A/77/189 protection and assistance to migrants, as well as discusses the pivotal role of civil and other stakeholders in the above-mentioned contexts. 1. Promising practices aimed at expanding and facilitating pathways for safe and regular migration in the context of climate change 72. Under the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, regular migration pathways for people affected by environmental drivers are explicitly addressed and several States are taking promising steps to make such pathways a reality. In 2020, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development 37 adopted a protocol on the free movement of persons that includes provisions a llowing persons affected by disasters to enter and stay in other countries in the region. In 2021, the United States of America recommended the creation of a legal pathway for humanitarian protection for people facing serious threats to their lives because of climate change (A/76/642, para. 64). 73. In early 2020, the Supreme Court of Cassation of Italy found that the destruction of a claimant’s home owing to a flood that hit large parts of Bangladesh in 2012 a nd again in 2017 could affect the vulnerability of the applicant if accompanied by adequate allegations and evidence relating to the possible violation of primary human rights, which may expose the applicant to the risk of living conditions that do not respect the core of fundamental rights that complement the dignity. In this case, the Court argued that natural disasters can amount to compelling drivers of migration insofar that they are able to exacerbate people’s vulnerability and to violate core human rights. 38 74. The national policy on climate change and disaster-induced displacement of Vanuatu focuses on how existing policy frameworks and actors can integrate mobility arising from climate change and disasters into their existing planning and processes . The policy contains 12 strategic priority areas, including on information and monitoring; safeguards and protections; capacity-building, training and resources; and land, housing, planning and environment. Furthermore, Vanuatu has established a Gender and Protection Cluster within the Ministry of Justice and Community Services, which serves to ensure that the needs of vulnerable groups are addressed during instances of internal displacement. 39 75. In Switzerland, article 83 of the Federal Act on Foreign N ationals and Integration, to which article 44 of the Federal Act refers, provides that provisional admission may be granted when the execution of a removal order is in fact neither possible nor lawful, as the person concerned is in real danger in situation s, such as in case of war, generalized violence or medical necessity, in his or her country of origin or provenance. Nonetheless, the Federal Council has stated its position on the applicability of this regulation to displacement owing to natural disasters and the adverse effects of climate change. It has explained that Switzerland can provisionally admit people whose return is not reasonably required owing to environmental events. 40 76. In Mexico, the migration legislation provides for the possibility of i ssuing a visitor’s visa for humanitarian reasons to applicants who have Mexican or foreign relatives temporarily or permanently residing in the country. The visa may be requested by their relatives or by any agency of the federal, state or municipal public administration so as to allow the entry of foreigners who are victims of a natural __________________ 37 38 39 40 18/23 Member States: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, the Sudan and Uganda. Submission by Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies. Submission by Vanuatu. Submission by Switzerland. 22-11278