To implement the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection, countries made commitments to build regional coordination of migration management. Endorsing countries agreed on an implementation plan in line with the process followed by President Obama at the Nuclear Security Summit in 2016.
Special Coordinators were selected by each endorsing country at the Principal level or higher to help lead this process. At the Inaugural Meeting of Special Coordinators in Washington DC, countries identified eleven areas for action - named “action packages.” Endorsing countries then volunteered to lead committees to meet and develop shared policy commitments. These "Action Package Committees" implement the Los Angeles Declaration.
Endorsing countries met at the level of Foreign Minister for the first Los Angeles Declaration Ministerial Meeting in Lima, Peru in October 2022, to endorse the implementation process, report on progress, and announce additional commitments.
Ministers of endorsing countries also confirmed their leadership and participation in the eleven Action Package Committees as follows:
Pillar One: Stability and Assistance
1. Integration and Support for Host Communities (Lead: Chile): Measures to promote social and economic inclusion, ensure productive contributions to society, and benefit host communities.
2. Temporary Protection and Regularization (Lead: Colombia): Pathways for large displaced populations to expeditiously receive legal status, work authorization, and access to key services.
3. International Financing for Migrant-hosting Countries (Lead: Ecuador): Access to concessional international financing for middle-income countries impacted by the influx of refugees and migrants.
4. Combatting Xenophobia (Lead: Peru): Measures to reduce discrimination against refugees, internally displaced persons, asylum seekers, returnees and stateless persons.
Pillar Two: Regular Pathways for Migration and International Protection
5. Labor Mobility (Lead: Mexico): 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.
6. Investing in Asylum (Lead: Canada): Streamlined asylum adjudication processes to ensure fair and efficient access to protection.
7. Refugee Resettlement and Complementary Pathways (Co-Leads: Canada and Guyana): Building partnerships to enhance and expand solutions for resettlement and complementary pathways for populations in need of international protection.
8. Family Reunification and Alternative Migration Pathways (Lead: El Salvador): Legal migration programs including for purposes of family reunification, education, and more.
Pillar Three: Humane Migration Management
9. Countering Human Smuggling and Trafficking (Lead: United States): International efforts to target, investigate, arrest, and prosecute human smuggling organizations. Interdiction capabilities, investigation and prosecutorial resources, and international law enforcement information sharing.
10. Return and Reintegration (Lead: Guatemala): Processes and programs for the reception and reintegration of returning migrants into their home communities. For countries administering returns of foreign nationals, shared guidelines for when and how to conduct responsible returns that meet agreed upon humanitarian standards.
11. Aligning Visa and Travel Standards (Co-Leads: Paraguay and Peru): Coordinated visa and travel requirements among countries in the region to reduce irregular migration movements and simplify and streamline requirements for bona fide travelers.
For more information on the first Ministerial meeting and the commitments announced by endorsing countries, visit the U.S. Department of State website.