The summit is expected to adopt an ‘Outcome Document’ and its two frameworks, one on migration governance and the other on refugee response. After World War II, the migration and refugee issues have been dealt with differently as in those days there were mostly refugees, not migrants. The UNHCR, which deals with refugee issues, and the IOM that deals with migration issues were established at the time. But now there are more migrants than refugees and sometimes migrants are becoming refugees and refugees are becoming migrants, which calls for a new mechanism to deal with those issues. Activists believe the upcoming summit will be a “watershed moment” to strengthen governance of international migration and a unique opportunity for creating a more responsible, predictable system for responding to large movements of refugees and migrants.

Source: bd News24 September 03, 2016 18:56 UTC