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Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
(j) Invest in awareness-raising campaigns, in partnership with relevant
stakeholders, for migrants and prospective migrants on the risks and dangers of
trafficking in persons, and provide them with information on preventing and reporting
trafficking activities.
Objective 11: Manage borders in an integrated, secure and coordinated
manner
27. We commit to manage our national borders in a coordinated manner, promoting
bilateral and regional cooperation, ensuring security for States, communities and
migrants, and facilitating safe and regular cross-border movements of people while
preventing irregular migration. We further commit to implement border management
policies that respect national sovereignty, the rule of law, obligations under
international law, and the human rights of all migrants, regardless of their migration
status, and are non-discriminatory, gender-responsive and child-sensitive.
To realize this commitment, we will draw from the following actions:
(a) Enhance international, regional and cross-regional border management
cooperation, taking into consideration the particular situation of countries of transit,
on proper identification, timely and efficient referral, assistance and appropriate
protection of migrants in situations of vulnerability at or near international borders,
in compliance with international human rights law, by adopting whole -of-government
approaches, implementing joint cross-border training and fostering capacity-building
measures;
(b) Establish appropriate structures and mechanisms for effective integrated
border management by ensuring comprehensive and efficient border crossing
procedures, including through pre-screening of arriving persons, pre-reporting by
carriers of passengers, and use of information and communications technology, while
upholding the principle of non-discrimination, respecting the right to privacy and
protecting personal data;
(c) Review and revise relevant national procedures for border screening,
individual assessment and interview processes to ensure due process at international
borders and that all migrants are treated in accordance with international human rights
law, including through cooperation with national human rights institutions and othe r
relevant stakeholders;
(d) Develop technical cooperation agreements that enable States to request
and offer assets, equipment and other technical assistance to strengthen border
management, particularly in the area of search and rescue as well as other emergency
situations;
(e) Ensure that child protection authorities are promptly informed and
assigned to participate in procedures for the determination of the best interests of the
child once an unaccompanied or separated child crosses an international b order, in
accordance with international law, including by training border officials in the rights
of the child and child-sensitive procedures, such as those that prevent family
separation and reunite families when family separation occurs;
(f) Review and revise relevant laws and regulations to determine whether
sanctions are appropriate to address irregular entry or stay and, if so, to ensure that
they are proportionate, equitable, non-discriminatory and fully consistent with due
process and other obligations under international law;
(g) Improve cross-border collaboration among neighbouring and other States
relating to the treatment given to persons crossing or seeking to cross international
borders, including by taking into consideration relevant recomme ndations from the
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