A/58/275 deportation during the night, which would expose both groups to violence and abuse. The Government of Thailand is undertaking efforts in cooperation with neighbouring countries to ensure that children are returned directly to the care of their families or communities. Reintegration 68. In some Asian countries NGOs have initiated interesting programmes such as videoconferences and other services to facilitate communication between migrants and their families at low cost. In Thailand, NGOs have organized training in the use of communication technologies for migrants. Also, in order to cushion the psychological effects of migration on the families of migrants, teaching modules on the situation of migrants and the positive and negative effects of migration have been used in some schools. 69. In Bohol, the Philippines, NGOs, in cooperation with municipal authorities and the central Government, initiated programmes aimed at involving the families of migrants in income-generating programmes and cooperatives for the productive investment of remittances. 70. An increasing number of countries, including Ecuador, Peru and the Philippines, have implemented programmes and established policies that facilitate the transfer of remittances at low cost and provide for a percentage of them to be devoted to productive investment in local communities, with a view to developing local capacities in migrants’ communities of origin. In some cases, a fixed amount of remittances transferred through State banks is invested to increase and strengthen consular protection or to provide credit at low interest rates for the creation of cooperatives and other productive activities. National human rights institutions 71. Some ombudsmen offices have been very active in monitoring compliance of national migration legislation with international and national human rights norms. The Ombudsman (Defensor del Pueblo) of Bolivia, for example, obtained the repeal of some provisions of the Migration Law by the Constitutional Court on the grounds that they restricted migrants’ enjoyment of their fundamental rights. 72. Several national human rights institutions, including the Greek National Commission for Human Rights, have launched campaigns for the ratification of the International Convention for the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. The Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission presented proposals for human rights-informed asylum and migration management policies. The Ombudsman of Spain has also developed impressive measures for the protection and promotion of the human rights of migrants. 73. The Ombudsman of Ecuador has opened offices in the United States and in Spain in order to provide legal advice to Ecuadorian migrants residing in those two countries. The offices work in close cooperation with Ecuadorian consulates. The Ombudsman of Bolivia coordinates with the ombudsmen offices of host countries in order to facilitate the processing of individual cases. A specific agreement to that end was signed by the Ombudsman of Bolivia and the Ombudsman of Argentina. 21