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Global Agreements On Migration, Refugees Should Include Commitments To Protect Children: UNICEF
Fakhir Rizvi Published November 30, 2017 | 06:15 PM
The rights, protection and wellbeing of uprooted children should be central commitments of global migration policies, UNICEF
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 30th Nov, 2017 ) :The rights, protection and wellbeing of uprooted children should be central commitments of global migration policies, UNICEF said today ahead of a meeting in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, on safe, regular and orderly migration.
The 4 to 6 December meeting is a major step toward drafting the Global Compact for Migration, a landmark intergovernmental agreement that will cover all dimensions of international migration, said a press release here Thursday.
It is the moment when world leaders will begin to forge consensus on political and financial commitments in line with the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants and the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Global leaders and policymakers convening in Puerto Vallarta can work together to make migration safe for children, said Ted Chaiban, UNICEF Director of Programmes. Our new report shows that it is possible, even in countries with stretched resources, to implement policies, services and investments that effectively support refugee and migrant children in their countries of origin, as they transit across borders and upon reaching their destinations.Refugee and migrant children are especially vulnerable to xenophobia, abuse and lack of access to social services.
It is imperative to have policies in place to protect them over the course of their journey, the report says.
The report presents successful case studies from around the world, including the implementation of minimum protection standards for refugee children in Germany, cross border child protection systems in West Africa, and finding alternatives to the detention of migrant children in Zambia.
Other countries featured in the report include Afghanistan, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, South Sudan, Vietnam, Uganda and the U.S. Each of the initiatives can be replicated in different contexts and inform child-focused actions and policy change at national, regional and global levels to be agreed in the framework of the Compact.
The report also presents UNICEF's six-point agenda for action as a basis for policies to protect refugee and migrant children and ensure their wellbeing: Protect child refugees and migrants, particularly unaccompanied children, from exploitation and violence; end the detention of children seeking refugee status or migrating, by introducing a range of practical alternatives; keep families together as the best way to protect children and give children legal status, keep all refugee and migrant children learning and give them access to health and other quality services, press for action on the underlying causes of large scale movements of refugees and migrants, promote measures to combat xenophobia, discrimination and marginalization in countries of transit and destination.
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