A/HRC/14/30/Add.2 97. In connection with the protection of children left behind, the Special Rapporteur shares the concern expressed by the Committee on the Rights of the Child about the mismatch between responsibilities and resources allocation at the local level as a result of decentralization in the provision of social services.21 98. The Special Rappporteur heard allegations on the existence of “houses of confinement” in Bucharest where children, including foreign children, would be hidden away during the day and sexually exploited at night. According to allegations, those houses would periodically change location to avoid detection. Furthermore, the Special Rapporteur was informed by the Brigade of Countering Organized Criminality in Constanta, that similar allegations were made several years ago in their area of responsibility, which led to the apprehension of those responsible. 99. According to information received, there is a correlation between birth registration and immigration status in Romania, since migrant parents lacking identity or resident documents tend not to register their children at birth. Most such children have access to education; however, undocumented children, including migrant children, seem to face difficulties in getting access to health care. 100. Domestic legislation does not contain provisions on the conditions for taking irregular migrant children into custody or on a special detention regime. Irregular migrant children who are unaccompanied are usually escorted to welfare centres where they are accommodated until granted refugee status or temporary rights to stay or returned to their families. During such time, they have the right to education and may benefit from counselling and assistance from child welfare staff. The Special Rapporteur was not informed of the criteria for deciding on returning unaccompanied children, but was nevertheless informed that unaccompanied children are only returned to their families in the country of origin or in a third country where parents or other family members are located. E. The protection of women in the context of migration 101. The Special Rapporteur welcomes the attention devoted to gender by the United Nations agencies in Romania and wishes to draw the Government’s attention to the gender dimension of migration and the need to mainstream a human rights and gender perspective into migration governance. 102. The Special Rapporteur wishes to highlight that migrant women are at a higher risk of exposure to gender-based discrimination during all phases of the migration process. Women migrants often work in unregulated sectors, including domestic work and sexual exploitation and may become victims of trafficking in persons for purposes of sexual exploitation, forced labour and other forms of exploitation. 103. During his visit, the Special Rapporteur heard allegations of a lack of gender sensitivity and awareness in the treatment of female victims of trafficking in persons by police officers and NAATP officers. He also heard allegations of instances of multiple discrimination and revictimization, which phenomena seem to be fuelled by the media, which still stereotype and label returned trafficked victims as “returned prostitutes”. 21 GE.10-12102 See CRC/C/ROM/CO/4, para. 5. 19