Develop national policies and programmes to improve responses that address the needs of migrants in situations of vulnerability (23/l Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration)

Definition

(l) Develop national policies and programmes to improve national responses that address the needs of migrants in situations of vulnerability, including by taking into consideration relevant recommendations of the Global Migration Group’s Principles and Guidelines, Supported by Practical Guidance, on the Human Rights Protection of Migrants in Vulnerable Situations.

Related terms:

Parent term:

Address and reduce vulnerabilities in migration (23. Objective 7 Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration)

Sibling terms:

Review relevant policies and practices to ensure that they do not increase vulnerabilities of migrants (23/a Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration)
Establish comprehensive policies and develop partnerships that provide migrants in a situation of vulnerability (23/b Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration)
Develop gender-responsive migration policies to address the particular needs and vulnerabilities of migrant women, girls and boys (23/c Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration)
Review existing labour laws and work conditions to identify workplace-related vulnerabilities and abuses of migrant workers (23/d Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration)
Account for migrant children in national child protection systems (23/e Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration)
Protect unaccompanied and separated children at all stages of migration (23/f Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration)
Ensure that migrants have access to public or affordable independent legal assistance and representation (23/g Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration)
Develop accessible and expedient procedures that facilitate transitions from one status to another (23/h Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration)
Facilitate access for migrants in an irregular status to an individual assessment that may lead to regular status (23/i Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration)
Apply specific support measures to ensure the migrants in situations of crisis an access to consular protection and humanitarian assistance (23/j Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration)
Involve local authorities and relevant stakeholders in the identification, referral and assistance of migrants in a situation of vulnerability (23/k Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration)