The Forum was organized in follow-up to the presentation by the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) of the "Report on Flows of Irregular Migrants from Africa, Asia and the Caribbean in the Americas" Luis Almagro, within the framework of the Permanent Council of the Organization. This report was requested by the government of Costa Rica in May 2016 given the migratory crisis that the country faced in the years 2015-2016.

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