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ANNEX

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ATTACHMENT

to the

Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION

authorising the Commission to approve, on behalf of the Union, the Global Compact for

Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, in the area of immigration policy

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ATTACHMENT

GLOBAL COMPACT FOR SAFE, ORDERLY

AND REGULAR MIGRATION

ZERO DRAFT PLUS

5 March 2018

We, the Heads of State and Government and High Representatives, meeting in Morocco on

10-11 December 2018, recalling the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants and

determined to make an important contribution to enhanced cooperation on international

migration in all its dimensions, have adopted this Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and

Regular Migration:

PREAMBLE

This Global Compact rests on the principles espoused in the Charter of the United

Nations.

It also rests on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International

Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic,

Social and Cultural Rights, core international human rights treaties, the United

Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime including the Protocol to

Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons Especially Women and Children

and the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, the United

Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Paris Agreement, the

International Labour Organization conventions on promoting decent work and labour

mobility, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Addis Ababa Action

Agenda, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, and the New Urban

Agenda.

Discussions about international migration at global level are not new. We recall the

advances made through the United Nations High-level Dialogues on International

Migration and Development in 2006 and 2013. We also recognize the Global Forum

on Migration and Development launched in 2007. These platforms paved the way for

the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, through which we committed

to elaborate a Global Compact for Refugees and to adopt this Global Compact for

Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, in two separate processes.

As an input to the preparatory process for this Global Compact, we recognize the

report of the Secretary-General,

“Making Migration Work for All”.

This Global Compact is a milestone in the history of the global migration dialogue. It

is guided by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Addis Ababa

Action Agenda, and informed by the Declaration of the High-level Dialogue on

International Migration and Development adopted in October 2013.

This Global Compact presents a non-legally binding, cooperative framework that

builds on the commitments agreed upon by Member States in the New York

Declaration for Refugees and Migrants. It upholds the sovereignty of States and

fosters international cooperation among all actors on migration, acknowledging that

no State can address migration alone.

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OUR VISION AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES

This Global Compact expresses our collective commitment to improving cooperation

on international migration. Migration has been part of the human experience

throughout history, and we recognize that it can be a source of prosperity, innovation

and sustainable development in our globalized world. The majority of migrants around

the world today travel, live and work in a safe, orderly and regular manner. But

migration undeniably affects our countries in very different and sometimes

unpredictable ways.

It is crucial that international migration unites us rather than divides us. This Global

Compact sets out our common understanding, shared responsibilities and unity of

purpose regarding migration.

Common Understanding

This Global Compact is the product of an unprecedented review of evidence and data

gathered during an open, transparent and inclusive process. We shared our realities

and heard diverse voices, enriching and shaping our common understanding of this

complex phenomenon. We learned that migration is a defining feature of our

globalized world, connecting societies within and across all regions, making us all

countries of origin, transit and destination. We recognize that there is a continuous

need for international efforts to strengthen our knowledge and analysis of migration.

We must gather and share more and better data. We must ensure that current and

potential migrants are fully informed about their options, rights and duties, while all

our citizens should have access to objective, clear information of the benefits and

challenges migration creates rather than misleading narratives.

Shared Responsibilities

10.

This Global Compact offers a 360-degree vision of international migration and

recognizes that a comprehensive approach is needed to optimize the overall benefits

of migration while addressing risks and challenges for individuals and communities

associated with it. No country can address the challenges and opportunities of this

global phenomenon on its own. We acknowledge our shared responsibilities to one

another as Member States of the United

Nations to address each other’s needs and

concerns over migration, and an overarching obligation to respect, protect and

promote the human rights of migrants and promote our security and prosperity.

In this context, this Global Compact aims to mitigate the adverse drivers and

structural factors that hinder people from building and maintaining sustainable

livelihoods in their countries of origin, and so compel them to seek a future

elsewhere. It intends to reduce the risks and vulnerabilities migrants face at different

stages of migration by respecting, protecting and fulfilling their human rights and

providing them with care and assistance. It seeks to address legitimate concerns of

communities about migration and the demographic, economic, social and

environmental changes their societies are undergoing. It strives to create conducive

conditions that enable all migrants to enrich our societies through their human,

economic and social capacities, and thus facilitate their contributions to sustainable

development at the global level.

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Unity of Purpose

12.

This Global Compact recognizes that safe, orderly and regular migration works for

all when it takes place in a well-informed, planned and consensual manner. We must

make it possible for people to remain in their own countries in safety and dignity. We

must

save lives and keep migrants out of harm’s way.

We must empower migrants to

become full members of our societies, highlight their contributions, and promote

inclusion and social cohesion. We must generate greater predictability and certainty

for States, communities and migrants alike. To achieve this, we commit to facilitate

and ensure safe, orderly and regular migration for the benefit of all.

Our success rests on the mutual trust and determination of States to implement the

actionable commitments contained in this Global Compact. We unite to address the

challenges and opportunities of migration in all its dimensions through shared

responsibility and innovative solutions. It is with this sense of common purpose that

we take this historic step, fully aware that the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and

Regular Migration is a milestone, but not the end to our efforts. We commit to

continue the multilateral dialogue at the United Nations through a robust follow-up

and review mechanism, ensuring that the words in this document translate into

actions for the benefit of millions of people in every region of the world.

In this context, we agree that this Global Compact rests on a set of guiding principles:

People-centred: The Global Compact carries a strong human dimension to it,

inherent to the migration experience itself. As a result, the Global Compact places

individuals at its core.

International cooperation: The Global Compact is a non-legally binding cooperative

framework that recognizes that no State can effectively address migration on its own

due to the inherently transnational nature of the phenomenon. Its authority rests on

its consensual nature, credibility, collective ownership, and joint implementation.

National sovereignty: The Global Compact reaffirms the right of States to exert

sovereign jurisdiction with regard to national migration policy, in conformity with

applicable international law. It strengthens the capacity of States to exercise their

prerogatives responsibly as they determine the conditions under which non-

nationals may enter, reside and work on their territory, taking into account different

national realities and priorities.

Rule of law and due process: The Global Compact recognizes that respect for the

rule of law and due process is fundamental to all aspects of migration governance.

This means that public and private institutions and entities, the State, and persons

themselves are accountable to laws that are publicly promulgated, equally enforced

and independently adjudicated, and which are consistent with international law and

standards.

Sustainable development: The Global Compact is guided by the 2030 Agenda for

Sustainable Development, in line with its recognition that migration is a

multidimensional reality of major relevance for the sustainable development of

countries of origin, transit and destination.

Human rights: The Global Compact is guided by international human rights law. By

implementing the actionable commitments herein, we ensure effective respect,

protection and fulfilment of the human rights of all migrants, regardless of their

migration status, across all stages of the migration cycle.

Gender-responsive: The Global Compact ensures that the human rights of women,

men, girls and boys are respected at all stages of migration and that they are

empowered as agents of change. It mainstreams a gender perspective, promotes

gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls, recognizing their

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leadership in order to move away from addressing female migrants primarily

through a lens of victimhood.

Child-sensitive: The Global Compact upholds the best interests of the child, at all

times, as the primary consideration in situations concerning girls and boys in the

context of international migration, including unaccompanied and separated children.

Whole-of-government approach: The Global Compact considers that migration is a

multidimensional reality that cannot be addressed by one government policy sector

alone. To develop and implement effective migration policies and practices, a

whole-of-government approach is needed to ensure horizontal and vertical policy

coherence across all sectors of government.

