Sale of children for the purpose of forced labour 2016, para. 56
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Various studies have highlighted the impact of migration on children's vulnerability to being sold and trafficked. A UNICEF publication refers to unaccompanied children having to pay smugglers to be able to continue their journey, a situation that makes them particularly vulnerable to being indebted to smugglers and sold for various forms of exploitation. Migration by carers may also make children vulnerable to being sold for the purpose of forced labour. The large number of children left behind by parents migrating to sustain the family may also constitute a factor of vulnerability.
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material