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(d) Number of migrants who are killed, injured or victims of crime while
seeking to cross maritime, land and air borders;
(e) Proportion of migrants with effective access to national protection
mechanisms, including for seeking asylum or redress for human rights or labour
standards violations;
(f) Time frame and coverage of policy on abolishing any form of detention
of children on the basis of their immigration status or that of their parents;
(g) Number of social security agreements ensuring the portability of social
security benefits for all migrants;
(h) Proportion of bilateral and multilateral agreements on migration that
provide for human rights safeguards and comply with international human rights
and labour standards, including effective complaint and redress mechanisms;
(i) Capacity-building for the collection,
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(j) Inclusion of migration in national and subnational development and
poverty reduction strategies and plans, in addition to national adaptation
programmes of action and disaster risk reduction strategies;
(k) Adoption and implementation of regional free movement agreements
and/or labour mobility schemes;
(l) Reduction of the human cost of migration, including loss of lives and
violations of human rights;
(m) Reduction of upfront costs for migrants, especially recruitment fees;
(n)
Increased regulation and monitoring of the recruitment industry;
(o) Mutual recognition of foreign educational qualifications and the
portability of social security benefits, including through the conclusion of bilateral
and multilateral agreements.
12.
Importance of disaggregated data
97. Today’s migration data focus on stocks and flows, which cannot give a clear
understanding of the human rights situation of migrants and their families and
communities in countries of origin, transit and destination. When qualitative and
quantitative data on migrants are made available, they are often incomplete, in
particular with regard to the most marginalized migrants, includ ing those in an
irregular situation, who are frequently not registered anywhere.
98. Moreover, migration policy is too often designed in reaction to anti -migrant
speech rooted in the current myths that migrants are taking jobs away from locals,
draining public resources and constituting health or security risks.
99. To ensure reliable data collection on migrants in an irregular situation, thus
improving policymaking and policy implementation, it is important to establish
firewalls between public service providers, including teachers, doctors, social
workers, labour inspectors and the local police, and immigration enforcement, to
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See General Assembly resolution 66/288, annex, para. 157.
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