Whole-of-society approach: The Global Compact promotes broad multi-stakeholder

partnerships to address migration in all its dimensions by including migrants,

diasporas, local communities, civil society organizations, academia, the private

sector, parliamentarians, trade unions, National Human Rights Institutions, the

media and other relevant actors in migration governance.

OUR COOPERATIVE FRAMEWORK AND OBJECTIVES

15.

With the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants we adopted a political

declaration and a set of commitments. Recalling these commitments in their entirety,

we build on them by laying out the following cooperative framework comprising of

actionable commitments, implementation, and follow-up and review. Our actionable

commitments will fulfil 22 broader objectives for the achievement of safe, orderly

and regular migration along the migration cycle.

BJECTIVES FOR

AFE

, O

RDERLY AND

EGULAR

IGRATION

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(13)

Collect and utilize accurate and disaggregated data as a basis for evidence-based

policies

Minimize the adverse drivers and structural factors that compel people to leave their

country of origin

Provide adequate and timely information at all stages of migration

Provide all migrants with proof of legal identity, proper identification and

documentation

Enhance availability and flexibility of pathways for regular migration

Facilitate fair and ethical recruitment and safeguard conditions that ensure decent

work

Address and reduce vulnerabilities in migration

Save lives and establish coordinated international efforts on missing migrants

Strengthen the transnational response to smuggling of migrants

Prevent and combat trafficking in persons in the context of international migration

Manage borders in an integrated, secure and coordinated manner

Strengthen procedures and mechanisms for status determination

Use migration detention only as a last resort and work towards alternatives

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(14)

(15)

(16)

(17)

(18)

(19)

(20)

(21)

(22)

Enhance consular protection, assistance and cooperation throughout the migration

cycle

Provide access to basic social services for migrants

Empower migrants and societies to realize full inclusion and social cohesion

Eliminate all forms of discrimination and promote fact-based public discourse to

shape perceptions of migration

Invest in skills development and facilitate recognition of skills, qualifications and

competences

Create conditions for migrants and diasporas to fully contribute to sustainable

development in all countries

Promote faster, safer and cheaper transfer of remittances and foster financial inclusion

of migrants

Cooperate in facilitating dignified and sustainable return, readmission and

reintegration

Establish mechanisms for the portability of social security entitlements and earned

benefits

ACTIONABLE COMMITMENTS

OBJECTIVE 1: Collect and utilize accurate and disaggregated data as a basis for

evidence- based policies

16.

We commit to strengthen the global evidence base on international migration by

improving and investing in the collection, analysis and dissemination of accurate,

reliable, comparable data, disaggregated by sex, age and migration status. We further

commit to ensure this evidence fosters research, guides well-informed and coherent

policy-making and public discourse, and allows for effective monitoring and

evaluation of the implementation of commitments over time.

In this regard, the following actions are instrumental:

(a)

Harmonize methodologies on collection, analysis and dissemination of

migration-related data and indicators to achieve international compatibility

between national data systems, including by agreeing on a baseline statistical

definition of an international migrant, by developing a set of standards to

measure migrant flows and stocks, as well as to document essential

characteristics of migrants, migration status, drivers, patterns and trends, and

by including all major stakeholders and sources of data in the elaboration of a

comprehensive data strategy on migration

Develop a global programme to build national capacities in data collection,

analysis and dissemination to share data, address data gaps and assess key

migration trends, that encourages collaboration between relevant actors at all

levels, provides dedicated training for government officials, financial support

and technical assistance, leverages new data sources, including big data, and is

reviewed by the United Nations Statistical Commission on a regular basis

Provide support, evidence and updated inputs to the Global Migration Data

Portal, with a view to systematically consolidate all relevant data in a

transparent, comparable and standardized manner

(b)

(c)

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(d)

Establish and strengthen regional migration observatories to collect and

analyse data in line with United Nations data standards, including on best

practices, the contributions of migrants, the overall economic, social and

political benefits and challenges of migration in countries of origin, transit and

destination, as well as drivers of migration, with a view to establishing shared

strategies and maximizing the value of migration data

Improve national data collection, analysis and dissemination by integrating

migration- relevant questions in national censuses, starting in the census of the

2020 round, including on country of birth, country of citizenship, country of

residence five years prior to the census, most recent arrival date and reason for

migrating, to ensure timely analysis and dissemination of results with

internationally recommended disaggregation and cross- tabulation

Conduct household, labour force and other post-census surveys to collect

information on the social and economic integration of migrants or add standard

migration modules to existing household surveys to improve national, regional

and international comparability, and disseminate collected data through public-

use of microdata files

Use administrative records, such as border records, visa, resident permits and

other sources, to produce migration-related statistics, while upholding the right

to privacy and the protection of personal data

Develop and use country-specific migration profiles, which include data on all

migration- relevant aspects in a national context, including on labour market

needs, demand and availability of skills, the economic and social impacts of

migration, remittance transfer costs, health, education, living and working

conditions, wages, and the needs of migrants and receiving communities, in

order to foster evidence-based policy development

(e)

(f)

(g)

(h)

OBJECTIVE 2: Minimize the adverse drivers and structural factors that compel people to

leave their country of origin

17.

We commit to create conducive political, economic, social and environmental

conditions for people to lead peaceful, productive and sustainable lives in their own

country and ensure that desperation and deteriorating environments do not compel

them to seek a livelihood elsewhere.

In this regard, the following actions are instrumental:

(a)

Promote the operationalization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable

Development, including the Sustainable Development Goals and the Addis

Ababa Action Agenda, and the commitment to reach first those who are

furthest behind, as well as the Paris Agreement and the Sendai Framework for

Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030

Promote the operationalization of the Agenda for the Protection of Cross-

Border Displaced Persons in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change,

including by supporting the Platform on Disaster Displacement

Promote the operationalization of the Guidelines to Protect Migrants in

Countries

Experiencing Conﬂict or Natural Disaster (MICIC

Guidelines)

(b)

(c)

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(d)

Invest in programmes that accelerate fulfilment of the Sustainable

Development Goals to minimize the adverse drivers and structural factors

that compel people to leave their country of origin, including poverty

alleviation, disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and mitigation,

conflict prevention and resolution, as well as creating and maintaining peaceful

and inclusive societies with effective, incorrupt and accountable institutions

that provide access to justice and human rights protection for all

Establish or strengthen crisis centres to monitor and anticipate the development

of risks and threats that might trigger or affect internal and onward cross-

border movements, strengthen early warning systems, develop emergency

procedures and toolkits, launch emergency operations, and support post-crisis

recovery, in close cooperation with other States, relevant national and local

authorities, National Human Rights Institutions where they exist, and civil

society

Strengthen joint analysis and sharing of information to better map, understand,

predict and address migration movements and trajectories of persons affected

by sudden-onset natural hazards, slow-onset environmental degradation,

including the adverse effects of climate change, and life-endangering situations

Invest in sustainable development in all regions allowing people to improve

their lives and meet their aspirations, by combining development efforts with

economic links, such as private and foreign direct investment and trade

preferences, to boost economic activity in ways that support inclusive growth,

opportunities, prosperity, decent work, and job creation for local populations

Promote entrepreneurship, vocational training and skills development

programmes, in line with labour market needs and in cooperation with the

private sector, with a view to reducing youth unemployment and compensating

brain drain in countries of origin

Strengthen collaboration between humanitarian and development actors,

including by promoting joint analysis, multi-donor approaches and multi-year

funding cycles, in order to develop long-term responses that increase protection,

resilience and coping capacities of populations, as well as economic and social

self-reliance, and by ensuring these efforts include migration considerations

Develop tailored migration schemes of various duration, including planned

temporary and permanent relocation, to facilitate migration as an adaptation

strategy to slow-onset environmental degradation related to the adverse effects

of climate change, such as desertification and sea level rise

Integrate displacement considerations into disaster preparedness strategies and

establish protocols with neighbouring countries to prepare for early warning,

contingency planning, stockpiling, coordination mechanisms, evacuation

planning, reception and assistance arrangements, and public information

Enhance humanitarian protection measures for cross-border disaster displaced

persons, including on admission, stay and situations where return is not

possible, and expand mechanisms for resilience and lasting solutions by

harmonizing approaches at sub regional and regional levels

(e)

(f)

(g)

(h)

(i)

(j)

(k)

(l)

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OBJECTIVE 3: Provide adequate and timely information at all stages of migration

18.

