A/65/222 Contents Page I. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 II. Activities of the Special Rapporteur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 III. Issue in focus: the impact of the criminalization of migration on the protection and enjoyment of human rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 A. The impact of the criminalization on the enjoyment of human rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 B. The impact of the criminalization of migration on specific groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 C. Examples of good practices and alternatives to the criminalization of irregular migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Conclusions and recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 A. A rights-based approach to migration governance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 B. Decriminalizing and managing irregular migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 C. Preventing ethnic profiling of migrant communities, hate crimes, racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 D. Finding alternatives to immigration detention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 E. Protecting specific groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 F. Information-sharing, data and analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 G. Recommendations on international cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 IV. 10-47488 3