A/HRC/41/44/Add.2 programmes. The Government will press for migration agreements to be concluded at the European Union level with safe third countries pertaining to the reception and readmission of asylum seekers. Each agreement must be custom-made, the guiding principle being that the countries concerned comply with the conditions laid down in the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. 48. The Government also seeks to ensure that the level of protection provided to and the framework for asylum procedures (introduced by the reform of the Common European Asylum System) are the same in all European Union member States. This will help to harmonize European asylum policy to prevent “asylum shopping”; discourage asylum seekers who have already submitted an asylum application from travelling elsewhere; and achieve an asylum policy in which member States support each other by means of a redistribution mechanism. For this to occur, European Union subsidies allocated in the multi-annual financial framework should in future be partly tied to the reception and integration of migrants who are entitled to asylum. The Government is working on a more flexible, financially efficient and socially responsible asylum system. 49. The Repatriation and Departure Service, together with the migration system, municipal authorities and other relevant parties, is engaging to remove any barriers that may exist to removing migrants not permitted to stay in the Netherlands and, where possible, to encourage such persons to leave of their own accord. 50. The migration of highly skilled migrants will be facilitated by introducing shorter procedures and more digital services, and for other migrant workers by making it possible to grant three-year work permits. 51. The Government announced that it is responding to a request from UNHCR for the resettlement of urgent individual cases through the Emergency Transit Mechanism. In addition, the Government has decided to continue its resettlement effort on the basis of European Union migration agreements, up to a maximum of 1,000 people in 2018 and 750 up to the end of October 2019. 52. Finally, the Government is encouraging integration and participation for migrants and asylum seekers who have been granted residence (see more below). D. Social inclusion 53. The Independent Expert was informed that the Netherlands has a strong social inclusion system, based on the principles of solidarity. The social security system of the Netherlands is based on social insurance systems and supplementary income support provisions. The main principle of this system is that all members of society must be able to play an equally active role in society. 54. The social security system is based on the principle that those who are capable of working must work, because participating as a working member of society is the best way to avoid social exclusion. Certain groups, however, may need support in finding their place in the labour market. These include elderly persons, those with a disability, families on low income, ethnic and other minorities, homeless persons and those with addiction problems. 55. Local authorities are mainly responsible for social welfare, and they are increasingly opting for neighbourhood-level strategies and integrated solutions to local social and economic problems. The aim is to create flourishing communities in which every resident feels involved. 56. Another important political issue in the country is the sustainability of the social security system. The demographics of its ageing population means that the number of persons over 65 in relation to the working population will rise sharply. If the social security system is to continue working in the future, it will need to secure the employment of more persons than before. 57. The Netherlands has four national insurance schemes: a child benefit (AKW), an old age pension (AOW), a survivor benefit (Anw) and the Long-term Care scheme (Wlz). In principle, everyone who lawfully lives in the Netherlands or works in the Netherlands is 10