We commit to strengthen our efforts to provide, make available and disseminate

adequate, timely, accessible, and transparent information on migration-related

aspects for and between States, communities and migrants by taking into account all

stages of migration. We further commit to use this information to develop migration

policies that provide a high degree of predictability and certainty for all actors

involved.

In this regard, the following actions are instrumental:

(a)

Launch and publicize a centralized and publicly available national website to

share information on regular migration options and employment opportunities

for prospective and returning migrants, including on country-specific

immigration laws and policies, visa requirements and application formalities,

professional qualification requirements, training and study opportunities, job

vacancies, and living costs and conditions, in order to inform the decisions of

migrants

Enhance systematic bilateral, regional and international cooperation between

States to exchange information and intelligence on migration-related trends,

including irregular migration, mixed movements, smuggling of migrants and

trafficking in persons, through joint databases, online platforms, international

training centres and liaison networks

Establish information centres along migration routes that provide child-

sensitive and gender-responsive support and counselling, offer opportunities to

communicate with consular representatives of the country of origin, and make

available relevant information, including on fundamental human rights,

international protection, asylum procedures, options and pathways for regular

migration, and possibilities for voluntary return, in a language the person

concerned understands

Provide newly arrived migrants and returnees, respectively, with targeted,

accessible and comprehensive information on their rights and obligations,

including on compliance with national and local laws, obtaining of work and

resident permits, status adjustments, registration with authorities, access to

justice to file complaints about rights violations and access to basic services, by

establishing in-person and online counselling centres

Consolidate a digital database, in compliance with the right to privacy and the

protection of personal data, to register migrants abroad, in close cooperation

with migrant organizations, consulates and local authorities, to provide

information, services and assistance to migrants in emergency situations on an

equal footing with nationals

and ensure migrants’ accessibility

to relevant and

timely information, including by establishing helplines

Promote multi-lingual information campaigns and organize awareness-raising

events and pre-departure orientation trainings in countries of origin, in

cooperation with local authorities, consular and diplomatic missions, the

private sector, academia, migrant and diaspora organizations and civil society,

to inform potential migrants about the challenges and opportunities of

migration, including on the risks and dangers involved in irregular migration

carried out through traffickers and smugglers

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

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OBJECTIVE 4: Provide all migrants with proof of legal identity, proper identification

and documentation

19.

We commit to equip migrants with proof of legal identity and other relevant

documentation, including birth, marriage and death certificates, at all stages of

migration in order to end statelessness and avoid other vulnerabilities. We further

commit to ensure this documentation allows all migrants to have access to services

and exercise their human rights, and States can identify a person’s nationality upon

entry and for return.

In this regard, the following actions are instrumental:

(a)

Provide identity documents to all migrants, by registering migrant births and

reaching undocumented populations, improving registration of citizens and

sharing biometric registration, including as a measure to avoid statelessness in

accordance with the fundamental human right to a nationality

Strengthen measures to facilitate citizenship

to children born in another State’s

territory in situations where a child would otherwise be stateless, including by

allowing women to confer their nationality to their children

Harmonize travel documents in line with the International Civil Aviation

Organization standards, through mechanisms for sharing biometric data while

respecting the right to privacy, and by aligning visa application requirements

Ensure adequate, timely, reliable and accessible consular documentation to all

migrants, including identification and travel documents, and make use of

information and communications technology, as well as community outreach,

particularly in remote areas

Determine status autonomously, independently and individually, and provide

access to individual documentation for female migrants and children, including

by ensuring that citizenship or access to a passport or visa is not tied to the

spouse or parent

Abolish requirements to prove citizenship or nationality at service delivery

centres to ensure that stateless migrants are not precluded from accessing basic

services nor denied other basic human rights

Institute an identification card for all persons residing in a particular country or

city, regardless of their nationality, ethnicity, migration status or any other

characteristic, to access services, conduct business and participate in

community life

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)

OBJECTIVE 5: Enhance availability and flexibility of pathways for regular migration

20.

We commit to adapt options and pathways for regular migration in a manner that

reflects demographic and global labour market realities, optimizes education

opportunities, reunites families, and facilitates access to protection in emergency

situations.

In this regard, the following actions are instrumental:

(a)

Develop a human rights-based and gender-responsive labour mobility model

agreement with sector-specific standard terms of employment in cooperation

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with relevant stakeholders on the basis of global guidelines and principles and

in compliance with international law

(b)

Develop and enhance mechanisms that facilitate regional and cross-regional

labour mobility, such as free movement regimes, visa liberalization or multiple-

country visas, and labour mobility cooperation frameworks, in accordance with

local market needs and skills supply, through international and bilateral

cooperation

Review and revise existing options and pathways for regular migration, with a

view to address labour market imbalances, demographic realities and

development challenges and opportunities, in accordance with local labour

market demands and skills supply

Develop flexible rights-based and gender-responsive labour mobility schemes

for migrants at all skills levels, including temporary, seasonal, circular, and

fast-track programmes in areas of labour shortages, in accordance with local

labour market needs and skills supply, by establishing flexible and non-

discriminatory visa regimes, such as permanent and temporary work visa,

multiple-entry

visa, student visa, business visitors’ visa and visas for investors

and entrepreneurs, and by allowing flexible visa status conversions

Foster efficient and effective skills-matching programmes by reducing visa

processing timeframes for standard employment authorizations, and by

offering accelerated and facilitated visa processing for employers with a track

record of compliance

Provide temporary or permanent protection and reception schemes for migrants

compelled to leave their countries of origin temporarily or permanently in

cases when return is not possible, due to sudden-onset natural disasters, slow-

onset environmental degradation, emergency situations, and other life-

endangering circumstances, including by providing humanitarian visas, private

sponsorships, access to education for children, and temporary work permits

Facilitate family reunification for migrants at all skills levels by integrating

provisions in migration laws and policies that remove barriers to the realization

of the right to family unity and family life, including income requirements,

language pre-tests, length of stay, and type of status, as well as provide work

authorization and access to social security and services

Involve local authorities and other relevant stakeholders, particularly the private

sector and trade unions, in effective skills-matching in the national economy,

monitoring the local labour market, identifying skills gaps, and defining

required skills profiles

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)

(h)

OBJECTIVE 6: Facilitate fair and ethical recruitment and safeguard conditions that

ensure decent work

21.

We commit to review existing recruitment mechanisms to guarantee that they are fair

and ethical, and to protect all migrant workers against all forms of exploitation and

abuse in order to guarantee decent work and maximize the socioeconomic impact of

migrants in both their countries of origin and destination.

