Diverse concepts exist that are relevant to closing inequality gaps affecting migrant population, ranging from the various factors that prompt people to decide to migrate (push factors), pass through countries of transit, destination and return, as they seek to relocate in search of better levels of well-being.

The term “migrants” combines multiple realities, needs, motivations and risks. To varying degrees, all countries receive, expel or serve as transit territories for migrants, and as a result, face challenges related to the violation of their rights as migrants and the discrimination they experience on their journeys and social insertion processes.

The migratory regulatory framework comprises an extensive collection of international conventions, regional and bilateral treaties and national legislation containing general and specific rules for protecting migrant rights, with the aim of achieving social inclusion and protection against rights violations.

Priority policies for reducing the inequalities migrants face, include regularizing immigration status, promoting access to education and health, social benefit transferability, lowering remittance costs and achieving financial inclusion.

The pandemic’s impacts on migrants have intensified their pre-existing vulnerabilities and disadvantages, something most apparent in curtailing access to health services, income reduction and the undermining their human rights and social protection.