United Nations General Assembly A/HRC/35/25/Add.3 Distr.: General 24 April 2017 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-fifth session 6-23 June 2017 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants on his mission to Australia and the regional processing centres in Nauru Note by the Secretariat The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Human Rights Council the report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau, on his mission to Australia and the regional processing centres in Nauru from 1 to 18 November 2016. The Special Rapporteur held consultations with officials of the Government of Australia, migrants, civil society organizations and international organizations. He observed that some of the migration policies of Australia have increasingly eroded the human rights of migrants, in contravention of the country’s international human rights and humanitarian obligations. Australia must develop and implement a human rights-based approach to migration and border management, ensuring that the rights of migrants, including irregular migrants, are always the first consideration. GE.17-06533(E) 