Sec. 6435. Documenting and responding to discrimination against migrants abroad
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The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq. ) is amended— in section 116(d) ( 22 U.S.C. 2151n(d) )— in paragraph (11)(C), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (12)(C)(ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: wherever applicable, violence or discrimination that affects the fundamental freedoms or human rights of migrants located in a foreign country. ; and in section 502B(b) ( 22 U.S.C. 2304(b) ), by inserting after the ninth sentence the following:
Wherever applicable, such report shall also include information regarding violence or discrimination that affects the fundamental freedoms or human rights of migrants permanently or temporarily located in a foreign country. . In preparing the annual country reports on human rights practices required under section 116 or 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n and 2304), as amended by subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall obtain information from each diplomatic and consular post with respect to— incidents of violence against migrants located in the country in which such post is located; an analysis of the factors enabling or aggravating such incidents, such as government policy, societal pressure, or the actions of external actors; and the response, whether public or private, of the personnel of such post with respect to such incidents.
For the purposes of this section and the amendments made by this section, the term migrant includes economic migrants, guest workers, refugees, asylum-seekers, stateless persons, trafficked persons, undocumented migrants, and unaccompanied children, in addition to other individuals who change their country of usual residence temporarily or permanently.
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Documenting and responding to discrimination against migrants abroad
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