The Mexican government approved a reform to their migration code Wednesday that will keep migrant children out of detention centers. The new changes were praised by the UN and other rights organizations.

The UN said that the reforms served four purposes: keeping migrant children out of detention centers, protecting migrant children, extending the protections granted to unaccompanied migrant children to those who are accompanied, and guaranteeing a faster process with fewer human rights violations. The UN further praised the reform stating the implementation of these reforms strengthens the protection of children and their rights and by doing so Mexico is fulfilling its duties of protecting the international human rights of people.

The changes come shortly after advocate Rachel Schmidtke published a report titled A New Way Forward: Strengthening the Protection Landscape in Mexico. In the report, she highlighted a five-step plan where she called for the UN and the US government to work together with Mexico to improve the international protection system. She highlighted the need for the US to be fair and stop putting pressure on Mexico, which lessens refuge protection.