Developing the Global Compact on Migration 2016, para. 67
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Second, the systematic use of exploitative labour is becoming part of the conceptualization of economic development of both countries of origin and destination. As countries accelerate their growth and build infrastructure based on cheap labour, international migration of low-wage workers is embraced as a tool of development without due attention to the human rights of migrants themselves.
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Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants