Activities of Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT 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)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the fight against trafficking in human beings in the EU’s external relations
Amendments (19)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the Commission and the Member States to ensure that human rights and, gender equality and the fight of trafficking in HB remain at the heart of the EU’s development policies and partnerships with third countries;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the economic and social empowerment of women and minority groupgirls would reduce their vulnerability to becoming victims, and calls on the Commission to continue its targeted action on mainstreaming gender equality in all development operations and ensuring that gender equality remains on the agenda during political dialogue with third countries;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Insists on the need for the EUMember States to enhance police and judicial cooperation between Member Stateson a European level and with third countries in the investigation and prosecution of trafficking in human beings (THB), in particular via Europol and Eurojust, including information sharing, participation in Joint Investigation Teams and in combating recruitment of people for THB through the internet and other digital means; considers that he announcement that at least 10 000 children went missing over the last months has clearly shown that Member States and European Agencies urgently have to step up their efforts in terms of cross-border cooperation, information exchange and joint investigations and operations in order to be able to tackle trafficking in human beings;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls upon the European Union and Member States to provide their law enforcement and police agencies with the necessary staff and resources for the agencies to be able to receive information also from families or other sources, to exchange this information with the relevant European and national authorities and to properly treat and analyse this information;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Reminds that trafficking children often lead to cases of sexual abuse, forced to prostitution, forced labour or illegal organ harvesting and trafficking in combination with murder of the children; urges the responsible Member States' and European authorities to strengthen cooperation during investigative operations to prevent those crimes in cooperation with each other and with third countries;
Amendment 23 #
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 and Europol, are provided with adequate training into be able to deal with cases of 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;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the EAAS to exchange best practices with third countries, firstly, on training of police authorities and aid workers to understand how to most adequately approach victims, and secondly, on applying the principle of individual assessment of victims to determine their specific needs, help and protection;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses that children and disabled people should be considered as vulnerable victims of human trafficking; victims of human trafficking may develop disabilities due to abuse at the hands of their trafficker, while alternatively, an individual who has a disability may be targeted by a trafficker due to that vulnerability;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Member States to enhance cooperation with third countries in order to combat all form of trafficking in Human beings and with particular attention to the gender dimension of trafficking in HB to specifically combat child marriage, sexual exploitation of women and girls and sex-tourism;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that sex tourism—that is, the practice of traveling or vacationing for the purpose of having sex—is a billion dollar industry that further encourages the sexual exploitation of women and girls;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Highlights that trafficking of human beings fuels organized crime groups that usually participate in many other illegal activities, including drug and weapons trafficking and money laundering while at the same time it burdens public health systems, erodes government authority, encourages widespread corruption, and threatens the security of vulnerable populations;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that trafficked people are victims of serious crime and should benefit from protectionassistance and support 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 aalls on the Member States to issue a residence permit for victims of THB, a residence permit should be granted to those victims and their families 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 ccording to Directive 2004/81/EC and fully apply articles 12 to 16 of Directive 2011/36/EU to ensure protection for victims of trafficking in criminal proceedings, including for child victimes of a residence permittrafficking and unaccompanied minors; stresses that any return must always be consistent with the principle of non-refoulement;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that victims, often from third countries, rarely understand the culture and language of the country into which they have been trafficked; they therefore experience another layer of psychological stress and frustration;
Amendment 64 #
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, and civil or migration proceedings; underlines 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.
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States to increase cooperation with third countries to prevent and combat trafficking in Human beings; calls in particular to assist third countries in adopting legislation criminalising THB and combating the culture of impunity;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the EU and on the Member States to support international organisations and NGOs in promoting raising awareness and information campaigns to alert potential victims of trafficking in HB in third countries;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls on the EU and the Member States to keep the fight of trafficking in Human beings, which is a serious breach of human rights, as a priority in their external relations and dialogue with third countries;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls for strengthening national guardianship systems for children in Europe, as part of the EU's anti- trafficking strategy which recognises the vital role guardians play in protecting children from harm;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Considers that early identification and protection of children victims of trafficking and unaccompanied children at risk of trafficking in the context of the current asylum and migration processes is imperative since the identification of victims of child trafficking is crucial to prosecuting traffickers and providing child victims with age appropriate protection and assistance;