IN AFRICA II. The strategic framework for managing migration MIGRATION FOR DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA Recommended strategies i. Strengthen diplomatic initiatives to defuse volatile situations before they lead to conflict, and enhance intra-regional and international co-operation in order to further the capacity of African States to respond to large, spontaneous migration and refugee flows, in a timely and efficient manner. ii. Implement the African Peace and Security Architecture. iii. Introduce post conflict and gender-responsive recovery measures geared at improving economic conditions, rebuilding infrastructure and reversing the environmental impact of conflict. iv. Adopt early warning mechanisms in order to prevent conflict, displacement, health environmental and other disasters and better manage migratory flows and safeguard national and regional stability. v. Enhance the demobilisation, rehabilitation and reintegration of ex-combatants, inter alia, by establishing an information system, and gender-responsive counselling and referral services. 6.5 Integration and re-integration Migrants’ successful integration into host communities and reintegration into home communities contribute to social stability and cohesion, mutual respect, and cultural acceptance. Integration requires that regular migrants be granted access to basic social services, such as education, health and employment. Reintegration of returning nationals may also require special measures to ensure their successful reinsertion into home communities. Recommended strategies i. Encourage the integration of the children of long-term migrants by providing them with education, training and economic opportunities equal to those of nationals, and facilitating their naturalisation and promoting family reunification policies as recommended in Article 10 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and other relevant universally recognised international human rights instruments. ii. Implement measures for the integration and reintegration of migrant workers in order to encourage mutual cultural and social acceptance, and to ensure that the rights of migrants and members of their families are respected and protected. iii. Ensure that integration and reintegration policies are gender sensitive and accommodate returning women migrants, and their children and spouses. 63