6 Amendments of Timothy KIRKHOPE related to 2015/2340(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Insists on the need for the EU to enhance police and judicial cooperation between Member States and with third countries in the investigation and prosecution of trafficking in human beings (THB), in particular via Europol and Eurojust, including information sharing particularly with regard to known trafficking routes, participation in Joint Investigation Teams and in combating recruitment of people for THB through the internet and other digital means; calls for such cooperation to be enhanced through the use of the Instrument for Stability, through ongoing benchmarks for candidate countries; and through ongoing discussions of the ACP, and EUROMED;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure that law enforcement personnel, including agencies such as Frontex, are provided with adequate training in THB, with an emphasis on the special needs of trafficked women, children and other vulnerable groups and on how to provide incentives and adequate protection for victims of THB and for others to report traffickers; calls on Member States to work with third countries in developing and issuing specific guidelines which can help aid consular services and border guards in the identification of victims of human trafficking;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on EU and Member State law enforcement agencies to reinforce their capacities as regards financial investigation and prosecution of individuals and criminal networks that profit from THB and to ‘follow the money’ as a key strategy in their work; stresses the need to address the profits made from human trafficking, as they are often used to fund other forms of serious criminal activity such as terrorism;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Asks that the European Commission, the European Council and External Action Service in their negotiations with third countries for international agreements, readmission agreements and cooperation agreements, places an emphasis on the need for third countries to effectively combatting human trafficking, increase prosecutions for perpetrators and enhancing protection for victims;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that trafficked peoplersons are victims of crime, and should benefit from protection regardless of their willingness to cooperate with the law enforcement authorities; considers it essential that, after conducting a comprehensive risk assessment on the viability of the return of a victim of THB, a residence permit should be granted to those victims and theirtherefore, calls upon the EU, its Member States and third countries to ensure that they have access to legal representation, victims protection, and rehabilitation famcilies whose safety upon return to their country of origin might not be guaranteed; calls on the Commission to review Directive 2004/81/EC, including by raising the minimum validation time of a residence permit; stresses that any return must always be consistent with the principle of non-refoulementties; stresses that in this regard more needs to be done across the EU to protect the victims of trafficking and to ensure that perpetrators are punished;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to ensure that victims of THB and their family members have access to free legal aid and counselling, including in criminal, civil or migration proceedings; uUnderlines the need for a special and focused THB approach and protection for vulnerable groups such as refugees, people with disabilities and children, including unaccompanied minors from third countries.