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responsibility-sharing into concrete action through effective cooperation and
solidarity on voluntary repatriation; facilitating local integration or
resettlement; and looking for region-wide durable solutions that respect and
protect the human rights of migrants;
(p) Ensure that measures taken in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
meet international human rights standards and that migrants, especially migrant
children, are included in all aspects of national responses to the global health crisis.
States should immediately release migrant children and their families from
immigration detention into non-custodial and community-based alternatives to
detention in order to protect the rights and health of migrants and staff in th ese
facilities. Further recommendations are included in the Joint Guidance Note on the
Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Human Rights of Migrants. 126
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