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The Organization Act setting forth concrete measures relating to public safety, domestic violence and social integration of immigrants establishes, in article 13, a number of amendments to article 318 bis of the Criminal Code intended to punish action to promote or facilitate illegal trafficking or clandestine immigration. The Organization Act on rights and freedoms of foreigners in Spain and their social integration establishes, in the third final provision, a number of amendments to articles 515, 517 and 518 of the Criminal Code intended to punish illegal trafficking in persons. (...) In addition, they must be equipped with sufficient furniture to ensure that they are suited to the use for which they are intended. The Spanish authorities are taking steps to adapt and equip the buildings, recruit health personnel and social workers, and provide the necessary resources.

It was further noted that, even where adequate policies and procedures existed on paper, they were often not implemented in practice as intended. Failure to correctly identify victims of trafficking was noted as a fundamental challenge, as was the widespread practice of misidentifying them as irregular migrants. (...) It also demonstrated the importance of regularizing residence status, not only for the purpose of seeking remedies, but in some cases as a remedy in itself. (...) The tool, which focuses on trafficked persons but is also intended to contribute to better protection of other groups, also included 15 fact sheets outlining human rights standards that should be met by States in their anti- trafficking responses, which meant that it could be used to measure compliance as well as impact.

Article 4 of the 2014 law of Georgia on internally displaced persons — persecuted from the occupied territories of Georgia defines the permanent place of residence of an internally displaced person as “a place selected for residence by an IDP, his/her displaced parent(s) or his/her lineal relative of ascending generation from where he/she, his/her parent(s) or his/her lineal relative of ascending generation were displaced and where he/she cannot return due to the reasons referred to in paragraph 1, article 6 of this Law”. 5 Ministerial decree No. 779 13/11/2013. (...) A rights-based approach, with rights supplementing the proposed shift by the Government of Georgia to a needs-based approach to its response, would still retain the purpose that the “internally displaced person status” was intended to safeguard, namely the 6 By late 2016, the Ministry for Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Accommodation and Refugees was preparing an action plan for the period 2017-2018. 7 Based on a paper shared by the Government of Georgia with the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons on 24 September 2015. 8 Ibid. 9 Available from www.Error! (...) Monitoring missions have observed that although the installation of fences has decreased since 2013, obstacles to freedom of movement and the choice of place of residence continue to be placed along the administrative boundary line, including so-called State border signs, watchposts and surveillance equipment (see A/70/879, para. 21). 27.

The present report is intended to provide an assessment of the human rights situation of IDPs. (...) The Law on Permanent and Temporary Residence of Citizens governs the granting of permanent and temporary residence in respect of the whole population of Serbia. Changes have been made to article 11 in order to facilitate access to temporary residence for Roma living in informal settlements.

On 12 April 2013, the Commission presented a proposal for a regulation establishing rules for the surveillance of the external sea borders in Frontex sea operations (COM(2013) 197 final), intended to replace the above mentioned annulled Council decision. (...) As regards the role of Frontex in the coordination of Member States' activities in the field of border management, in particular on the role of guest officers, it is important to note that these interviews are intended to establish their identity, gather information on their route and identify possible involvement of facilitators. (...) The proposal for a Directive on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of seasonal employment is the first proposal focused mainly on low-skilled workers.

Under the same article, a six-month temporary “social protection” residence permit can be granted to victims identified and can be renewed for one year and converted into a long-term work or student residence permit. In accordance with article 18, the residence permit may be granted in one of two ways. (...) At the end of the 18-month programme, the residence permit can be converted, but only if the victim obtains employment.

At the same time, he intended to engage in dialogue with the Government to discuss past achievements, pending measures and future plans, not least concerning the eventual return of the displaced. (...) UNHCR also advocates for phased returns subject to the personal preferences of internally displaced persons, some of whom will want to return immediately, while others may consider remaining in their current places of residence while recovering their former household and property. (...) The Representative was informed that schools currently under construction were intended to cater to both local and displaced children, and that parents were free to choose which of the surrounding schools to send their children to, regardless of their displacement status.

The Special Rapporteur regrets that access to Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia was denied by the authorities in control there, which prevented him from visiting those areas, as he had intended. 4. The Special Rapporteur expresses his sincere gratitude to the Government of Georgia for its full cooperation. (...) The present report is intended to provide an updated assessment of the human rights situation of internally displaced persons in Georgia. (...) The aim of the registration exercise was to update information in the internally displaced person database regarding numbers, place of residence and family composition for all internally displaced persons.

In June 2004, the first two victims of trafficking were given residence permits and as of November 2004, 24 residence permits were issued to trafficking victims. 27. (...) The prosecutor stops the deportation procedure, a residence permit is given and protection measures granted. The residence permit lasts one year and can be renewed for periods of one year each time until 10 years and then indefinitely. 37.

Thus, citizens of Ukraine with the registration of residence on the peninsula are not able to travel to the territory controlled by the Government of Ukraine. (...) Since he was forced to receive a passport of the Russian Federation, he was not allowed to cross the checkpoint as a “citizen of the Russian Federation,” referring to a decree of the Government of the Russian Federation on the ban on the departure of citizens of the Russian Federation. Oleg Sofyanik intended to move for permanent residence to the territory controlled by the Government of Ukraine.