In this regard, the following actions are instrumental:

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(a)

(b)

Sign, ratify or accede to, and implement all relevant international instruments

related to international labour mobility

Promote the operationalization of the ILO General Principles and Operational

Guidelines for Fair Recruitment, the United Nations Guiding Principles on

Business and Human Rights, and the IOM International Recruitment Integrity

System (IRIS)

Build upon the work of existing regional platforms that have overcome

obstacles and identified best practices in labour mobility, by facilitating cross-

regional dialogue to share this knowledge, and to promote the full respect for

the human and labour rights of migrant workers at all skills levels, including

migrant domestic workers

Review and revise regulations on public and private recruitment agencies, in

order to align them with international guidelines and best practices, and

prohibit recruiters from charging fees or related costs to the migrant worker in

order to avoid debt bondage, exploitation and forced labour, including by

establishing mandatory, enforceable mechanisms for effective regulation and

monitoring of the recruitment industry

Establish partnerships with all relevant stakeholders, including employers and

trade unions, to ensure that migrant workers are provided written contracts in a

language they understand and are aware of the regulations relating to

international labour recruitment, their rights and obligations in this regard, as

well as the access to complaint and redress mechanisms

Hold employers, recruiters, their subcontractors and suppliers accountable

when they are involved in human and labour rights violations, by ensuring that

the roles and responsibilities of all, both within the recruitment and

employment processes, are clearly outlined, thereby enhancing supply chain

transparency with regard to decent work conditions for migrants

Strengthen the enforcement of ethical recruitment and decent work norms and

policies by enhancing the abilities of labour inspectors and other authorities to

better monitor recruiters, employers and service providers in order to ensure

that fair and ethical recruitment, as well as decent work conditions apply in all

sectors, in conformity with international standards

Ensure recruitment processes that result in work visas that are portable,

allowing migrants to change employers, and modifiable, allowing migrants to

change conditions or lengths of stay, with minimal administrative processes in

order to prevent violations of human and labour rights and promote greater

opportunities for decent work

Prohibit, through national legislation, non-State entities from confiscating or

retaining travel or identity documents, as well as work contracts from a migrant

in order to prevent abuse and exploitation, and allow migrants to fully exercise

their human rights

Provide all migrant workers engaged in remunerated labour with the same

rights and protections extended to all workers, particularly by ensuring that

migrants can exercise their rights to just and favourable conditions of work, to

be free from slavery, servitude, or forced or compulsory labour, to freedom of

peaceful assembly and association and to have the highest attainable standard

of physical and mental health, including by allowing membership in trade

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)

(h)

(i)

(j)

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unions, wage protection mechanisms, and establishing firewalls with labour

inspections in cases of exploitation

(k)

Review national labour laws, employment policies and programmes to ensure

that they include considerations of the specific needs and contributions of

female migrant workers, including in domestic work, and adopt specific

measures to prevent and address female and male exploitation as a basis to

promote gender-responsive labour mobility policies

OBJECTIVE 7: Address and reduce vulnerabilities in migration

22.

We commit to provide specialized protection and assistance to migrants, at all stages

of migration, who often face particular, multiple and intersecting forms of

vulnerability, by ensuring that human rights are at the centre of our efforts. We

further commit to uphold the principle of the best interests of the child as the primary

consideration in issues where children are concerned, and to apply a gender-

responsive approach in addressing vulnerabilities, including in responses to mixed

movements.

In this regard, the following actions are instrumental:

(a)

Promote the operationalization of the Global Migration Group Principles and

Guidelines, Supported by Practical Guidance, on the Human Rights Protection

of Migrants in Vulnerable Situations

Undertake a human rights-based review of policies and practices that may

create, exacerbate or unintentionally increase vulnerabilities of migrants

Establish comprehensive policies on migrants in vulnerable situations,

including to identify individual, group-based or prima facie vulnerabilities,

deliver timely and effective referral, provide protection and specialized

assistance, as well as to determine status, ensuring all migrants are able to

access appropriate protection of their human rights and that the situation of

each person is individually assessed

Establish robust procedures in all legislative, administrative and judicial

proceedings and decisions, as well as in all migration policies and programmes

that are relevant to and have an impact on children, including consular

protection policies and services, to ensure that the principle of the best interests

of the child is appropriately integrated, consistently interpreted and applied

Protect unaccompanied and separated children at all stages of migration

through the establishment of specialized procedures for their identification,

referral, care and family reunification, and provide access to their rights to

health, education, legal assistance and to be heard in administrative and judicial

proceedings, including by appointing a legal guardian, as essential means to

address their particular vulnerability and protect them from violence

Ensure migrant’s access to independent legal assistance and representation in

legal proceedings that affect them, including during any related judicial or

administrative hearing, in order to safeguard that all migrants, everywhere, are

recognized as persons before the law and that the delivery of justice is

impartial and non-discriminatory

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

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Develop predictable migration policies that prevent migrants from falling into

an irregular status due to legal and practical impediments in the country of

destination, in order to reduce precariousness of status and related

vulnerabilities, including by establishing firewalls between immigration

enforcement and public services

Involve local authorities and stakeholders in the identification, referral and

assistance of migrants in a situation of vulnerability, including through

agreements with national protection bodies, legal aid and service providers, as

well as the engagement of mobile response teams

(h)

OBJECTIVE 8: Save lives and establish coordinated international efforts on missing

migrants

23.

We commit to save lives and prevent migrant deaths and injuries through joint search

and rescue operations, standardized collection and exchange of information. We

further commit to identify those who have died or gone missing, and to facilitate

communication with affected families.

In this regard, the following actions are instrumental:

(a)

Develop procedures and agreements on search and rescue with the primary

objective to protect migrants’ right to life that refrain from pushbacks at land

and sea borders and enhance reception and assistance capacities, while

ensuring that the provision of humanitarian assistance for migrants is never

criminalized

Review the impacts of migration-related policies and laws to ensure that these

do not raise or create the risk of migrants going missing, including in the

context of large movements of persons who may use unsafe or irregular

pathways, by working with other States and relevant international

organizations to identify contextual risks, gaps and actionable solutions for

preventing and responding to such situations

Enable migrants to inform their families without delay that they are alive by

facilitating access to means of communication along routes and at their

destination, including in places of detention, as well as access to consular

missions, local authorities and organizations that can provide assistance with

family contacts, especially in cases of unaccompanied or separated migrant

children and adolescents

Establish transnational coordination channels and designate contact points for

families looking for missing migrants, through which families can be kept

informed on the status of the search, while respecting international data

protection standards

Collect, centralize and systematize data regarding corpses and ensure

traceability after burial, in accordance with internationally accepted forensic

standards, and establish coordination channels at transnational level to facilitate

immediate or future identification and the provision of information to families

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

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OBJECTIVE 9: Strengthen the transnational response to smuggling of migrants

24.

We commit to intensify joint efforts to prevent and counter smuggling of migrants,

ensure that smuggled migrants are not criminalized, and that they have access to

protection and assistance, with particular concern for victims of smuggling under

aggravating circumstances. We further commit to end the impunity of smuggling

networks.

