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Sexual and reproductive health and rights of girls and young women with disabilities 2017, para. 24
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- Furthermore, in many parts of the world, girls and young women with disabilities are often entirely excluded from the education system, or otherwise isolated from their communities at home or in institutions, and are without any access to sexuality education. The lack of equal access to inclusive and quality education affects, in particular, girls and young women with disabilities in conflict, post-conflict or other humanitarian situations, especially those who are refugees, internally displaced, migrants or asylum seekers; deprived of their liberty in hospitals, residential institutions, juvenile or correctional facilities; or homeless or living in poverty. Girls and young women in such situations are at heightened risk of being subjected to physical or sexual abuse and contracting sexually transmitted infections.
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- Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2017
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The human rights of migrants on a 2035 agenda for facilitating human mobility 2017, para. 66
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- Newly arrived migrants could face a variety of challenges in accessing public services, such as health care, education or housing, given their limited command of the local language and their lack of knowledge of the laws and systems of the host country. The enjoyment of such rights by migrants is effectively hampered in the absence of relevant support, such as the provision of language training or free information on relevant laws and regulations. A related concern is the lack of disaggregated indicators on the economic, social and cultural rights of all migrants, which would be useful for adequate policy-making, including on enhancing the accessibility of such services.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2017
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The human rights of migrants on a 2035 agenda for facilitating human mobility 2017, para. Indicator (a)
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- [Ensure easy access for all migrants to basic services, including education and health] Increased number of countries that have developed national and municipal legislation, policies, plans and programmes on equal access to services for all migrants, allocated the powers and resources needed for the integration of migrants and established firewalls between immigration enforcement and public services;
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2017
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The human rights of migrants on a 2035 agenda for facilitating human mobility 2017, para. Indicator (f)
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- [Protect the labour and human rights of all migrants, regardless of their status and circumstances] Mutual recognition of foreign educational qualifications, including through the conclusion of bilateral and multilateral agreements;
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2017
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The human rights of migrants on a 2035 agenda for facilitating human mobility 2017, para. Target 6.4.
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- [Ensure easy access for all migrants to basic services, including education and health] Ensure access for all migrants to adequate, safe and affordable housing and to other basic services
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2017
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The human rights of migrants on a 2035 agenda for facilitating human mobility 2017, para. Target 6.5.
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- [Ensure easy access for all migrants to basic services, including education and health] Provide cities with the powers and resources needed for the integration of migrants, regardless of their status and circumstances
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2017
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The human rights of migrants on a 2035 agenda for facilitating human mobility 2017, para. Indicator (b)
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- [Ensure easy access for all migrants to basic services, including education and health] Increased proportion of migrants with equal access to adequate, affordable, accessible and quality health care, education and housing;
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2017
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The human rights of migrants on a 2035 agenda for facilitating human mobility 2017, para. Target 6.3.
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- [Ensure easy access for all migrants to basic services, including education and health] Ensure equal access for all migrants to quality education at all levels in destination and transit countries, and enrolment therein, including formal schooling (primary, secondary and higher education), adult education, on-the-job and vocational training, language training and lifelong learning opportunities
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2017
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The human rights of migrants on a 2035 agenda for facilitating human mobility 2017, para. Indicator (c)
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- [Ensure easy access for all migrants to basic services, including education and health] Access to universal health-care coverage, formal education, language training, vocational training and lifelong education, and cross-border recognition of skills and qualifications, thereby facilitating the social and economic integration of all migrants.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2017
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The human rights of migrants on a 2035 agenda for facilitating human mobility 2017, para. 43 (Goal 6.)
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- [The Special Rapporteur proposes the following goals:] Goal 6. Ensure easy access for all migrants to basic services, including education and health
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2017
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Debt bondage as a key form of contemporary slavery 2016, para. B.
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- [Recommendations to Member States:] Remove any forms of discrimination that negatively impact on the rights of certain groups, including girls, indigenous peoples and migrant children, to an education.
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- Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Girls
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2016
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Outcomes and commitments on internal displacement of the World Humanitarian Summit 2016, para. 23
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- Several countries pledged to prioritize access to education for internally displaced persons (Malta, Portugal). A new education platform (Education Cannot Wait) was launched at the Summit. This platform could serve to mobilize additional funding and galvanize new partners to make sure that internally displaced persons and other vulnerable children have access to education.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2016
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Human rights of internally displaced persons in the context of the Post-2015 development agenda 2015, para. 59
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- For many children in displacement situations, exclusion from education can be a long-term problem. Particularly in less developed countries, lack of resources, buildings, teachers and education materials may all create barriers to education. Lack of documentation, including birth certificates, may be a factor in States in which students must demonstrate their citizenship or residence in a region to have access to services. Discrimination may also be a factor, with schools and local authorities being reluctant to accept displaced children from different ethnic, linguistic or religious groups.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2015
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Human rights of internally displaced persons in the context of the Post-2015 development agenda 2015, para. 60
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- Education also provides routine, normality, a protective function, support and information and can be an important step towards community integration in displacement locations. For IDPs, education may be a low priority in the face of survival needs. Children may contribute economically to displaced communities, which can be another barrier to their schooling. Internally displaced parents may exclude children from school in the belief that they will quickly return to their original homes, only for their displacement to become protracted. Parents may also hesitate to send their children to school in conflict zones which may be targeted for forced recruitment of children.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Humanitarian
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2015
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Human rights of internally displaced persons in the context of the Post-2015 development agenda 2015, para. 32
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- The positive achievements of the Millennium Development Goals demonstrate that significant progress by States is possible, in collaboration with international development partners. Lessons can be learned, for example, from what has been achieved in poverty reduction and providing access to education in the least developed countries. However, lessons must also be learned about where and why the Goals failed to benefit the poorest and most vulnerable groups. It is essential to intensify efforts to reach those individuals, communities and population groups, including IDPs, who have been bypassed, neglected or failed.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2015
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Recruitment practices and the human rights of migrants 2015, para. Chapter V. A.
