A/HRC/59/49/Add.1 89. When considering asylum applications, priority should be given to cases of those at risk of political persecution or in imminent danger. 90. While welcoming the adoption of Decree 0089 of 25 January 2025, Colombia should speedily move to implement to it to ensure that asylum-seekers may exercise their right to work and access rights and services from the time of the admission of their application. 91. In the meantime, to ensure effective protection of the Venezuelan refugee and migrant population, Colombia should introduce non-refoulement safeguards to current and future regularization permits (for example, the Temporary Protection Statute for Venezuelan Migrants and the special residence permit for legal representatives or guardians of children and adolescents). 92. At the practical level, Colombia should also double its efforts to simplify application processes and facilitate applicants to overcome administrative barriers. To ensure effective access to the rights of temporary protection permit cardholders, Colombia should enhance its efforts to conduct awareness-raising campaigns to ensure public institutions, especially service providers, recognize the temporary protection permit and fulfil their obligations to provide access to services. 93. Colombia should consider accelerating the establishment of State-run shelters that comply with regional and international commitments to provide humanitarian assistance to migrants of all nationalities. 94. Colombia should also consider granting opportunities to legal stay for nationals other than Venezuelans. The Special Rapporteur notes with appreciation the efforts of the Government in designing additional measures, complementary to the Temporary Protection Statute for Venezuelan Migrants, including the special residence permit for legal representatives or guardians of children and adolescents for the parents of children who obtained temporary protection permits through their enrolment in school. 95. Colombia should enhance migrants’ access to formal employment and legal economic activities and also establish alternative mechanisms to foster contributions to the tax base and the social security system from those who work in the informal economy. This is essential if migrant and refugee populations are to provide economic benefits to the host society, thus enhancing the sustainability of the Colombian migration policy. 96. Since regular status is a precondition to access the formal job market in Colombia, the continuation and stability of regularization as a policy response to mixed migration movements in the country is key. 97. The Government should enhance the protection of migrants with vulnerabilities through the adoption of intersectional approaches that recognize the multidimensional reality and experience of migrants, based on their migratory, economic and social status, age, gender and sexual orientation. Enhanced understanding of these overlapping interactive factors would facilitate a nuanced understanding of their complex marginalization and help with the design of comprehensive programmes to protect and assist these individuals. 98. Colombia should continue its efforts to eliminate, condemn and counter all forms of discrimination and xenophobia and to reshape harmful and dehumanizing narratives against migrants and refugees. This includes not only recognizing their contributions to Colombian society but also affirming their rights and dignity as rights-holders. 99. The model of cooperation among municipal, departmental and national governments should be reviewed to establish clear and shared responsibilities, in both financial and administrative aspects, for the integration of migrants. 100. In relation to the situation in the Darién region, the Special Rapporteur recommends that Colombia enhance the presence of the State at border areas to provide an institutional response to migration. It is essential that efforts are doubled to enhance awareness-raising campaigns regarding the risks migrants face when crossing the jungle. 16 GE.25-06163