4 Amendments of Ernest URTASUN related to 2015/2340(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas trafficking in human beings (THB) constitutes a grave violation of human rights and bodily integrity and is a gendered crime, with women and girls who are overwhelmingly trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation making up a disproportionate number of victims; whereas women and girls also make up an important percentage of the victims in other forms of THB such as forced exploitation in sectors as domestic and care work, manufacturing, food, cleaning;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that according to Europol´s THB situation report for 2016, 70% of the identified victims of THB in the EU are EU nationals, and that most reported victims are female EU nationals from Central and Eastern Europe; expresses concern about the lack of data regarding Romani women and children at risk of being trafficked for forced labour or services, which include begging; calls on the Commission to provide data regarding Romani women and children recognised as trafficking victims, how many have received victim assistance and in which countries;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Deplores the adoption of the EU- Turkey agreement of the 18 March 2016 concerning migrants and refugees arriving to Greece as it may imply the arrest and direct deportation to Turkey of men, women and children victims of trafficking and thus clashing with the obligations to ensure the early identification of, the assistance to, the support of, the protection of victims and the access to their own rights as victims set out in the legislation against THB and on Victims protection;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for EU policy against trafficking of human beings to be made more effective by being more deeply embedded in the wider strategies of the EU on security, equality between women and men, economic growth, cybersecurity, migration and external relations;