A/64/213 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants Summary The present report, on activities carried out between January 2008 and June 2009, is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 63/184 and Human Rights Council resolution 8/10. The report summarizes the activities undertaken by the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants during the period under review and highlights a number of issues in focus related to the protection of the human rights of migrants, including the protection of children in the context of migration, a number of illustrative good practices and some of the major challenges encountered in the protection of the human rights of migrants, which he deems worthy of special attention. Contents Page I. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 II. Activities of the Special Rapporteur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 A. Communications with Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 B. Country visits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Issues in focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 A. The protection of children in the context of migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 B. Good practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 C. Main challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Conclusions and recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 III. IV. 2 09-43777