In this regard, the following actions are instrumental:

(a)

Sign, ratify or accede to, and implement the Protocol against the Smuggling of

Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention

against Transnational Organised Crime (UNTOC)

Institutionalise transnational mechanisms to share information and intelligence

on smuggling routes, modus operandi and financial transactions of smuggling

networks, vulnerabilities faced by smuggled migrants, and other relevant data

to dismantle the smuggling networks and enhance joint responses

Develop protocols along migration routes, consistent with international law,

that outline step-by-step measures to identify smuggled migrants and victims of

smuggling under aggravating circumstances, provide access to protection and

assistance for those in situations of vulnerability, as well as facilitate cross-

border law enforcement and intelligence cooperation to prevent smuggling of

migrants, increase conviction rates and end impunity for smugglers

Ensure that national legislation reflects irregular entry as an administrative, not

a criminal offence, penalizes smugglers where they have a financial or material

benefit, and enhances penalties for smuggling of migrants under aggravating

circumstances, in accordance with international law

Design, review or amend migration policies and procedures to distinguish

between the crimes of smuggling of migrants and trafficking in persons by

using the correct definitions and applying distinct responses to these separate

crimes

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

OBJECTIVE 10: Prevent and combat trafficking in persons in the context of

international migration

25.

We commit to reduce legal and practical barriers to preventing and combating

trafficking in persons in the context of international migration by strengthening

international cooperation and ending impunity of trafficking networks. We further

commit to enhance the identification and protection of, and assistance to migrants

who have become victims of trafficking.

In this regard, the following actions are instrumental:

(a)

Sign, ratify or accede to, and implement the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and

Punish Trafficking in Persons Especially Women and Children, supplementing

the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime

(UNTOC)

Promote the operationalization of the Global Plan of Action to Combat

Trafficking in Persons and incorporate the Toolkit to Combat Trafficking in

Persons when developing and implementing national measures relating to

trafficking in persons

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Monitor irregular migration routes which may be exploited by human

trafficking networks to victimize smuggled or irregular migrants, and

harmonize protocols at the regional and cross-regional levels on prosecution of

perpetrators, as well as on identification of, and protection and assistance to

victims

Share information and intelligence, including on the modus operandi,

economic models and conditions driving trafficking networks, and enhance

judicial cooperation and enforcement in order to increase conviction rates,

ensure accountability and end impunity

Apply measures that specifically address the particular vulnerabilities of

women, men, girls and boys, regardless of their migration status, that have

become or are at risk of becoming victims of trafficking in persons and modern

slavery by focusing on prevention, identification, protection and assistance

Ensure that definitions of trafficking in persons used in legislation, migration

policy planning and in judicial prosecutions are harmonized with relevant

standards of international law, in order to distinguish between the crimes of

trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants

Strengthen legislation and procedures to enhance prosecution of traffickers,

avoid criminalization of migrants for being victims of trafficking in persons,

and ensure that protection and assistance to victims are not conditional upon

cooperation with the authorities against suspected criminals

Provide migrants that have become victims of trafficking in persons with

protection and assistance in the context of relevant judicial proceedings, such

as temporary or permanent residency and work permits, to allow the person

access to justice, including redress and compensation

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)

(h)

OBJECTIVE 11: Manage borders in an integrated, secure and coordinated manner

26.

We commit to manage our national borders in a coordinated manner that ensures

security and facilitates regular cross-border movements of people, in accordance

with national sovereignty, based on the rule of law and in full respect of the human

rights of all migrants, regardless of their migration status.

In this regard, the following actions are instrumental:

(a)

Promote the operationalization of the OHCHR Recommended Principles and

Guidelines on Human Rights at International Borders, including through cross-

border collaboration between neighbouring States

Enhance regional and cross-regional border management cooperation on proper

identification, timely and efficient referral, protection and assistance for

migrants in situations of vulnerability at or near international borders, in

compliance with international human rights law, by adopting whole-of-

government approaches and implementing joint cross-border training

Establish appropriate structures and mechanisms for effective integrated border

management ensuring well-functioning border crossing procedures, including

pre- screening of arriving persons, pre-reporting by carriers of passengers who

will be arriving, and use of modern technology

(b)

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Promote full compliance with international standards related to the issuance,

information contained in, and security control of travel documents,

incorporating safeguards against forgery

Strengthen oversight of procedures and due process at international borders,

including individualized assessments, to safeguard that authorities comply with

international human rights law, including through National Human Rights

Institutions where they exist

Develop technical cooperation agreements that enable States to request and

offer assets, equipment and other technical assistance to strengthen border

management, particularly in the area of search and rescue, and other

emergency situations

Ensure that child protection authorities are able to commence procedures for

the determination of the best interests of the child once a child crosses an

international border, particularly in the case of unaccompanied or separated

children, in a timely manner and in accordance with international law

(e)

(f)

(g)

OBJECTIVE 12: Strengthen procedures and mechanisms for status determination

27.

We commit to develop and strengthen effective, human rights-based and protection-

sensitive mechanisms and procedures for the identification and status determination

of all migrants, in order to ensure adequate and timely referral, and assistance at all

stages of the migration cycle, as well as to distinguish clearly between migrants and

refugees.

In this regard, the following actions are instrumental:

(a)

Support global efforts in situations of broader international protection

challenges of mixed movements, such as the UNHCR asylum capacity support

group, to promote effective and swift status determination, protection and

referral of asylum seekers, refugees and migrants, including those displaced in

the context of disasters and crisis

Develop and conduct intra- and cross-regional specialized human rights-based

trainings for first responders and government officials, including law

enforcement, to facilitate and standardize identification and referral of, as well

as appropriate assistance and counselling to victims of trafficking in persons,

migrants at risk, including children, in particular those unaccompanied or

separated, and persons affected by any form of exploitation and abuse related

to smuggling of migrants under aggravating circumstances

Establish status determination and gender-responsive referral mechanisms,

including improved screening measures at borders and places of first arrival, by

applying standardized operating procedures developed in coordination with

local authorities, National Human Rights Institutions where they exist,

international organizations and civil society

Ensure that migrant children are promptly identified at places of first arrival

and that anyone claiming to be a child is treated as such, are swiftly referred to

child protection authorities and other relevant services, and appointed a legal

guardian if unaccompanied or separated

(b)

(c)

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Ensure that information on the right to seek asylum or other forms of

international protection are appropriately and effectively communicated, and

accessible to all migrants, regardless of their migration status, in the context of

mixed movements

OBJECTIVE 13: Use migration detention only as a last resort and work towards

alternatives

28.

We commit to ensure that any detention in the context of international migration is

lawful, non- arbitrary, based on necessity, proportionality and individual

assessments, and carried out by competent officials, irrespective of whether

detention occurs at the moment of entry, in transit, or proceedings of return. We

further commit to take a human rights-based approach to any detention of migrants,

using detention as a last resort only and working to create alternatives.

In this regard, the following actions are instrumental:

(a)

Use existing international and national human rights mechanisms to improve

monitoring of migrant detention, ensuring that it is a measure of last resort, that

human rights violations do not occur, and that States implement and expand

alternatives to detention, including non-custodial measures

Consolidate a comprehensive database that showcases alternatives to detention

in the context of international migration, including by facilitating regular

exchanges on successful practices among and between States and relevant

stakeholders

Review legislation and policies as they relate to migrant detention by ensuring

that decisions to detain have a lawful and legitimate purpose, are taken on an

individual basis, in full compliance with due process and procedural

safeguards, and do not use administrative detention as a deterrent or

punishment to migrants

Ensure that detained foreign nationals are informed about their right to

communicate with consular and diplomatic missions, legal representatives and

family members, in accordance with international law, and facilitate the

exercise of such right

Reduce the negative and potentially lasting effects of detention on migrants’

well-being and mental health by guaranteeing that it is for the shortest period

of time, non-punitive, separate from criminals, and that, as a minimum, access

to food, healthcare and adequate accommodation is granted

Ensure that all governmental authorities and private actors duly charged with

administering immigration detention are trained in non-discrimination, the

prevention of arbitrary arrest and detention in the context of international

migration, and are held accountable for violations or abuses of human rights

Uphold the protection and respect for the rights and best interests of the child at

all times, regardless of their migration status, by ending the practice of child

detention in the context of international migration, and providing alternatives

to detention that include access to education, healthcare and allow children to

remain with their family members or legal guardians in non-custodial contexts,

including community-based arrangements

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)

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OBJECTIVE 14: Enhance consular protection, assistance and cooperation throughout

the migration cycle

29.

