OBJECTIVE 21 - DIGNIFIED RETURN AND REINTREGRATION

A growing number of migrants travel as part of increasingly complex and mixed flows, and may remain stranded or find themselves in an irregular situation for prolonged periods of time. The return and reintegration of migrants unwilling or unable to remain in host or transit countries must be considered in national and international migration policy.

States must ensure that no migrants are subject to refoulement (forcing return to a country where their life or freedom are threatened). Each individual must also be guaranteed a consideration of his or her case that respects due process, including access to interpretation, legal representation, and the right to appeal.

States must respect, protect, and fulfill migrants’ economic, social and cultural rights, including the rights to health, an adequate standard of living, and social protection through all stages of the return and reintegration process, including pre-return and post-return.

Returning migrants are often at risk of falling back into poverty since they often face barriers to social protection, employment and services. Effective reintegration programming can support their contributions to sustainable development and poverty eradication.

Effective return and reintegration policies contribute to safe, orderly and dignified migration and are a key component of comprehensive migration management systems.

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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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.7: Facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people, including through the implementation of planned and well-managed migration policies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

16.b: Promote and enforce non-discriminatory laws and policies for sustainable development

16.9: By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration

 

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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