Developing the Global Compact on Migration 2016, para. 66
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Abuses of the rights of migrant workers are not isolated incidents taking place in a vacuum. First, unethical recruitment practices thrive in an environment in which the prices of goods and services are dependent upon a supply of cheap labour. Ethical recruiters struggle to compete within a system that has adapted to the vicious cycle of wholesale exploitation and systematic suffering.
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Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants