Developing the Global Compact on Migration 2016, para. 99
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The Special Rapporteur noted, in recent international conversations, an increased focus on the return of migrants not benefiting from refugee protection. Certainly, refugees need protection in accordance with the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. However, all migrants need the protection of their rights in accordance with international human rights law and international labour law, in particular in cases of detention, physical or mental abuse, labour exploitation, forced labour, return to torture, sexual and gender-based violence, separation of families, privacy and the protection of children.
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Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants