A/71/285 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted to the General Assembly by the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau, pursuant to its resolution 70/147. II. Activities 2. The Special Rapporteur was consulted by the Special Adviser of the Secretary General on the summit on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants and provided oral and written input towards the development of her report addressing the issue of large movements of refugees and migrants. 3. The Special Rapporteur also participated and contr ibuted to a number of international and regional dialogues and conferences, including the Department of Economic and Social Affairs coordination meeting on international migration and the consultation on the Migrants in Countries in Crisis Initiative organ ized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). 4. Due to the continuing arrival of unprecedented numbers of irregular migrants at the external borders of the member States of the European Union, the Special Rapporteur has remained focused on the issue (see A/HRC/29/36). The Special Rapporteur provided suggestions for key European Union policy documents such as the European Migration Agenda and the European Parliament ’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs report on the situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic European Union approach to migration. He also briefed the Italian Interministerial Committee on Human Rights and provided a briefing to the European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights. 5. The Special Rapporteur ’s planned visit to Australia in October 2015 was postponed to November 2016. He has reiterated his request to visit Nauru and Papua New Guinea and looks forward to receiving a response and confirm ation of the dates for a visit in November 2016. 6. The Special Rapporteur visited Angola and Greece in May 2016. His related reports will be submitted to the Human Rights Council at its thirty -fifth session. 7. The Special Rapporteur submitted his report on the impact of bilateral and multilateral trade agreements on the human rights of migrants to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-second session (A/HRC/32/40). III. The global compact for safe, regular and orderly mobility A. Background 8. There are approximately 244 million migrants worldwide today — an increase of 41 per cent (71 million) since 2000. Most migrants originate from middle -income countries, with 59 per cent settling in developed r egions, where they make up some 11 per cent of the population. Between 2000 and 2015, Asia received 1.7 million 16-13509 3/24