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Adoption of measures to extend to regular migrants and to members of
their families whose stay in the receiving country is regular, enjoyment
of basic social, political, civil, economic and cultural rights.
Implementation of integration programmes avoiding discrimination
between beneficiary groups, as well as between them and the local
population.
Provision and dissemination of adequate information about integration
programmes and services for migrants.
Adoption of anti-discrimination programmes to prevent private and
public discrimination.
Implementation of a national migration policy that grants general
access for regular migrants to social services.
Consideration of granting local voting rights and access to political
party membership to migrants.
Implementation of measures ensuring that migrants receive medical
care and attention they require, without distinction on any grounds
other than medical ones.
Implementation of measures ensuring that children have access to
educational services.
Adoption of measures that provide availability of training facilities to
migrants, in particular adolescents and women, as soon as conditions
permit.
Assistance to integrating migrants through finding employment, such
as through job-placement services, vocational training and re-training
schemes.
Promotion of measures for the recognition of qualifications and skills
of migrants.
10. Naturalization and Nationality
Each State has the sovereign right to confer its nationality to those persons it
chooses. Nationality provides a sense of belonging and identity, entitles the
individual to the protection of the State and provides a legal basis for the exercise
of many civil and political rights. Non-national residents may find it difficult
or impossible to engage in a range of activities that nationals take for
granted and to integrate fully in the host community. In many situations,
nationality enables people to find employment and housing, to make use of
public services, to participate in the political process and to have access to
Effective Practices