Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
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(g) Enable political participation and engagement of migrants in their
countries of origin, including in peace and reconciliation processes, in elections and
political reforms, such as by establishing voting registries for citizens abroad, and
through parliamentary representation, in accordance with national legislation;
(h) Promote migration policies that optimize the benefits of diasporas for
countries of origin and destination and their communities, by facilitating flexible
modalities to travel, work and invest with minimal administrative burdens, including
by reviewing and revising visa, residency and citizenship regulations, as appropriate;
(i) Cooperate with other States, the private sector and employers’
organizations to enable migrants and diasporas, especially those in highly technical
fields and in high demand, to carry out some of their professional activities and
engage in knowledge transfer in their home countries, without necessarily losing
employment, residence status or earned social benefits;
(j) Build partnerships between local authorities, local communities, the
private sector, diasporas, hometown associations and migrant organizations to
promote knowledge and skills transfer between their countries of origin and their
countries of destination, including by mapping the diasporas and their skills, as a
means to maintain the link between diasporas and their country of origin.
Objective 20: Promote faster, safer and cheaper transfer of remittances
and foster financial inclusion of migrants
36. We commit to promote faster, safer and cheaper remittances by further
developing existing conducive policy and regulatory environments that enable
competition, regulation and innovation on the remittance market and by providing
gender-responsive programmes and instruments that enhance the financial inclusion
of migrants and their families. We further commit to optimize the transformative
impact of remittances on the well-being of migrant workers and their families, as well
as on the sustainable development of countries, while respecting that remittances
constitute an important source of private capital and cannot be equated to other
international financial flows, such as foreign direct investment, official development
assistance or other public sources of financing for development.
To realize this commitment, we will draw from the following actions:
(a) Develop a road map to reduce the transaction costs of migrant remittances
to less than 3 per cent and eliminate remittance corridors with costs higher than
5 per cent by 2030 in line with target 10.c of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development;
(b) Promote and support the United Nations International Day of Family
Remittances and the International Fund for Agricultural Development Global Forum
on Remittances, Investment and Development as an important platform to build and
strengthen partnerships for innovative solutions on cheaper, faster and safer transfer
of remittances with all relevant stakeholders;
(c) Harmonize remittance market regulations and increase the interoperability
of remittance infrastructure along corridors by ensuring that measures to combat
illicit financial flows and money-laundering do not impede migrant remittances
through undue, excessive or discriminatory policies;
(d) Establish conducive policy and regulatory frameworks that promote a
competitive and innovative remittance market, remove unwarranted obstacles to non bank remittance service providers in accessing payment system infrastructure, apply
tax exemptions or incentives to remittance transfers, promote market access to diverse
service providers, incentivize the private sector to expand remittance services, and
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