Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
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with local and national labour market demands and skills supply, in consultation with
the private sector and other relevant stakeholders;
(d) Develop flexible, rights-based and gender-responsive labour mobility
schemes for migrants, in accordance with local and national labour market needs
and skills supply at all skills levels, including temporary, seasonal, circular and fasttrack programmes in areas of labour shortages, by providing flexible, convertible
and non-discriminatory visa and permit options, such as for permanent and
temporary work, multiple-entry study, business, visit, investment and
entrepreneurship;
(e) Promote effective skills-matching in the national economy by involving
local authorities and other relevant stakeholders, particularly the private sector and
trade unions, in the analysis of the local labour market, identification of skills gaps,
definition of required skills profiles, and evaluation of the efficacy of labour
migration policies, in order to ensure market-responsive contractual labour mobility
through regular pathways;
(f) Foster efficient and effective skills-matching programmes by reducing
visa and permit processing time frames for standard employment authorizations, and
by offering accelerated and facilitated visa and permit processing for employers with
a track record of compliance;
(g) Develop or build on existing national and regional practices for admission
and stay of appropriate duration based on compassionate, humanitarian or other
considerations for migrants compelled to leave their countries of origin owing to
sudden-onset natural disasters and other precarious situations, such as by providing
humanitarian visas, private sponsorships, access to education for children, and
temporary work permits, while adaptation in or return to their country of origin is not
possible;
(h) Cooperate to identify, develop and strengthen solutio ns for migrants
compelled to leave their countries of origin owing to slow-onset natural disasters, the
adverse effects of climate change, and environmental degradation, such as
desertification, land degradation, drought and sea level rise, including by de vising
planned relocation and visa options, in cases where adaptation in or return to their
country of origin is not possible;
(i) Facilitate access to procedures for family reunification for migrants at all
skills levels through appropriate measures that promote the realization of the right to
family life and the best interests of the child, including by reviewing and revising
applicable requirements, such as on income, language proficiency, length of stay,
work authorization, and access to social security and services;
(j) Expand available options for academic mobility, including through
bilateral and multilateral agreements that facilitate academic exchanges, such as
scholarships for students and academic professionals, visiting professorships, joint
training programmes and international research opportunities, in cooperation with
academic institutions and other relevant stakeholders.
Objective 6: Facilitate fair and ethical recruitment and safeguard conditions
that ensure decent work
22. We commit to review existing recruitment mechanisms to guarantee that they
are fair and ethical, and to protect all migrant workers against all forms of exploitation
and abuse in order to guarantee decent work and maximize the socioeconomic
contributions of migrants in both their countries of origin and destination.
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