Developing the Global Compact on Migration 2016, para. 12
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Putting up a barrier between push and pull factors to prevent mobility without responding to the need to leave and the need for workers creates conditions for the creation of a flourishing underground labour market. Any attempt at "sealing" borders without offering more accessible, regular, safe and affordable avenues for migration will continue to fail on a massive scale.
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Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants