OBJECTIVE 3 - INFORMATION PROVISION

Migrants need access to timely and accurate information to reduce risks and take informed decisions throughout the process, including at the country of origin, transit, country of first asylum and country of destination.

This information includes human rights and fundamental freedoms, appropriate protection and assistance (including access to basic services and access to justice to file complaints about rights violations), options and pathways for regular migration, and possibilities for return.

Without knowledge about country-specific immigration laws and policies, visa requirements, work and residence permits, living costs and conditions, national laws and obligations and registration with authorities, migrants can easily fall into irregular or unsafe situations.

Facilitating migrants’ access to information requires a people-centered approach to assess what needs exist. Migrant communities are diverse and outreach needs to take into account factors such as age, language, gender, and education level. Successful implementation requires the collaboration of multiple partners from civil society, migrant groups, and local governments.

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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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.b: Enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology, to promote the empowerment of women

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

16.10: 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

How is each target measured concretely?

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