We commit to strengthen consular protection of and assistance to our nationals

abroad as well as consular cooperation between States in order to better safeguard

the rights and interests of all migrants at all times, and to build upon the functions of

consular missions to enhance interactions between migrants and State authorities.

In this regard, the following actions are instrumental:

(a)

Establish a technical assistance programme, in coordination with the State-led

Global Consular Forum, to help States build their consular capacities, train

consular officers, promote arrangements for providing consular services

collectively where individual States lack capacity, and to develop model

bilateral or regional agreements on various aspects of consular cooperation

Involve consular personnel in existing global and regional fora on migration in

order to exchange information about issues of mutual concern that pertain to

citizens abroad and contribute to comprehensive migration policy development

Conclude agreements on consular assistance and representation to address gaps

in places where States do not have a diplomatic or consular presence

Strengthen consular capacities in order to identify and assist migrants who

have become victims of crime, victims of smuggling under aggravating

circumstances and victims of trafficking in persons

Provide consular support to facilitate the financial inclusion of migrants in

countries of transit and destination, such as by issuing consular identification

documents that enable the opening of a bank account

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

OBJECTIVE 15: Provide access to basic social services for migrants

30.

We commit to develop non-discriminatory policies in order to provide migrants,

regardless of their migration status, access to and ensure delivery of basic social

services, including health care, education, housing and social protection.

In this regard, the following actions are instrumental:

(a)

(b)

Promote the operationalization of the WHO Framework of Priorities and

Guiding Principles to Promote the Health of Refugees and Migrants

Enact laws that explicitly prohibit discrimination on all grounds, including

race, colour, descent, or national or ethnic origin, to access services, and

remove legal and practical barriers which prevent migrants from fully

exercising their human rights

Develop, reinforce and maintain necessary capacities and resources to deliver

basic social services to all migrants, regardless of their migration status, and

ensure safe access to these services, including by setting up firewalls between

service providers and immigration enforcement agencies

Establish one-stop-shops to offer information on and facilitate access to a range

of gender- responsive and child-sensitive services to migrants, including early

language learning, health care, educational opportunities, skills training and

financial services

(c)

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(e)

Establish or mandate independent institutions, such as National Human Rights

Institutions where they exist, to receive, investigate and monitor complaints

about situations in which access to basic social services is systematically

denied to migrants, and work towards a change in practice

Provide information to all migrants, regardless of their migration status, on the

right to health and how to access basic services, and train health care providers

on delivering gender-responsive and child-sensitive services, in a language that

they understand

Grant equal access for all migrant children and youth to quality education and

ensure that they can regularly attend, including by facilitating formal

schooling, non-formal education programmes for children for whom the formal

system is inaccessible, on-the-job and vocational training, technical education,

language training as well as lifelong learning opportunities, and foster

partnerships with all stakeholders that can support this endeavour

(f)

(g)

OBJECTIVE 16: Empower migrants and societies to realize full inclusion and social

cohesion

31.

We commit to foster inclusive and cohesive societies by empowering migrants to

become active members of society and promoting the reciprocal engagement of

receiving communities and migrants in the exercise of their rights and obligations

towards each other. We further commit to strengthen the welfare of all members of

societies, by minimizing disparities, avoiding polarization and increasing public

confidence in policies and institutions related to migration, in line with the

acknowledgment that fully integrated migrants are better positioned to contribute to

prosperity.

In this regard, the following actions are instrumental:

(a)

(b)

Promote participation of interested States in the Migrant Integration Policy

Index as a means to identify challenges and best practices

Exchange best practices on integration policies, on ways to recognize, retain

and promote migrants’ national, social and cultural identities, as well as on

means for communities of destination to share local customs, cultures and

traditions with migrants, promoting sensitivity to the value of diversity and

thus facilitating social cohesion

Establish holistic pre-departure and post-arrival programmes that include basic

language training, as well as orientation about social norms and customs, rights

and obligations in the country of destination

Develop short, medium and long term targets to accelerate inclusion of

migrants in societies, including on labour market integration, family

reunification, education, non- discrimination and health, by fostering

partnerships with relevant stakeholders

Work towards inclusive labour markets and full participation of migrant

workers in the formal economy, by facilitating access to jobs for which they

are most qualified, in accordance with local labour market demands and skills

supply

(c)

(d)

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(f)

Eliminate discriminatory restrictions on employment, the right to associate and

access to services for female migrants, as measures to guarantee their full and

equal participation in society

Facilitate access to regularization options as a means to promote migrants’

integration into society and fully harness their contributions to sustainable

development, as well as to reduce the stigmas that may be associated with

irregular status

Establish community centres or programmes at the local level to facilitate

migrant participation in the receiving society by involving migrants,

community members, diaspora organizations and local authorities in

intercultural dialogue, sharing of stories, mentorship and sponsorship

programmes, and development of business ties that improve integration

outcomes

Capitalize on the skills, cultural and language proficiency of migrants and

receiving communities by developing and promoting peer-to-peer training

exchanges, gender- responsive, vocational and civic integration courses and

workshops

Support multicultural activities through sports, music, arts, culinary festivals

and other social events that will facilitate better understanding and appreciation

of the migrant cultures and those of destination communities

Promote school environments that are welcoming and support the aspirations

of migrant children by enhancing relationships within the school community,

dedicating targeted resources to schools with a high concentration of migrant

children for integration activities, and incorporating evidence-based

information about migration in education curricula

(g)

(h)

(i)

(j)

(k)

OBJECTIVE 17: Eliminate all forms of discrimination and promote fact-based public

discourse to shape perceptions of migration

32.

We commit to condemn and counter expressions, acts and manifestations of racism,

racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance against all migrants,

including those based on race, religion or belief, in conformity with international

human rights law. We further commit to promote an open and fact-based public

discourse on migration in partnership with all parts of society, that generates a more

realistic and constructive perception of migration.

In this regard, the following actions are instrumental:

(a)

Enact and implement legislation that penalizes hate crimes and aggravated hate

crimes targeting migrants and train law enforcement and other public officials

to identify, prevent and respond to such crimes

Punish the incitement of violence generated by hate speech directed towards

migrants by holding perpetrators accountable in accordance with national

legislation

Promote independent, objective and quality reporting of media outlets,

including by sensitizing media professionals on migration-related issues and

terminology, investing in ethical advertising, restricting public funding or

(b)

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material support to media outlets that systematically promote intolerance,

xenophobia, racism and other forms of discrimination towards migrants

(d)

Establish mechanisms to prevent, detect and respond to racial, religious and

ethnic profiling, as well as systematic instances of intolerance, xenophobia,

racism and discrimination in partnership with National Human Rights

Institutions where they exist, including by tracking and publishing trend

analyses, and ensuring migrant access to complaint mechanisms

Reduce legal and practical barriers for migrants to access national and regional

redress mechanisms with a view to promoting accountability and addressing

governmental actions related to discriminatory acts and manifestations carried

out against migrants and their families

Empower migrants, religious and community leaders, as well as educators and

service providers at the local level to detect and prevent incidences of

intolerance, racism, xenophobia, and other forms of discrimination against

migrants and diasporas to promote mutual respect

(e)

(f)

OBJECTIVE 18: Invest in skills development and facilitate recognition of skills,

qualifications and competences

33.

