A/HRC/45/30 (e) Reiterates the commitment of the United Nations system to ensuring, through the United Nations Network on Migration, at the global, regional and national levels, effective, timely and coordinated system-wide support to States in their implementation, follow-up and review of the Global Compact for Migration, and calls upon States, the United Nations system, civil society and other stakeholders to deepen and strengthen collaboration for implementation of the Global Compact for Migration; (f) Concerned about incidents of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance against migrants, calls upon States to take decisive action to put an end to hateful acts by, inter alia: addressing prejudice against and the social stigmatization of migrants; using accurate and human rights-based language and imagery to describe migrants and migration; repealing or amending laws, policies and practices that may give rise to discrimination against migrants, or that may deny human rights protections to migrants on the basis of race, religion, national origin, nationality, migration status or other prohibited grounds; and robustly addressing any acts and expressions of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, hate speech and incitement to hatred, in order to eradicate impunity; (g) Reiterates the importance of ensuring meaningful human rights protection of all migrants in vulnerable situations, and encourages States to take due consideration of the Principles and Guidelines, Supported by Practical Guidance, on the Human Rights Protection of Migrants in Vulnerable Situations; (h) Underscores that States should recognize migrants as rights holders, and that the failure to respect, protect and fulfil the human rights of migrants is damaging to societies and communities as a whole; (i) Calls upon States to take specific measures in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic to respect, protect and fulfil the human rights of all migrants, regardless of their migration status, and to ensure laws, policies and practices aimed at recovering and building back better include migrants; (j) Encourages States, in building back better: to recognize the critical role played by migrants in countries of origin, transit and destination; to tackle the precarious working conditions of many migrants; to bolster migrant-inclusive social protection systems; to separate immigration enforcement activities from the provision of health care and other basic services; to enhance the availability and accessibility of pathways for regular migration, including admission and stay based on human rights and humanitarian grounds; to consider regularization schemes for migrants in irregular situations or at risk of falling into such situations; to prioritize the identification, protection and assistance of migrants in vulnerable situations; to institute a presumption against immigration detention and implement human rights-based alternatives to ensure detention is exceptional; and to implement health and safety protocols at borders that protect migrants from collective or arbitrary expulsion and to uphold the principle of non-refoulement; (k) Calls upon States to cooperate internationally to save lives and prevent migrant deaths and injuries and, where migrants have gone missing, calls upon States and other stakeholders to promote national, bilateral, regional and international efforts and cooperation, to search for migrants who have disappeared or died on their journey, to facilitate the recovery, identification and transfer of their remains, to safely and appropriately notify their families and to grant relatives access to justice and, when appropriate, such as in the context of enforced disappearances or deaths caused by arbitrary or abusive use of force, to effective redress; (l) Encourages States to seize the opportunity for reflection presented by the COVID-19 pandemic to reimagine human mobility for the benefit of all and to adopt an approach based on a vision: that raises our collective humanity, recognizing that we have more in common than we have that divides us and prioritizing the safety, dignity and human rights protection of all migrants; that places migrants, as human beings equal in dignity and rights, at the centre of migration laws and policies; that is committed to a human rights-based, child-sensitive and gender-responsive approach; 16

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