A/HRC/18/54 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 1 September 2011 Original: English Human Rights Council Eighteenth session Agenda items 2 and 3 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development The situation of migrants and asylum-seekers fleeing recent events in North Africa Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights* Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 17/22, in which the Council requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to pay particular attention to the situation of migrants and asylum-seekers fleeing recent events in North Africa, to report to the Council at its eighteenth session, and to provide updates thereon. The report seeks to describe the human rights implications of the cross-border movement of migrants and asylum-seekers fleeing recent events in North Africa in the period from January to August 2011. It describes the displacement of migrants and asylumseekers during this period and highlights human rights concerns, as well as the relevant normative framework. It describes the international response to the situation of migrants and asylum-seekers fleeing recent events in North Africa, and ends with conclusions and recommendations aimed to protect the human rights of migrants and asylum-seekers in this context. * Late submission. GE.11-15605