We commit to invest in solutions that facilitate recognition of skills, qualifications

and competences of migrant workers at all skills levels, and promote skills

development for the full employability of workers in labour markets in countries of

origin and destination.

In this regard, the following actions are instrumental:

(a)

Develop standards for the recognition of foreign qualifications and non-

formally acquired skills in different sectors in collaboration with the respective

industries with a view to ensuring worldwide harmonization based on existing

models and best practices

Promote compatibility of National Qualifications Frameworks by agreeing on

standard criteria, indicators and assessment parameters, and create skills

profiling tools and national registries for different skills sets for effective and

efficient recognition procedures

Conclude bilateral, regional or multilateral mutual recognition agreements or

include recognition provisions in broader labour mobility or trade agreements

in order to provide equivalence in national systems, such as automatic or

managed mutual recognition mechanisms

Use technology and digitalization to evaluate and recognize skills more

comprehensively based on formal credentials as well as non-formally acquired

competences and professional experience

Build global skills partnerships amongst countries that strengthen training

capacities and foster skills development of workers in countries of origin and

destination with a view to preparing trainees for the labour markets of all

participating countries

(b)

(c)

(d)

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(f)

Engage in bilateral partnerships and programmes that promote skills

development and skills circulation, such as student exchange programmes,

scholarships, professional exchange programmes and trainee- or

apprenticeships in cooperation with relevant stakeholders that provide

beneficiaries after successful completion of these programmes the opportunity

to seek temporal or permanent employment

Make available easily accessible and gender-responsive remote or online skills

development and matching programmes to migrants at all skills levels,

including early and occupation-specific language training, on-the-job training

and access to advanced training programmes, to enhance their employability in

sectors with demand for labour based on the

industry’s knowledge of labour

market dynamics

Develop alternative ways to assess skills, including through timely and

complementary training to job seekers, mentoring, and internship programmes

in order to fully recognize existing credentials and provide certificates of

proficiency for the validation of newly acquired skills

Establish screening mechanisms of credentials and offer information to

migrants on how to get their skills and qualifications assessed and recognized

prior to departure or at an early stage after arrival to improve employability

Develop and promote standardized credentials to provide workers and

employers with a transparent and comparable overview of skills and

qualifications, and ensure the documents’ recognition in multiple jurisdictions

(g)

(h)

(i)

(j)

OBJECTIVE 19: Create conditions for migrants and diasporas to fully contribute to

sustainable development in all countries

34.

We commit to empower all migrants and diasporas to catalyse their development

contributions, and to harness the benefits of migration as a source of sustainable

development in our countries.

In this regard, the following actions are instrumental:

(a)

Promote the operationalization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable

Development by fostering and facilitating the positive effects of migration for

the realization of all Sustainable Development Goals

Promote the operationalization of existing policy guidelines and handbooks on

effectively integrating migration into development planning and sectoral

policies at regional, national and local levels

Invest in research on the impact of non-financial contributions of migrants and

diasporas to sustainable development in countries of origin and destination,

such as knowledge and skills transfer, political participation and cultural

exchange, with a view to developing global indicators, and strengthening

global policy discussions

Establish government structures or mechanisms at all levels that facilitate the

engagement of migrants and diasporas in their countries of origin, such as

dedicated diaspora offices or focal points, diaspora policy advisory boards for

governments to account for the potential of migrants and diasporas in

(b)

(c)

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migration and development policy-making, and dedicated diaspora focal points

in diplomatic or consular missions

(e)

Develop targeted support programmes and financial products that facilitate

migrant and diaspora investments and entrepreneurship, including by providing

administrative and legal support in business creation, granting seed capital-

matching, establish diaspora bonds and diaspora development funds, and

organize dedicated trade fairs

Provide easily accessible information and guidance as well as tailored

mechanisms for the coordinated and effective financial, voluntary or

philanthropic engagement of migrants and diasporas in humanitarian

emergencies in their countries of origin, including by involving consular

missions

Enable political participation and engagement of migrants in their countries of

origin, including in peace and reconciliation processes, in elections and

political reforms, by establishing voting registries for citizens abroad, and by

parliamentary representation

Facilitate knowledge and skills transfer of migrants and diasporas in their

countries of origin by establishing flexible entry and exit modalities, including

through granting dual or multiple citizenship or multi-entry visas, and building

partnerships between local authorities, local communities and their diasporas,

and hometown associations

(f)

(g)

(h)

OBJECTIVE 20: Promote faster, safer and cheaper transfer of remittances and foster

financial inclusion of migrants

35.

We commit to promote faster, safer and cheaper remittances by establishing

conducive policy and regulatory environments that enable competition, regulation

and innovation on the remittance market and by providing gender-responsive

programmes and instruments that enhance the financial inclusion of migrants and

their families.

In this regard, the following actions are instrumental:

(a)

Develop a roadmap to reduce the transaction costs of migrant remittances to

less than 3 per cent and eliminate remittance corridors with costs higher than 5

per cent by 2030 in line with existing commitments

Promote and support IFAD’s International Day of Family Remittances and the

Global Forum on Remittances, Investment and Development as the platform to

build and strengthen partnerships for innovative solutions on cheaper, faster

and safer transfer of remittances with all relevant stakeholders

Harmonize remittance market regulations and increase the interoperability of

remittance infrastructure along corridors by ensuring that measures to combat

illicit financial flows and money laundering do not impede migrant remittances

Establish conducive policy and regulatory frameworks that promote a

competitive and innovative remittance market, remove obstacles to non-bank

remittance service providers in accessing payment system infrastructure,

provide tax exemptions or incentives for remittance transfers, eliminate

exclusivity contracts, incentivize the private sector to expand remittance

(b)

(c)

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services, and enhance the security and predictability of low-value transactions

by revising de-risking policies and developing a methodology to distinguish

remittances from illicit flows, in consultation with remittance service providers

and financial regulators

(e)

Develop innovative technological solutions for remittance transfer, such as

mobile payments, digital tools or e-banking, to reduce costs, improve speed,

enhance security, increase transfer through regular channels and open up

distribution channels to underserved populations, including in rural areas

Provide accessible information on remittance transfer costs by provider and

channel, such as comparison websites, in order to increase the transparency and

competition on the remittance transfer market and promote financial literacy

and inclusion of migrants and their families

Develop programmes and instruments to promote investments from remittance

senders in local development and entrepreneurship in countries of origin, such

as through matching- grant mechanisms, municipal bonds and partnerships

with hometown associations, in order to enhance the transformative potential

of remittances beyond the individual households

Provide access to and develop banking solutions and financial instruments for

migrants, including low-income households, such as bank accounts that permit

direct deposits by employers, savings accounts, loans and credits in

cooperation with the banking sector

(f)

(g)

(h)

OBJECTIVE 21: Cooperate in facilitating dignified and sustainable return, readmission

and reintegration

36.

We commit to cooperate for safe, human rights-based and dignified return and

readmission, ensuring that our returning nationals are duly received, as well as

upholding the prohibition of collective expulsion and the preference of voluntary

return over forced deportation. We further commit to create conducive conditions

for personal safety, economic empowerment, inclusion and social cohesion in

communities, in order to ensure that reintegration of migrants upon return to their

countries of origin is sustainable.

