A/HRC/14/30 assault.87 Even where unaccompanied children are provided with housing by the State, they are often accommodated in hostels or bed and breakfast accommodation,88 which may not be a suitable environment for children. VI. Good practices 60. In discharging his mandate, the Special Rapporteur has come across a number of initiatives, activities and policies implemented by Governments, international organizations, civil society and other stakeholders which reflect their commitment to the realization of migrants’ rights to health and adequate housing. He believes it is important to exchange information on good practices with a view to bridging policy and protection gaps at all levels. 61. The Special Rapporteur commends efforts undertaken by Governments to ensure migrants’ access to economic and social rights, regardless of immigration status. For example, the Migration Law (Law 25.871 of 2004) of Argentina recognizes the State obligation to ensure equal access to, inter alia, shelter, social services, public goods, and health for migrants and their families, regardless of immigration status. In Spain, all migrants, regardless of immigration status, are also entitled to register in the local government’s register, which is a requirement for, inter alia, having access to education and health care. It is worth noting that the content of the registration information is not shared with immigration authorities. 62. A number of initiatives have been also undertaken at the regional level. For example, the Migration Policy Framework for Africa, adopted by the African Union in 2006, aims at developing a coordinated migration policy based on common priorities, including the interlinkages among migration, poverty and conflict as well as between migration and health.89 In 2008, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights also developed the Guidelines for the Preparation of Progress Indicators in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, in which it recommends that States consider groups and sectors enduring situations of severe inequality which limit their enjoyment of social rights, including migrants in irregular situations.90 In the Asia-Pacific region, there are initiatives, such as the Joint United Nations Initiative on Mobility and HIV/AIDS in SouthEast Asia, which seek to develop and strengthen policies, legislation, plans and mechanisms to ensure universal access by migrants to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services throughout the migration cycle. 63. The Special Rapporteur also notes initiatives undertaken by trade unions. For example, the Estonian Association of Trade Unions, the Central Organization of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK) and the Finnish Union of Salaried Employees (TU) provide information to migrant workers on housing, work permits, taxes, employment applications and services offered by trade unions. In the Republic of Korea, the Medical Mutual-Aid Union for Migrant Workers in Korea systematically responds to the issues of irregular migrant workers and its programmes have been expanded to provide regular migrant workers without workplace health insurance with, inter alia, health care and treatment through a mobile clinic in several cities, as well as financial support for medical expenses such as hospitalization, emergency treatment and childbirth/delivery. 87 88 89 90 GE.10-12615 Yaqub, “Independent child migrants”, p. 52. PICUM, Undocumented Children, p. 80. Migration Policy Framework for Africa, p. 2. Available from: http://fasngo.org/assets/files/resources/ EXCL276_IX__Strategic_Framework_for_Policy_Migration.pdf. OEA/Ser.L/V/II.132, Doc. 14 (2008), para. 53. 17