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# Confronting the root causes of forced labour: restrictive mobility regimes
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/confronting-root-caus-4/
- Published: 2019-03-19T16:51:32.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-21T16:57:02.000Z
- Description: Border restrictions are often justified as measures to protect migrants from "trafficking", but borders actually increase migrants' vulnerability to forced labour and labour exploitation.
- Author: Genevieve LeBaron
- Tags: Home, #Migrated, Confronting Root Causes Report, #en, #Import 2026-04-09 11:26, #ImagesUploaded, #appended-excerpt

> Migrant vulnerability to forced labour begins at the border.

Border restrictions are often justified as measures to protect migrants from "trafficking", but borders actually increase migrants' vulnerability to forced labour and labour exploitation.