OBJECTIVE 15 - ACCESS TO BASIC SERVICES
Provide access to basic services for migrants
Migration contributes to positive development outcomes and to realizing the goals of the 2030 Agenda. However, migrants cannot contribute to society at their full potential unless their universal human rights, including access to basic services, are respected, protected and fulfilled.
Basic services fulfill basic human needs including drinking water, sanitation and hygiene, energy, mobility, health care, education, and information.
Migrants and their needs must be incorporated in national and local health care policies and plans, for example through culturally sensitive service delivery and reducing communication barriers. Migrants at every step of the migratory journey must be provided equitable and sustainable access to water and sanitation in all communities.
It is also essential to provide inclusive and equitable quality education to migrant children including early childhood development, formal and non-formal schooling, vocational training and more. This is key to ensuring access to basic services for all.
The access to services is the basis for also achieving other objectives, including objective 16 (“Empower migrants and societies to realize full inclusion and social cohesion”) and objective 17 (“Eliminate all forms of discrimination and promote evidence-based public discourse to shape perceptions of migration”). In order to plan for the provision of adequate services, decision-making processes must be inclusive and based on data.
Access to basic services, regardless of migratory status, promotes the rights of migrants, fosters their sense of security and helps their integration in local communities.
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1.3: Implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including floors, and by 2030 achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the vulnerable
1.4: By 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology and financial services, including microfinance
3.4: By 2030, reduce by one third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being
3.7: By 2030, ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including for family planning, information and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and programmes
3.8: Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all
4.1: By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes
4.2: By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education
4.3: By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university
4.5: By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations
6.1: By 2030, achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all
6.2: By 2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations
7.1: By 2030, ensure universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services
10.7: Facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people, including through the implementation of planned and well-managed migration policies.
11.1: By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services and upgrade slums
11.C: Support least developed countries, including through financial and technical assistance, in building sustainable and resilient buildings utilizing local materials
16.B: Promote and enforce non-discriminatory laws and policies for sustainable development
16.3: Promote the rule of law at the national and international levels and ensure equal access to justice for all
16.10: Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements
17.18: By 2020, enhance capacity-building support to developing countries, including for least developed countries and small island developing States, to increase significantly the availability of high-quality, timely and reliable data disaggregated by income, gender, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability, geographic location and other characteristics relevant in national contexts
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