Protection of migrants
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(j) Also recognizes the importance of promoting respect for human rights in
coordinated efforts of the international community to assist and support migrants
who are stranded or in vulnerable situations;
(k) Reaffirms emphatically the duty of States parties to ensure full respect
for and observance of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, 10 in particular
with regard to the right of all foreign nationals, regardless of their migration status,
to communicate with a consular official of the sending State in case of arrest,
imprisonment, custody or detention, and the obligation of the receiving State to
inform the foreign national without delay of his or her rights under the Convention;
(l) Requests all States, in conformity with national legislation and applicable
international legal instruments to which they are party, to enforce labour law
effectively, including by addressing violations of such law, with regard to migrant
workers’ labour relations and working conditions, inter alia, those related to their
remuneration and conditions of health, safety at work and the right to freedom of
association;
(m) Invites Member States to consider ratifying relevant conventions of the
International Labour Organization, including the Domestic Workers Convention,
2011 (No. 189) on decent work for domestic workers;
(n) Encourages all States to remove unlawful obstacles, where they exist,
that may prevent the safe, transparent, unrestricted and expeditious transfer of
remittances, earnings, assets and pensions of migrants to their country of origin or
to any other countries, and, in conformity with applicable laws, regulations and
agreements, to consider, as appropriate, measures to resolve any identified issues
that may impede such transfers or subject them to impractical restrictions;
(o) Recalls that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes tha t
everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for
acts violating the fundamental rights granted to him or her;
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Emphasizes the importance of protecting persons in vulnerable situations,
and in this regard:
(a) Expresses its concern about the increase in the activities and profits of
transnational and national organized crime entities and others who profit from
crimes against migrants, especially migrant women and children, without regard for
dangerous and inhumane conditions, and in flagrant violation of national laws and
international law and contrary to international standards;
(b) Also expresses its concern about the high level of impunity enjoyed by
traffickers and their accomplices as well as other members of o rganized crime
entities and, in this context, the denial of rights and justice to migrants who have
suffered from abuse;
(c) Calls upon States, within the framework of applicable international law,
to take steps to ensure that their national procedures at international borders include
adequate safeguards to protect the dignity, safety and human rights of all migrants;
(d) Welcomes immigration programmes, adopted by some countries, that
allow migrants to integrate fully into the host countries, facilitate family
reunification and promote a harmonious, tolerant and respectful environment, and
encourages States to consider the possibility of adopting these types of programmes;
(e) Calls upon States that have not already done so to provide for the
protection of the human rights of women migrant workers, to promote fair labour
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