A/HRC/38/45 73. With regard to identification or screening tools, procedures and facilities, States, international organizations and civil society should: (a) Prioritize and establish dedicated and standardized procedures for the identification of indicators of vulnerability and assistance of victims and potential victims of trafficking through referral to protection services in areas of arrival of large influxes of people, in addition to international protection and child protection schemes. Implement individual screening and assessment procedures as soon as possible after migrants arrive. Ensure that experts in identification are present at borders to complete human rights-based screenings and referrals. Provide training to relevant border, migration and asylum authorities on the use of these indicators and referral measures; (b) Develop standard screening forms that are sufficiently detailed to allow first responders to identify migrants in vulnerable situations early on and refer them to appropriate channels. Map all stakeholders likely to come into contact with the migrant population, especially health providers, migrant community leaders, social workers, labour inspectors and asylum caseworkers and ensure they are trained in identification and screening tools and coordination mechanisms in place for identification and referral; (c) Expand current indicators used in the identification procedures of trafficking in persons to address profiling and systematically include indicators of migrants’ situations of vulnerabilities that can lead to a risk of trafficking, based on the experience acquired by national agencies, international organizations and civil society. Such indicators should take into account risks occurring during or as a result of the migratory journey and/or at destination, such as those stemming from lack of financial resources, irregular status, use of migrant smuggling services, torture and extortion, sexual violence and sexual and labour exploitation; (d) Facilitate victims’ identification during search and rescue operations and at disembarkation points, by creating safe and confidential spaces to carry out individual interviews. Such interviews should be performed by trained staff and interpreters who can promptly assess indicators of vulnerability and provide adequate support, also in order to separate potential victims from traffickers; (e) Allocate sufficient resources to ensure that places for arrival, disembarkation, reception centres and settings meet human rights standards for reception and assistance in accordance with the OHCHR and Global Migration Group Principles and Guidelines on the human rights protection of migrants in vulnerable situations;66 (f) Ensure that women, girls, men and boys vulnerable to sexual and/or labour exploitation are promptly identified and referred to gender-sensitive services on arrival, and in transit and destination countries; (g) In transit and destination countries, establish a clear firewall between labour inspection, immigration control and law enforcement. Ensure labour inspection is proactive and adequately resourced; (h) Develop adequate, human rights-based and gender-sensitive information material available in a language migrants understand, to ensure access to specialized services. 74. With regard to children, States, international organizations and civil society should: (a) Ensure that children, especially unaccompanied and separated children, are promptly identified, registered and referred to the child protection system; and ensure that such identification procedures take into account the age, gender and maturity of the child, as well as the circumstances of his or her journey; 66 18 Available at www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Migration/PrinciplesAndGuidelines.pdf.

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