A/70/310 • Invest in the development and dissemination of information on access to justice for migrant workers, so that they are aware of their rights and potential avenues for support and remedy if they are subject to exploitation by recruitment companies • Increase and improve pre-departure training and information in order to promote informed decision-making and enhance the skill levels of prospective migrants, including language and general skills • Ensure that consular support is always available to migrants in countries of destination, so that they are able to access information and assistance about finding alternatives to exploitative situations, and gaining access to justice and social protection services • Increase the capacity of labour attachés within missions in countries of destination, in order to allow them to increase the scope of their work and give more attention to combatting the practices of unscrupulous recruiters Integration of migrants in countries of destination • Include basic entitlement packages (food allowances, kitchen facilities, safe drinking water, size and quality of the living quarters, medical coverage, among others) as a necessity for migrant workers within the laws governing contracting labour • Ensure that migrants can, when in situations of difficulty, access government facilities such as housing and health services • Create firewalls between government services, such as courts, labour inspectors or health-care services, and immigration enforcement, in order to empower migrants to access basic services without fear of deportation • Create an environment that is conducive to unionization and allows migrant workers to exercise their freedom of association, assembly and collective bargaining • Through fact-based analyses and long-term thinking, challenge and fight representations of migrants that encourage racism and xenophobia and increase their social isolation and the precariousness of their situation • Integrate these analyses in the political discourse, as well as in public communication strategies and education curricula • Ensure that acts of racism and xenophobia against migrant workers, both within the labour market and broader society, are fully investigated and prosecuted through the judiciary • Develop mechanisms whereby longer-term migrant workers, who make a valuable contribution to the economies of destination countries, whatever their skill level, are able to access opportunities for permanent residency and citizenship Engagement with the private sector • Work with the private sector to ensure that a full understanding of the real needs and gaps with the labour market is reflected in the development 15-13569 23/26