A/HRC/45/30 receive legal aid, which included the provision of a lawyer, a translation service and exemption from legal fees. R. Nepal 87. The Government reported reaching bilateral labour agreements with destination countries to ensure stronger protection of the human rights of Nepalese migrants. A “foreign employment information management system” had been established as a one-stop portal to address the recruitment, employment and repatriation of migrant workers that brought together all relevant authorities and agencies, as well as private-sector partners. The Government provided migrant workers with pre-departure counselling through migrant resource centres that assisted migrants in making informed choices. 88. The specialized Foreign Employment Tribunal was a semi-judicial body that provided access to justice to migrant victims of fraud or exploitation. The Foreign Employment Rules had been amended to allow complaints to be registered with the diplomatic missions of Nepal and to establish a call centre to receive complaints from migrants and their families, increasing migrants’ access to justice and remedies. 89. Recruitment agencies within Nepal had joint liability with employers so that, if any harm was suffered by migrants in destination countries, recruitment agencies could be held legally responsible and migrants could be duly compensated. For migrants who were injured or had lost their lives abroad, the Government provided repatriation and financial support to victims and their families, as well as food, shelter and legal assistance to migrants through its diplomatic missions abroad. 90. The Government had made extensive use of the Global Compact for Migration in its cooperation on migration issues with other countries. Furthermore, it was preparing a national action plan for the implementation of the Global Compact for Migration based on the priorities of Nepal. S. Philippines 91. The Government had taken action to advance the protection of Filipino migrant workers, including the establishment of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office, which provided assistance to Filipino migrant workers. Migrant workers’ and other overseas Filipinos’ resource centres had been set up to serve as central hubs for welfare and assistance. In the event of crisis or conflict, rapid response teams could be deployed, as had happened to support the evacuation of persons during the COVID-19 outbreak. 92. The Government continued to advocate for the implementation of the Global Compact for Migration and consultations had been held with a view to drafting a national implementation plan. The Government sought to ensure that the objectives of the Global Compact for Migration were mainstreamed in its work and embedded in the 2017–2022 development plan, bearing in mind a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach. 93. The Government had entered into bilateral agreements with a number of States to ensure the rights of Filipino migrant workers, including social security agreements with 16 States to secure equality of treatment and portability of social security entitlements, as well as the introduction of flexible visas in Bahrain, which had led to the regularization of approximately 1,000 Filipinos, mostly migrant domestic workers. T. Portugal 94. The Government had adopted a national plan for the implementation of the Global Compact for Migration, with the aim of achieving concrete and practical results and systematizing the national response to migration in accordance with the objectives and guiding principles underpinned by the Global Compact for Migration. 12