A/72/173 Human mobility goals Goal 1. Goal 1. Offer regular, safe, accessible and affordable mobility solutions to all migrants, regardless of their status or skill levels Goal 2. Protect the labour and human rights of all migrants, regardless of their status and circumstances Goal 3. Ensure respect for human rights at border controls, including return, readmission and post-return monitoring, and establish accountability mechanisms Goal 4. End the use of detention as a border management and deterrence tool against migrants Goal 5. Provide effective access to justice for all migrants Goal 6. Ensure easy access for all migrants to basic services, including education and health Goal 7. Protect all migrants from all forms of discrimination and violence, including racism, xenophobia, sexual and gender-based violence and hate speech Goal 8. Increase the collection and analysis of disaggregated data on migration and mobility Offer regular, safe, accessible and affordable mobility solutions to all migrants, regardless of their status or skill levels Rationale 41. In the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, States committed to “consider facilitating opportunities for safe, orderly and regular migration, including, as appropriate, employment creation, labour mobility at all skills levels, circular migration, family reunification and education-related opportunities”. To implement that commitment, States need to develop and implement long -term national migration policies, in line with their obligations under international human rights law, ensuring that regular, safe, affordable and accessible avenues are available for all migrants. The overall goal in terms of governing mobility is for most migrants to use regular channels to enter and stay in destination countries. States must recognize and address what may be called the “pull factors” of migration, such as unrecognized demands for low-skilled labour in economic sectors that are not met locally, and provide safe, regular, accessible and affordable migration channels to meet the demand for such low-skilled jobs. When regular migration channels fail to properly reflect labour market needs, migrants are more likely to be offered undocumented migration solutions by smuggling rings and unethical recruiters and become victims of exploitation and abuse. 42. States must reclaim the mobility market from the smugglers and adopt measures to regularize undocumented migrants. Migrants do not want to be undocumented or use smugglers, but are forced to do so owing to the lack of regular, safe, accessible and affordable mobility options. They would rather pay a reasonable fee to a visa officer than suffer extortion at the hands of smugglers. They would adapt to the requirements of States for access to regular mobility solutions within a reasonable time and arrive at border posts, presenting official identity and travel documents in good order, rather than embarking with their families on a journey riddled with suffering. They would work in official labour markets, even for the minimum salary, instead of being exploited and abused in underground labour markets. Well-designed mobility policies are needed to induce that virtuous cycle. 10/26 17-12223