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The extent and diversity of human rights abuses impacting children on the move and other children affected by migration is truly worrisome. In many cases it reaches such alarming levels that it is referred to as a human rights crisis that particularly affects children.
The New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, the outcome of the September 2016 UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants, expresses the political will of world leaders to save lives, protect rights and share responsibility on a global scale. It contains a number of important commitments to children, as well as plans for how to build on these commitments. These include negotiations leading to an international conference, and the adoption in 2018 of both a ‘global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration’ and a ‘global compact on refugees’.
