A/80/205 this arena. The report benefited from 28 inputs and from rich contributions from 41 people during two hybrid brainstorming workshops held to garner feedback. 8 II. Scope of the report 6. Persons or groups on the move have in common that they are away from their original home environment, from the stability of a previous community, from their neighbours and from the solace of their religion or belief community. They may be in vulnerable situations in relation to their legal status and their lack of societal support structures. Encountering new communities, realities and ideas can inspire people to deepen their connection with their religion, beliefs and belonging, or to explore or investigate it. Freedom of religion or belief is not less important for people in such contexts; rather, it has heightened relevance and resonance. 7. Nevertheless, the freedom of religion or belief of people on the move is often overlooked, misunderstood or explicitly denied. It is often assumed that those populations have other rights priorities, such as education, decent work 9 and resettlement in the case of internally displaced persons, asylum -seekers and refugees. Although those rights are no doubt vital, the present report serves to draw attention to the critical need to assess and provide for their freedom of religion or be lief. 8. After all, some persons on the move have found themselves in that new reality as a consequence of war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide or being rendered stateless on the grounds of their religion or belief. They may find that discriminatory structures persist from the State of origin to the transit State and the State of destination, whether in terms of religious exclusivity or preference 10 regarding resettlement or citizenship tests that serve to exclude particular religions or beliefs, or other hostilities and biases. 9. Overall, in the consideration of, and processes concerned with, persons on the move, freedom of religion or belief receives insufficient consideration. That is the case across the spectrum, whether in terms of resettlement interviews in the case of asylum-seekers and refugees; the disregard of camp officials for the freedom of religion or belief of internally displaced persons, refugees and those rendered stateless; the work environment of migrants; or other contexts. 10. In the present report, the Special Rapporteur provides an overall snapshot of the significance of the freedom of religion or belief, recalls its strong legal underpinning, provides an overview of its widespread violation and calls urgently for its respect . III. Freedom of religion or belief in the context of migration 11. Six key aspects of the enjoyment of the freedom of religion or belief of people on the move are explored in more detail below. The many ways in which this right is routinely overlooked, misunderstood or explicitly denied to them, resulting in multilayered and multifaceted violations against them, are set out. Lack of protection __________________ 8 9 10 4/23 Warm appreciation is extended to Kimberlie Orr, Domenic Canonico and their colleagues at the Lindsay and Matt Moroun Religious Liberty Clinic at the University of Notre Dame for research support; to the International Centre for Law and Religion Studies for its generous hosting of two hybrid consultations, to David Griffiths for facilitating them and to all participants for their generous contributions; to Helle Dahl Iversen and Gihan Indraguptha of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; and to Daniel Cloney and Lily Jeffrey at Regent’s Park College, University of Oxford. See www.ilo.org/topics-and-sectors/decent-work. A/HRC/49/44, para. 51. 25-11829