A/HRC/14/30/Add.3
(a)
Implement the recommendations made by the Committee on the
Elimination of Discrimination against Women63 in particular, to keep under review
and carefully monitor the impact of its laws and policies on women migrants, refugees
and asylum-seekers with a view to taking remedial measures that effectively respond
to the needs of those women;
(b)
Consider implementing Committee’s general recommendation No. 26 on
women migrant workers and fully mainstreaming gender into migration governance;
(c)
Take all necessary steps to ensure the lifting of discriminatory
restrictions on women’s migration on the basis of age, marital status, pregnancy or
maternity status, including by increasing awareness-raising and training programmes
to border police and immigration authorities;
(d)
Ensure protection on the grounds of gender-related persecution,
including violence against women and consider granting access to public services,
particularly health-care services, public housing and social security benefits to
migrant women with an insecure immigration status who are victims of violence;
(e)
Refrain from introducing pre-entry English-language tests for
individuals applying for spouse visas so as to avoid disproportionate restrictions on
the right to family life or ensure that non-English speaking individuals with legitimate
claims to apply for a spouse visa are granted free access to basic English-language
courses once their applications have been decided favourably.
81.
In connection with the protection of refused asylum-seekers and migrants in an
irregular situation, the Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government:
(a)
Follow the several country-specific guidelines issued by UNHCR, in
order to avoid returning refused asylum-seekers whose appeals have been exhausted
to countries where they may be at high risk of human rights violations;
(b)
Address the concerns expressed by the Committee on Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights regarding the low level of support and difficult access to health
care for rejected asylum-seekers 64 by fully implementing the recommendations from
the joint review carried out by the Department of Health and the Home Office on
access to the National Health Service by foreign nationals,65 and by ensuring that
refused asylum-seekers are not left destitute while they remain in the United
Kingdom.
82.
Concerning data collection, the Special Rapporteur wishes to stress the
importance of the availability of data on the international migrant stock
disaggregated, inter alia, by age, country of origin, sex, educational attainment and
occupation and encourages the Government to strengthen efforts to:
(a)
Determine the number of victims of trafficking in persons, including for
sexual exploitation and forced labour;
(b)
detention;
Determine the number of children subject to immigration control and
(c)
Record the number of women entering and leaving immigration
detention centres;
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64
65
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A/63/38, paras. 295–296.
E/C.12/GBR/CO/5, para. 27.
See “Access to NHS Services for foreign nationals”.
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