E/CN.4/2003/85/Add.4 page 22 (c) Existing proposals for amendments concerning the following issues also be considered: intensification of skills development programmes for OFWs; provision of sanctions for negligence on the part of embassy personnel; creating a credit assistance programme for OFWs; and creating a new medical care programme for OFWs, including preventive and rehabilitative programmes; (d) Action to combat illegal recruitment, trafficking and smuggling be strengthened, including by strengthening the licensing system for recruiting agencies; undertaking regular inspections to PDOs; ensuring that passports are not forged by asking workers to obtain them directly from DFAs; enabling OFWs to report contract substitutions or alterations by providing adequate information and legal assistance abroad; establishing sanctions for violations of the full-disclosure policy; creating special courts to deal with cases of illegal recruitment; providing judicial organs in charge of prosecution with the necessary resources; strengthening the information and data system on migration; strengthening community-based organizations and activities to detect, report and monitor cases of trafficking and smuggling; and strengthening the certification procedure for entertainers and tightening controls for the provision of entertainers’ visas; (e) promptly; A law on trafficking and smuggling and the absentee voting bill be enacted (f) Incentives be provided to OFWs intending to invest in the country, including tax incentives, technical training/advice and support programmes, such as viable credit; (g) Support, in terms of knowledge, awareness-raising and development of skills, be provided to the communities with large numbers of OFWs in order to strengthen family structures, prevent abuses and exploitation and facilitate reintegration; (h) The Government pursue its efforts, in cooperation with the Government of Malaysia, to better monitor deportations from Sabah; DFA should adopt measures and policies to monitor deportation cases filed against Filipinos in Malaysia and ensure adequate assistance to deportees by consular and embassy personnel; consular and embassy officials should investigate and document incidents of abuses during the deportation proceeding and detention up to the moment of embarkation from Malaysia; (i) Adequate assistance be provided to the local government of Zamboanga to enable it to deal with the emergency created by the deportation of OFWs from Sabah, and measures taken to ensure their reintegration in their areas of origin and to avoid the disintegration of families; (j) Adequate resources be provided, policies adopted and programmes implemented to ensure the application of international human rights standards concerning the apprehension of irregular migrants, deportation, family reunion and conditions of detention; (k) Foreigners detained in the Philippines pending deportation be given adequate access to courts and lawyers and their cases reviewed by competent authorities without undue delay, and steps taken to ensure that victims of trafficking to the Philippines are not criminalized;