2015/2118(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the European Commission to examine how the different approaches to prostitution in national legislation affects trafficking in human beings;

Amendment 101 #

Luigi MORGANO, Anna HEDH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the EU to pay attention and make visible the new forms of trafficking and exploitation of human beings, including reproductive exploitation and trafficking in new-born children;

Amendment 102 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls for terms such as 'sexual services' not to be used in legislation, since they trivialise prostitution and legitimise the exploitation of women and men for prostitution;

Amendment 103 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mariya GABRIEL, Barbara MATERA, Rachida DATI, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Axel VOSS, Salvatore Domenico POGLIESE, Traian UNGUREANU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls for a consistent approach to prosecution of offences related to human trafficking, and for Member States to step up their investigations and prosecutions; calls, in that regard, for Member States to increase cross-border cooperation and collaboration with the relevant EU agencies;

Amendment 104 #

Malin BJÖRK, Mariya GABRIEL, Anna HEDH, Louis MICHEL, Bodil VALERO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Member States to implement the principle of non- refoulement in their anti-trafficking directives as is the case in the UN Trafficking Protocol and the CoE Trafficking Convention and in accordance with States obligations under international refugee law and international human rights law;

Amendment 105 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Recalls that training of practitioners and officials is crucial to early identify potential victims and prevent crime; calls therefore on the Member States to fully apply art 18. 3 of the Directive 2011/36/EU and to share best practices;

Amendment 106 #

Louis MICHEL, Gérard DEPREZ, Angelika MLINAR, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take targeted actions to discourage demand for THB as it is an inevitable element of preventing and combating THB;

Amendment 107 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission to assess the need to review the mandate of the future European Public Prosecutor’s Office to include powers, once established, to tackle trafficking in beings;

Amendment 108 #

Luigi MORGANO, Anna HEDH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Calls on the EU to provide through Eurostat estimations in its statistics on victims of trafficking in human beings, and not only registered victims, following the general pattern by UN agencies such as IOM, UNODC or ILO;

Amendment 109 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Calls on all Member States to sign and ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings;

Amendment 11 #

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas THB is a modern kind of slavery that cannot be accepted in a society that is based on the respect for human rights including gender equality;

Amendment 110 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mariya GABRIEL, Barbara MATERA, Rachida DATI, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Kinga GÁL, Axel VOSS, Salvatore Domenico POGLIESE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Calls for a stronger collaboration with online platforms on projects aimed at raising awareness of the risks of being targeted and recruited over the internet and via social networks;

Amendment 111 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Considers that migrants are particularly vulnerable to trafficking, especially children; calls on Member States to increase cooperation, including in the hotspots, to identify potential victims and to use all means, including military operations, to combat traffickers and smugglers;

Amendment 112 #

Malin BJÖRK, Mariya GABRIEL, Anna HEDH, Louis MICHEL, Bodil VALERO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Highlights that third country nationals victims of trafficking should be given the possibility to safe return, but also be entitled to residence permits, in order to ensure their proper access to justice, support and assistance;

Amendment 113 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Encourages the EU and the Member States to research into of the newest trends and forms of THB, including the influence the current migration crisis could have on THB, in order to address the new developments with an adequate and targeted response;

Amendment 114 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Encourages national authorities and EU agencies to create, where relevant, joint investigation teams and involve Europol and Eurojust in all cross-border trafficking cases;

Amendment 115 #

Malin BJÖRK, Mariya GABRIEL, Louis MICHEL, Bodil VALERO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Considers that safe and legal ways of entry to the EU would decrease vulnerability and trafficking in human beings;

Amendment 116 #

Louis MICHEL, Gérard DEPREZ, Angelika MLINAR, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Appreciates the work of the EU Anti- Trafficking Coordinator, who is responsible for improving coordination and coherence among EU institutions, EU agencies, Member States and international actors and developing existing and new EU policies to address trafficking in human beings, however is of the view that in order to accelerate the EU response to the THB his/her mandate might be extended;

