OBJECTIVE 22 - SOCIAL PROTECTION

It is widely recognized that migrant workers are major contributors to social and economic development. However, they face challenges in accessing social protection, including health care and income security, be it because of their status or nationality or due to the insufficient duration of their periods of employment and residence.

In addition, the lack of agreements between institutions and countries may prevent migrant workers and returnees from maintaining their earned benefits, particularly long-term benefits like invalidity, old-age and survivors.

Social protection systems must include nationals and migrants, and ensure that benefits earned in one country (e.g., pensions) are portable and accessible in other countries. To fulfil this, bilateral, regional, and multilateral social security agreements are needed, as well as data sharing about benefits, healthcare, pensions and more.

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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

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

5.4: Recognise and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate

 

 

10.4: Adopt policies, especially fiscal, wage and social protection policies, and progressively achieve greater equality

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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