Legal Document

New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants

A/RES/71/1
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Author
UN General Assembly
Publication Year
2016
Region
Global
Thematic Area
Law & Policies
Topic
Law – International / Migration / Refugee
Access
Open access

On September 19, 2016, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants. The New York Declaration reaffirms the importance of the international refugee regime and contains a wide range of commitments by Member States to strengthen and enhance mechanisms to protect people on the move. It has paved the way for the adoption of two new global compacts in 2018: a global compact on refugees and a global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration.

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