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95.
Concerning remittances, the Government should promote among the
households receiving remittances the necessary capacity to invest in sustainable
income-generating activities. It should also promote and strengthen the involvement
of the Senegalese diaspora in the development of the country, including by improving
the support given to returnees and by enhancing the institutional environment for
economic development.
96.
Concerning unaccompanied minors, the Government of Senegal and Spain
should make the implementation of the bilateral readmission agreement transparent
and allow for independent monitoring. These Governments should also cooperate in
the return of unaccompanied children when the decision to return has been taken in
conformity with the children’s best interest, including with regard to aspects
requiring international protection, and whether adequate care and integration
arrangements can be guaranteed upon return.
97.
The Government should ensure that migration strategies and policies take into
account the special protection needs of asylum-seekers and refugees. For instance, it
should put in place systems of referrals between the immigration services and the
National Eligibility Commission, which deals with refugee status determination.
Concerning Mauritanian refugees, the Government should resume the registration
exercise so that they can be provided with proper identification documents and have
full access to health, educational and other services.
98.
Concerning trafficking and smuggling, the Government should ensure that the
new draft law on trafficking and smuggling of migrants is in conformity with
international human rights standards and that, upon adoption, it is swiftly
implemented. The Government should also step up efforts to prosecute traffickers and
to identify and protect all victims of trafficking.
99.
Concerning particularly vulnerable children, including those forced to beg, the
Government should ensure the swift implementation of the strategic plan concerning
the education and protection of children who are begging or who are not in school. It
should also adopt immediately the decree regulating the opening and functioning of
religious schools and establish mechanisms to monitor its implementation. The
Government should also implement the recommendations of the Committee on the
Rights of the Child (CRC/C/SEN/CO/2) in order to stop the practice of using talibés
(children sent to live and study at a religious school) for private economic gain and to
bring to justice the perpetrators of that practice.
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