Amendment 117 #

Malin BJÖRK, Mariya GABRIEL, Anna HEDH, Louis MICHEL, Bodil VALERO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4d. Recalls the obligation of Member States to pay special attention to child victims of trafficking including unaccompanied minors coming from third countries, and to provide special protection to children in criminal procedures, the best interests of the child must be considered paramount at all times (Art 13, 14,15,16);

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas under Directive 2011/36/EU the following intentional acts are punishable: the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or reception of persons, including the exchange or transfer of control over those persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of 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 own-initiative report on which this opinion is based is limited to an analysis of the implementation of Directive 2011/36/EU;

Amendment 13 #

Louis MICHEL, Gérard DEPREZ, Angelika MLINAR, Catherine BEARDER, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas trafficking in human beings is transnational in nature; whereas a European approach, both in monitoring the phenomenon and in coordinating responses to it, is needed in order to effectively tackle this type of organised crime;

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas any effective anti-THB efforts ~~must~~should not only address the root causes of THB and the associated push and pull factors, ~~including decreasing the demand and use of services involving victims of THB~~ but also include all measures necessary to ensure that the crime is subject to effective, proportionate and dissuasive criminal penalties;

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the deepening problems of violence against women and human trafficking are fuelled by the sexualisation of cultural, media and advertising space, with girls and women being reduced to the role of sex objects, and so-called sexual services and escort agencies becoming a normal part of our world and our language;

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the clear link between prostitution and trafficking in human beings for sexual purposes calls for measures to put an end to the demand for prostitution;

Amendment 17 #

Malin BJÖRK, Mariya GABRIEL, Anna HEDH, Bodil VALERO

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the demand for women, girls, men and boys in the prostitution industries is a decisive pull factor for THB for sexual exploitation; and whereas the demand for cheap labour and incapacity to uphold labour rights are pull factors for THB for labour exploitation;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas girls and young women, who encounter media content more often, are more likely to support sexual stereotypes depicting women as sex objects;

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the European Parliament resolution P8_TA(2015)0470 of 17 December 2015 condemns the practice of surrogacy as it undermines the human dignity of the woman since her body and its reproductive functions are used as a commodity;

Amendment 2 #

Malin BJÖRK, Mariya GABRIEL, Anna HEDH, Louis MICHEL, Bodil VALERO

Draft opinion
Citation 2 (new)

– having regard to the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights,

Amendment 20 #

Malin BJÖRK, Bodil VALERO

Draft opinion
Recital D

D. whereas identification of victims remains a challenge, and whereas ~~victim support and protection needs to be reinforced, while~~, in order to help victims of trafficking and to prosecute and convict traffickers, victim support and protection needs to be reinforced including the right of the victim to legally reside and work in the Member State to which the victim has been trafficked, as well as improving victims’ access to justice and compensation;

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the closing of borders makes people more vulnerable to traffickers and exploitation;

Amendment 22 #

Louis MICHEL, Angelika MLINAR, Gérard DEPREZ, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the exploitation of others for sex shows should be considered trafficking in human beings;

Amendment 23 #

Louis MICHEL, Gérard DEPREZ, Angelika MLINAR, Catherine BEARDER, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Draft opinion
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas new technologies and the internet can facilitate the recruitment of victims and the advertising and selling of services connected with trafficking in human beings on a global scale;

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Recital E

E. whereas special attention must be given to vulnerable groups ~~such as Roma, children and refugees~~;

Amendment 25 #

Csaba SÓGOR

Draft opinion
Recital E

E. whereas special attention must be given to vulnerable groups living in extreme poverty, such as Roma, children and refugees;

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Recital E

E. whereas special attention must be given to vulnerable groups such as Roma, children, people with disabilities and refugees;

Amendment 27 #

Catherine BEARDER, Angelika MLINAR, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Louis MICHEL

Draft opinion
Recital E

E. whereas special attention must be given to vulnerable groups ~~such as Roma, children and refugees~~;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Recital E

E. whereas special attention must be given to vulnerable groups such as Roma, ~~children and refuge~~LGBTI people, domestic workers, undocumented workers, asylum seekers, refugees and children, particularly in the light of the recent Europol report stating that a conservative estimate of around 10,000 unaccompanied child refugees have gone missing since arriving in Europe and registering with the authorities;

