Activities of Renate WEBER related to 2015/2340(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the fight against trafficking in human beings in the EU’s external relations PDF (608 KB) DOC (218 KB)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas trafficking in human beings is defined by the United Nations (Palermo Protocol) as the act of recruiting, transporting, transferring, harbouring or receiving persons by means of the threat or use of force or other forms coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation; whereas the exploitation includes, at a minimum, the exploitation of theforced prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, including child slavery with the purpose of child soldiers, servitude or the removal of organs;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the ILO estimates that there are around 21 million people in forced labourre is a statistical consensus that many people are victims of HTB globally, being trafficked for labour and, sexual exploitation or being held in slave-like conditions and; whereas of these people 14.2 million were trapped in forced labour, 4.5 million in a situation of forced sexual exploitation, and 2.2 million in state-imposed forced labour; whereaswomen and girls make up 70% of the total detected victims, while men and boys account for 30% 1a; _________________ 1a- from the UNODC Global report 2014, page 29 – 49% women and, 21% girls make up 55% of the total, while men and boys account for 45%;, 18% men, 12% boys. "Detected" is the word used in the UN report
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas six countries with the greatest prevalence of their populations, subjected to "modern slavery", a term associated with human trafficking, are from Latin America (Haiti, Suriname, Guyana, Mexico, Colombia, and Peru)2a; _________________ 2a 2014 Global Slavery Index
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on governments to exercise due diligence in tackleing corruption, which fuels trafficking in human beings and to exercise due diligence in identifying and eradicating herefore leads to public sector involvement or complicity in THB;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 100 #
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 and to make these standards a precondition for European companies operating in third countrieminimum protection standards for workers, including foreign workers;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. RegretOutlines that cross-border labour migration has to date not received sufficientshould receive more attention; and underscores theits potential of formalised labour migration as a means of preventing trafficking in human beings and to savesaving lives;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Urges the EU to refrain from addressing THB primarily as a security issue and from disproportionately focusing on the fight against smuggling; urges the EU and its Member States to pay attention to the identification of refugees and migrants as victims of THB or asinvest in identification mechanisms of THB victims or victims of violations and abuse as part of smuggling in the waves of migrants and asylum seekers;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35