Activities of Assita KANKO related to 2020/2029(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims
Amendments (8)
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to monitor the use of digital technologies for THB as the predominant tools used to recruit trafficking victims; calls for a renewed and far reaching public information campaign across the EU regarding the dangers and indications of human trafficking;
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Emphasises that migration flows can increase the risk for migrants of becoming victims of trafficking within the EU20 ; points out that there has been a sharp increase in the number of women and girls trafficked through the Central Mediterranean route for sexual exploitation in the EU21 ; therefore, stresses that effective external border management is key to ending human trafficking; _________________ 20Second progress report, COM(2018)0777; Europol, European Migrant Smuggling Centre (EMSC), 4th Annual Report, 2020; Europol, Situation Report ‘Trafficking in Human Beings in the EU‘, 18 February 2016. 21 Second progress report, COM(2018)0777, p. 3.
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Reiterates that asylum seekers, refugees and migrants are particularly vulnerable to trafficking and that special attention should be given to the trafficking of women, children and other vulnerable groups; highlights that there are vulnerabilities and risks at the different stages in the migration process prior to migration itself, en route to the EU, at the destination and on return22 ; therefore, calls upon the European Commission to increase cooperation with third countries to tackle this issue at the root cause, and to examine the possibility of linking cooperation with the use of existing EU financial assistance and other mechanisms; _________________ 22 European implementation assessment – ‘Implementation of Directive 2011/36/EU : Migration and gender issues’, Directorate- General for Parliamentary Research, Ex- Post Evaluation Unit, 15 September 2020, p. 50.
Amendment 361 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 416 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Notes the low number of prosecutions and convictions for the crime of trafficking; urges the Member States to take measures to improve the investigation of trafficking cases and to put in place strong criminal sanctions for crimes of human trafficking; whereas the EU is constantly playing a game of catch-up to the modus operandi of human traffickers;
Amendment 428 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Calls for the European Commission to examine the possibility of upgrading the existing Anti-Trafficking Directive to a Regulation, given the serious and extensive nature of this crime across the EU;
Amendment 440 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Stresses the importance of financial investigation and ‘following the money’ as a key strategy for investigating and prosecuting the organised crime networks that profit from THB; calls on the Commission to assess and promote the use of existing judicial and police cooperation, and the available tools; In this regard calls for an enhanced holistic approach which seeks to increase joined-up thinking across all sectors, such as immigration, employment, work place health and safety, money laundering, and many other sectors;
Amendment 477 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Calls for the European Commission to examine the possibility of upgrading the existing Anti-Trafficking Directive to a Regulation, given the serious and extensive nature of this crime across the EU;