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(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;
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