In this regard, the following actions are instrumental:

(a)

Develop bilateral, regional and multilateral cooperation frameworks ensuring

that return and readmission of migrants to their own country is fair, dignified

and in full compliance with international human rights law, and that they also

include provisions that facilitate sustainable reintegration

Enhance cooperation on identification of nationals and issuance of travel

documents for return and readmission in cases of persons that do not have the

legal right to stay on another State’s territory, by establishing reliable and

efficient means of identification of own nationals through the addition of

biometric identifiers in population registries, and by digitalizing civil registry

systems, with full respect to the right to privacy and protection of personal data

Foster institutional contacts between consular authorities and border officials

from countries of origin and destination, and guarantee consular attention to

returnees by facilitating access to documentation, travel documents, pre-return

(b)

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assistance, and other services, in order to ensure predictability, safety and

dignity in return and readmission

(d)

Promote assisted voluntary return and reintegration programmes, in preference

to forced returns, guaranteeing that all voluntary returning migrants are fully

informed of their return and reintegration process

Ensure that return decisions are carried out by competent authorities and

removal orders follow an individualized assessment of the circumstances that

may weigh against the expulsion, such as risks of torture or other irreparable

harm, in compliance with due process guarantees

Establish or strengthen monitoring and oversight mechanisms on return,

readmission and reintegration in partnership with relevant stakeholders in order

to provide recommendations on ways and means to enhance safety, dignity and

sustainability

Ensure that a parent or legal guardian accompanies children, who should only

be returned after a best interests of the child determination, throughout the

return process, and that there is clarity about reception and care arrangements

of children in countries to which they are being returned

Provide information, as well as gender-responsive legal, social and financial

support to returnees both at the departure and arrival point, and ensure

sustainable reintegration in order to avoid they become displaced internally

upon return

Facilitate the reintegration of returning migrants into community life by

providing them equal access to social protection and services, psycho-social

assistance, vocational training, employment opportunities, recognition of skills

acquired abroad, and financial services, in order to fully build upon their

entrepreneurship, skills and human capital as active members of society

Identify and address the needs of the communities to which migrants return by

including respective provisions in national and local development strategies,

infrastructure planning, budget allocations and other relevant policy decisions

(e)

(f)

(g)

(h)

(i)

(j)

OBJECTIVE 22: Establish mechanisms for the portability of social security entitlements

and earned benefits

37.

We commit to assist migrant workers at all skills levels to have access to social

protection in countries of destination and profit from the portability of social

security entitlements and earned benefits in their countries of origin or when they

decide to take up work in another country.

In this regard, the following actions are instrumental:

(a)

Establish or maintain non-discriminatory national social protection systems,

including social protection floors for nationals and migrants, in line with the

ILO Recommendation 202 on Social Protection Floors

Develop bilateral, regional or multilateral agreements on the portability of

earned benefits for migrant workers at all skills levels, which specify the social

protection floor, relevant social security entitlements and provisions, such as

pensions and healthcare, and measures to address the difficulties women face

in accessing social protection

(b)

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(c)

Conclude bilateral or multilateral social security agreements to ensure the

portability of social security entitlements and benefits, including pensions,

medical and life insurance, or integrate such provisions into trade agreements,

as well as agreements on long-term and temporary labour migration

Integrate provisions on the portability of entitlements and earned benefits into

national social security frameworks, designate focal points in countries of

origin, transit and destination that facilitate portability requests from migrants,

and establish dedicated instruments, such as migrant welfare funds in countries

of origin that support migrant workers and their families

(d)

IMPLEMENTATION

38.

For the effective implementation of the Global Compact, we require concerted

efforts at global, regional, national and subnational levels, including a coherent

United Nations system.

We commit to take the necessary steps to bring our national actions and cooperation

frameworks at all levels in line with the objectives and actionable commitments

herein, taking into account our countries’ specific migration realities and

priorities.

We decide to establish a capacity-building mechanism that allows Member States,

the United Nations and other stakeholders, including the private sector and

philanthropic foundations, to contribute technical, financial and human resources in

order to strengthen capacities of national and subnational authorities on migration.

We also commit to implement the Global Compact in cooperation and partnership

with civil society, migrant and diaspora organizations, cities and local communities,

the private sector, trade unions, parliamentarians, National Human Rights

Institutions, academia, and the media.

We appreciate consultations of the Secretary-General to ensure that the United

Nations system is fully positioned to respond promptly and effectively in supporting

the implementation of the Global Compact, drawing on existing expertise and

ensuring operational deliverables in response to the needs of Member States. In this

regard, we request the Secretary General to:

(a)

Align and review the set-up of the United Nations system on migration with

the ongoing management and development system reform initiatives in order to

ensure system-wide coherence

Build on the technical expertise and experience of relevant agencies within the

United Nations system to support the efforts of Member States in the

implementation of the objectives and actionable commitments of the Global

Compact

Strengthen the role of the International Organization for Migration in the

United Nations system for the full and effective implementation of the Global

Compact

Employ the technical expertise of the Regional Economic Commissions and

the United Nations Country Teams to support the implementation efforts of

Member States at regional and national levels respectively

39.

40.

41.

42.

(b)

(c)

(d)

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43.

Further recognizing the important role of State-led processes and platforms at global

and regional levels in advancing the international dialogue on migration, we invite

the Global Forum on Migration and Development, Regional Consultative Processes

and other global, regional and sub regional fora to provide platforms to exchange

experiences on the implementation of the Global Compact, share good practices on

policies and cooperation, promote innovative approaches, and foster multi-

stakeholder partnerships around specific policy issues.

FOLLOW-UP AND REVIEW

44.

We commit to track and monitor the progress made in implementing the Global

Compact in the framework of the United Nations. For follow-up and review, we

agree on intergovernmental measures that will assist us in fulfilling our actionable

commitments.

Considering that international migration requires a forum at global level through

which Member States can review the implementation progress and guide the

direction of the United Nations’ work, we decide that:

(a)

The High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development,

currently scheduled to take place every fourth session of the General

Assembly, shall be repurposed and renamed

“International Migration Review

Forum”

The International Migration Review Forum shall serve as the primary global

platform for Member States to discuss and share progress on the

implementation of the Global Compact

The International Migration Review Forum shall take place in 2022, 2026 and

2030

We will determine, in 2026, which specific measures will further strengthen

the global governance of international migration, including whether to hold a

review conference of the Global Compact in 2030

Each edition of the International Migration Review Forum will result in a

Progress Declaration

45.

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

46.

Considering that most international migration takes place within regions, we also

decide that:

(a)

(b)

Each region will convene a Regional Migration Review Forum, to take place in

2020, 2024 and 2028

The Regional Migration Review Forum shall serve as the primary regional

platform for Member States from each of the corresponding regions to discuss

and share progress on the implementation of the Global Compact at the

regional level

Each of the United Nations Regional Economic Commissions shall organize

the respective Regional Migration Review Forum, in close consultation with

relevant regional organizations

(c)

47.

Recognizing the important contributions of State-led initiatives on international

migration, we invite fora, such as the Global Forum on Migration and Development,

Regional Consultative Processes, and others to contribute to the International

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Migration Review Forum as well as the Regional Migration Review Fora by

providing data, evidence, best practices, innovative approaches and

recommendations as they relate to the implementation of the Global Compact for

Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.