Every two years the United Nations publishes a report that examines the challenges and opportunities existing for youth worldwide. The World Youth Report is of great importance for all young people around the world. It is a crucial working instrument for the YD, the National Youth Councils, for Youth NGO's, other stakeholders of the civil society and for the UN entities themselves. It is now the time to decide on the topic of the World Youth Report 2011. During the last GA the YD held a Working Breakfast in the Swiss Mission to the UN on "Youth and Migration". During this meeting the idea was born to devote the topic of the next report to “migration”.

This choice of topic is supported by the YD for various reasons. A report on youth and migration could improve the relations between countries of origin and countries of destination. It could help to create mutual understanding for different situations. Furthermore, it would be a possibility for the international community to draw special attention to a phenomena too often ignored and not talked about due to political reasons. But most of all, it could delineate ways to ameliorate the situation of all youth concerned with migration and its implications.

Another aspect that strengthens the choice of migration as the topic for the World Youth Report 2011 is the insufficient documentation available on this matter. Stakeholders that are working on the topic of youth and migration urgently need more data to get a clearer picture of the dimension