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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;
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