Security Council Open Debate on Sexual Violence in Conflict, April 2018: Costa Rica (Extract 2)

Sexual violence as a cause of forced displacement is equally worrying, as is the growing risk of violence in the context of mass movements where migrants, refugees and displaced persons are subjected to sexual extortion, trafficking and smuggling, harassment and rape, among other abuses. It is essential that conflictrelated sexual violence be considered as grounds for granting refugee or asylum status, with victim assistance policies.