Activities of Georgios EPITIDEIOS related to 2015/2340(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The fight against trafficking in human beings in the EU's external relations (A8-0205/2016 - Barbara Lochbihler) EL
Amendments (13)
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the persistent lack of adequate national legislation to criminalise and effectively combat trafficking in human beings in many countries worldwide;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on governments to put in place legal measures to guarantee transparency and traceability of supply chain products and for companies to disclose their efforts to eradicate human trafficking from their supply chains; calls on Member States to carry out due diligence on the operations of EU companies in third countries and to hold them accountable for trafficking in human beings along their entire supply chain, including for affiliated companies and sub- contractors;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the EU and its Member States to make a particular effort to combat forced labour in EU industries abroad, and in relation to third countries, by applying and enforcing labour standards and supporting governments in adopting labour laws providing minimum protection standards for workers, including foreign workers legally resident on their territory and to make these standards a precondition for European companies operating in third countries;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges that children, who are victims of THB, be identified as such and their best interests, rights and needs be considered paramount at all times; calls for the provision of adequate support and protection and for measures to be taken to facilitate family reunification where applicable and in the best interest of the child or for adequate care arrangements to be made;·;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Deplores the inadequate attention given to victims in criminal proceedings; calls for trafficked persons not to be detained and not to be put at risk of being punished for offences committed in the context of their situation as victim of THB, provided that they were acting on the orders/instructions of their persecutors;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Encourages targeted funding by the EU for local NGOthe Member States and their national authorities to identify and support victims of THB; ·
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls on the Member States to step up the penalties for those manifestly involved in human trafficking and infringing the human rights of their victims;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls for effective international cooperation to investigate transnational THB by stepping up financial and technical assistance and strengthening cross-border communication, cooperation and capacity building at government and law enforcement level, including border guards, immigration and asylum officials, criminal investigators and victim support agencies, civil society and UN agencies, including on how to identify and protect victims as well as the actions taken by third countries (e.g. Turkey) with regard the victims of trafficking (and, in most cases, the connection with trafficking in migrants) and to discuss ways of dealing with countries of origin, transit and destination which have not ratified the UN Palermo Protocol;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Underlines the numerous challenges linked to cross-border labour migration, particularly the risk of migrants being illegalised and deprived of their most fundamental rights; calls for the establishment of cross-border labour migration mechanisms in the EU and at international level in order to increase and formalise regular labour migration; ·;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Urges the EU to strengthen its cooperation with NGOs and other relevant international organisationthe Member States and their national authorities in order to increase the exchange of best practices, the development of policies, implementation, and to increase research, including with local actors;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls on the EU to review its assistance programmes regarding trafficking in human beings, to make funding more targeted and to make THB an area of cooperation in its own right; urges the Commission to regularly re-evaluate its list of priority countries;·considers it necessary to ensure that the correct use of institutionalised funding is systematically and thoroughly monitored;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35