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- [Empowering migrants through information and support] Increase and improve pre-departure training and information in order to promote informed decision-making and enhance the skill levels of prospective migrants, including language and general skills
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2015
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The human rights situation of Roma worldwide, with a particular focus on the phenomenon of anti-Gypsyism 2015, para. 30
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- Access to education continues to be a major obstacle for all Roma. The Government of Argentina has recognized the high levels of illiteracy and school dropout of Roma children. In Brazil, official data on literacy and/or school attendance of Roma children are lacking, but civil society organizations reported that very few Roma children living in camps have ever been to school, and estimate that 90 per cent of the Roma living in camps in Curitiba city are illiterate. Prejudice has also been identified as an obstacle for accessing public schools in Brazil, where Roma children are reportedly not given the chance to enrol on the pretext of a lack of space. A representative of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has emphasized that teachers' biased attitudes towards Lyuli children in Central Asia may result in violence at school. The illiteracy rate among Iraqi Roma is very high and many Roma children there are forced to take on irregular jobs or resort to begging. In Lebanon, 68 per cent of school-aged children reportedly do not attend school because of significant obstacles such as discrimination, legal and economic barriers, leading to street labour becoming a significant trend among Dom children.
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- Special Rapporteur on minority issues
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2015
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The human rights situation of Roma worldwide, with a particular focus on the phenomenon of anti-Gypsyism 2015, para. 96
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- In order to address the root causes of anti-Gypsyism, the Special Rapporteur recommends that the history, culture and traditions of Roma, in particular the Nazi genocide, be taught in schools. Awareness-raising measures to inform non-Roma populations about Roma history, identity and culture should be integrated into all education efforts.
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- Special Rapporteur on minority issues
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2015
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Human rights of internally displaced persons in the context of the Post-2015 development agenda 2015, para. 61
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- On his visit to Côte d'Ivoire in 2012, the Special Rapporteur noted that in some western regions, an estimated 140,000 children had missed out on their education in 2011, due to insecurity and the destruction and pillaging of school buildings. Education was also disrupted in the centre and east of the country, and in Abidjan. He stressed that urgent measures were needed to ensure that children, some of whom had seen their education repeatedly disrupted, were provided with support to resume their education and make up the years of lost schooling.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2015
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Recruitment practices and the human rights of migrants 2015, para. Chapter V. A.
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- [Integration of migrants in countries of destination] Integrate these analyses in the political discourse, as well as in public communication strategies and education curricula
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2015
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Human rights of migrants in the post-2015 development agenda 2014, para. 69c
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- [Indicators should include the proportion of:] Migrant girls having access to and completing primary and secondary education and demonstrating relevant learning outcomes, by migration status.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2014
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Human rights of migrants in the post-2015 development agenda 2014, para. 62
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- According to article 13 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the right to education is a universal right. As recognized by Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in its general comment No. 13, education is the "primary vehicle by which economically and socially marginalized adults and children can lift themselves out of poverty and obtain the means to participate fully in their communities". The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, in its general recommendation No. 30, has highlighted the need for States to ensure that all migrant children, irrespective of their status, have access to public educational institutions. The Committee on the Rights of the Child, in its general comment No. 9, endorsed the concept of inclusive education as "a set of values, principles and practices that seeks meaningful, effective, and quality education for all students, that does justice to the diversity of learning conditions and requirements not only of children with disabilities, but for all students".
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2014
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Human rights of migrants in the post-2015 development agenda 2014, para. 64a
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- [Targets should include:] All children, including migrant children, irrespective of their status and circumstances, have equal access to and complete free, inclusive and quality primary and secondary education;
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2014
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Human rights of migrants in the post-2015 development agenda 2014, para. 64c
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- [Targets should include:] All children, including migrant children, irrespective of their status and circumstances, receive culturally appropriate education;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2014
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Human rights of migrants in the post-2015 development agenda 2014, para. 64e
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- [Targets should include:] Promotion of lifelong vocational training for all, including migrants;
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2014
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Human rights of migrants in the post-2015 development agenda 2014, para. 65c
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- [Indicators should include the proportion of:] Migrant learners who enrol in and complete tertiary education leading to a certificate, diploma and/or degree and have access to lifelong learning opportunities.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2014
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Human rights of migrants in the post-2015 development agenda 2014, para. 68a
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- [Targets should focus on:] Eliminating gender disparities in primary and secondary education for all, including migrants;
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Gender
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2014
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Human rights of migrants in the post-2015 development agenda 2014, para. 64d
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- [Targets should include:] Education policies take into consideration the special requirements of marginalized groups, including migrant children, such as language training;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2014
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Human rights of migrants in the post-2015 development agenda 2014, para. 64b
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- [Targets should include:] All children, including migrant children, irrespective of their status and circumstances, achieve recognized and measurable learning outcomes, especially in literacy, numeracy and essential life and work skills;
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2014
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Human rights of migrants in the post-2015 development agenda 2014, para. 64f
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- [Targets should include:] Education policies facilitate the social and economic integration of migrants through, among other things, the cross-border recognition of skills and qualifications.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2014
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