A/HRC/45/30
N.
Kazakhstan
76.
The Government reported on measures to facilitate safe, regular and orderly
migration, streamline relevant processes and guarantee access to services to migrants.
77.
Measures had been taken to combat trafficking and ensure justice and protection for
trafficking victims, including through international cooperation efforts, the formation of a
task force and the development of an action plan on addressing trafficking and modern
slavery.
78.
The Government emphasized its efforts to protect the human rights of migrant
children, including through legislation shielding them from discrimination, by seeking to find
and identify missing migrant children and by providing migrant children with equal access
to education and other social services.
O.
Maldives
79.
The Government reported on the establishment of a task force to address issues related
to migrants in irregular situations and on a programme to enable migrants to regularize their
status, obtain work permits and travel documents and gain access to basic services. The
Labour Relations Authority carried out labour inspections to ensure that undocumented
migrant workers were enrolled in the regularization programme.
80.
The Ministry of Economic Development had established mechanisms to strengthen
monitoring of migrants’ rights in the workplace. A forthcoming regulation would enforce
minimum standards for migrant workers and ensure they had access to health insurance.
P.
Mexico
81.
The Government reported on policies and practices put in place for the protection of
the human rights of migrants in situations of vulnerability, including measures adapted to the
particular situations and needs of women, children and adolescents. The measures include
government policies, public campaigns aimed at informing migrants about their rights and
international cooperation.
82.
Measures had also been taken to address the challenge of missing migrants, including
programmes aimed at providing rescue and humanitarian assistance along migration routes
and at ensuring family reunification for child and adolescent migrants.
83.
With regard to advancing the human rights of migrants through the implementation
of the Global Compact for Migration, the Government had put in place numerous policies
and programmes to achieve objectives. The Government emphasized its deep commitment
to eliminating all forms of discrimination and promoting evidence-based public discourse to
shape perceptions of migration.
Q.
Morocco
84.
The Government referred to laws and policies that had been put in place to ensure that
migrants and their families were able to exercise their rights to health, education, legal aid
and protection from detention and expulsion, including through regularization.
85.
The adoption in 2014 of the national immigration and asylum strategy had led to the
regularization of 23,096 migrants, including 10,201 women and 814 children. During a
second phase, 20,000 additional applications had been accepted.
86.
Migrants were entitled to free basic health services, including preventive, screening,
treatment and follow-up services within specific health programmes, such as immunization
for children under 5 and the pregnancy and childbirth surveillance programme. The 2017–
2021 national strategic plan on health and immigration had been set up in collaboration with
stakeholders to meet the health needs of migrants. Furthermore, a series of measures had been
taken to enrol 3,336 migrant children in the education system. Migrants had the right to
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