CRC/C/15/Add.233 page 11 52. The Committee recommends that the State party allocate financial and human resources in order: (a) To put special emphasis on the elimination of illiteracy; (b) To promote pre-school, primary and secondary education with a view to universal coverage; (c) To pay special attention to the needs of vulnerable children, e.g. girls, indigenous and refugee children, working and street children, in order to fulfil their basic right to education; (d) To upgrade the infrastructure of the educational system (building more schools, improving existing schools, upgrading training, paying teachers an adequate wage, adopting interactive learning methods to fight school dropout and repetition); and (e) To offer more facilities for non-formal learning and vocational training, including for children who have not completed primary and secondary education. 8. Special protection measures Refugee and asylum-seeking children 53. The Committee welcomes the ratification of the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees and the State party’s cooperation with UNHCR. The Committee is concerned about the lack of information on the situation of refugee and asylum-seeking children and on the implementation of and follow-up to its previous recommendations. 54. The Committee reiterates its recommendation that the State party ensure adequate protection of refugee children, including in the fields of education, health and social services, and cooperate in a constructive and effective manner with UNHCR in this regard. 55. The Committee recommends that the State party take action to regularize the situation of those children of Colombians under temporary protection in Darien who were born in Panama and to facilitate their naturalization. It also recommends full respect for the principle of non-refoulement and, whenever deportations are permissible under international law, that they be carried out in such a way as to avoid separating children from their parents. The State party should consider revising the current practice of restricting the freedom of movement of those Colombians under temporary protection, especially the young people. Economic exploitation, including child labour 56. The Committee welcomes the efforts made by the State party to reduce child labour and the ratification of ILO Conventions No. 138 and No. 182. The Committee remains concerned about the high number of children involved in labour, mainly as domestic and rural workers (in sugar cane plantations), and that the State party has not adequately enforced child labour provisions.

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