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Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure

Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure

Consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

Ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

Ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

Consider incorporating into domestic law the definition of a stateless person and establishing a statelessness determination procedure, in accordance with the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons

Strengthen measures to ensure the protection of unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors from human trafficking and other forms of exploitation

Implement measures ensuring the integrity and safety of asylum- seeking minors

Promote the integration and protection of unaccompanied children seeking asylum in order to avoid their escape from the reception centres

Improve the treatment of unaccompanied minor asylum seekers by ending the practice of differential treatment between unaccompanied minor asylum seekers above and under the age of 15 years old, and by ensuring the human rights of all these minors

Give high priority to the issue of unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors placed in asylum centres and protect them from disappearing from reception centres and from being exposed to the risk of becoming victims of human trafficking, exploitation and other crimes

Place the responsibility for all unaccompanied minor asylum seekers and refugees, up to the age of 18 years, with the Child Welfare Services

Take necessary measures to strengthen the rights of children in the forced return process

Take further measures to improve the situation of asylum seekers

Ensure that family reunification is viewed as a right for refugees and that cases are dealt with expeditiously

Amend national rules so as to ensure the protection of the right of refugees to family life, in particular by reducing the administrative fees and extending the deadline for submission of family reunification claims

Amend national rules in order to ensure the protection of the right of refugees to family life by reducing the administrative fees

Ensure that asylum seekers are not returned to countries where they are at risk of torture or other ill-treatment

Adopt measures for the effective application of the principle of non- refoulement of asylum seekers to countries or regions where their life or freedom is endangered due to their race, nationality, religion, membership of a given social group or their political views

Strengthen the asylum system to fully respect the principle of “non- refoulement”, by placing safeguards to ensure that asylum seekers are not returned to countries where they risk torture or ill-treatment

Guarantee the application of the principle of non-refoulement in the processing of all requests for the recognition of refugee status

Adopt additional measures to ensure the enjoyment of the right to education for migrants

Give specific attention to the most vulnerable groups among migrants and the asylum-seeker population, such as women and underage children

Develop campaigns to raise migrants’ awareness of their rights, particularly with regard to their right to heath, which includes access to health services