Mr. Pablo Rojas Coppari:

I will outline the recommendations and let Ms Rashimi conclude. We cluster our recommendations in four groups. The list has been given to the committee. The first looks at building the capacity of migrant minority ethnic groups by implementing specific programmes addressing stigma but it also looks at awareness raising and specific training for health providers to work with minority ethnic groups and migrants. I refer also to improving access to mental health services by ensuring cost is not a barrier, particularly at the intersection of low pay and migration.

Providing interpretation services and cultural mediation programmes is another of our recommendations, as is increasing the accreditation of mental health practitioners from other countries and minority ethnic groups. We also looked at introducing specialised services for victims of human trafficking. This is also applicable to undocumented migrants to ensure legal status is not a barrier for anyone needing to access services, be it young people or adults.

As cross-committee recommendations, we would like to see a recognition that irregular status can produce poor mental health outcomes. There is a recommendation for the Government to implement the recommendation of the Committee on Justice and Equality for the introduction of a regularisation scheme for undocumented migrants, as well as the recommendation from the Committee on Children and Youth Affairs and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child for the introduction of a regularisation scheme for undocumented children, young people and their families.