themselves, to develop a declaration with two annexes including the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework, to be adopted in September 2016.
