The second pillar of the Los Angeles Declaration is devoted to promoting regular pathways for migration. Pictured here is a migrant during a relocation process in Brazil.
IOM 2021 / Benjamí­n Mast
Pillar Two

Promoting Regular Pathways for Migration and International Protection

Regular pathways, including circular and seasonal labour migration opportunities, family reunification, temporary migration mechanisms, and regularization programmes promote safer and more orderly migration.

Overview:

Temporary labor pathways that provide an alternative to irregular migration. Worker protection and ethical recruitment safeguards to combat trafficking and protect the dignity of the worker.

Lead:

Mexico

Endorsed on:
Participants:

Haiti

Endorsed on:

United States

Endorsed on:

El Salvador

Endorsed on:

Guatemala

Endorsed on:

Canada

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Overview:

Streamlined asylum adjudication processes to ensure fair and efficient access to protection.

Lead:

Canada

Endorsed on:
Participants:

Costa Rica

Endorsed on:

Haiti

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Overview:

Building partnerships to enhance and expand solutions for resettlement and complementary pathways for populations in need of international protection.

Co-lead:

Canada

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Guyana

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Participants:

Mexico

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Uruguay

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United States

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Overview:

Legal migration programs including for purposes of family reunification, education, and more.

Lead:

El Salvador

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Participants:

Haiti

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Mexico

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Guatemala

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Key pillars

Other pillars

The first pillar of the Los Angeles Declaration is devoted to promoting stability and assistance for communities of destination, origin, transit and return. Pictured here is a migrant resident in Quito.
01

Promoting Stability and Assistance for Communities of Destination, Origin, Transit and Return

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The second pillar of the Los Angeles Declaration is devoted to promoting regular pathways for migration. Pictured here is a migrant during a relocation process in Brazil.
02

Promoting Regular Pathways for Migration and International Protection

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The third pillar of the Los Angeles Declaration is devoted to promoting humane migration management. In the photo, a group of migrants in the province of Darien, in Panama.
03

Promoting Humane Migration Management

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The fourth pillar of the Los Angeles Declaration is devoted to promoting a coordinated emergency response. Pictured is a Bahamian resident displaced due to the disaster caused by Hurricane Dorian in 2019.
04

Promoting a Coordinated Emergency Response

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