Amendment 29 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mariya GABRIEL, Barbara MATERA, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Axel VOSS, Traian UNGUREANU

Draft opinion
Recital E

E. whereas special attention must be given to vulnerable groups ~~such as Roma, children and refugees~~, including children, unaccompanied minors, migrant women and Roma;

Amendment 3 #

Malin BJÖRK, Mariya GABRIEL, Anna HEDH, Louis MICHEL, Bodil VALERO

Draft opinion
Citation 3 (new)

– having regard to the 1979 UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW),

Amendment 30 #

Draft opinion
Recital E

E. whereas special attention must be given to vulnerable groups such as Roma, children ~~and refugee~~, refugees and other socially disadvantaged groups;

Amendment 31 #

Draft opinion
Recital E

E. whereas ~~special attention must be given to~~effective efforts against THB requires a strong framework for action with an integrated intersectional perspective on victims that includes for example gender and disabilities and that pays special attention to groups in vulnerable ~~group~~situations such as Roma, children and refugees;

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas women and children may be compelled to exchange sex for protection, in order to survive, in order to advance along their migratory route, and for basic sustenance. Survival sex is frequently a direct consequence of gaps in assistance, failures of registration systems, family separations, and absence of safe and legal entry ways into the EU;

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure that the implementation of the directive is based on an integrated, holistic and human rights approach, with an emphasises on victim ~~support and assistance as provided for in Article 11(3)~~assistance, support and protection;

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that migrant smuggling and THB are different phenomena but that they often overlap and need to be tackled in a consistent manner; recalls the role of Frontex and other EU agencies in the early identification of victims at EU borders;

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that a strong and coordinated approach to tackling the problem of human trafficking across the EU is essential in order to avoid forum shopping for criminal groups and individuals, who look to exploit the weaknesses in individual Member States' criminal systems;

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Calls for greater cooperation between EUROPOL, national authorities and third countries in order to prevent the flow of trafficked persons into the EU;

Amendment 37 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Calls on Member States to cooperate in better developing guidelines to help identify victims of trafficking in human beings, which can aid consular services and border guards on the identification of victims of trafficking in human beings;

Amendment 38 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1d. Calls for Member States to work closely with EUROPOL and each other in order to investigate the financial aspects and the laundering of money in human trafficking cases; notes that the huge funds raised by human trafficking and exploitation fund other kinds of serious criminality and terrorism;

Amendment 39 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Anna HEDH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on Member States to give particular attention to vulnerable groups, which naturally include children; reiterates that Member States must consider poverty, gender, disability, pregnancy, state of health, migration status and the fact of belonging to an ethnic minority as factors when assessing the vulnerability of a victim;

Amendment 4 #

Malin BJÖRK, Mariya GABRIEL, Anna HEDH, Louis MICHEL, Bodil VALERO

Draft opinion
Citation 4 (new)

– having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child of 20 November 1989,

Amendment 40 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Considers that greater consideration should be paid to the situation of transgender victims, who often experience discrimination, stigmatisation and threats of violence because of their gender identity; is of the opinion that transgender persons should be considered as a vulnerable group, particularly prone to fall into the hands of traffickers seeking to exploit their despair; believes this vulnerability factor should be taken into account when Member States conduct individual risk assessment so as to ensure victims of trafficking receive appropriate protection and care; calls on the Member States to provide adequate training for officials, likely to come into contact with victims or potential victims of trafficking in human beings, on the specificities of transgender victims, so as to be able to identify them more proactively and adapt assistance services to meet their needs;

Amendment 41 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mariya GABRIEL, Barbara MATERA, Rachida DATI, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Kinga GÁL, Axel VOSS, Salvatore Domenico POGLIESE, Traian UNGUREANU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Urges the Member States to ratify all relevant international instruments, agreements and legal obligations which will make the efforts to combat trafficking in human beings more effective, coordinated and coherent;

Amendment 42 #

Malin BJÖRK, Mariya GABRIEL, Anna HEDH, Louis MICHEL, Bodil VALERO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on the Member States and intergovernmental organizations to ensure that their interventions address the factors that increase vulnerability to trafficking, including inequality, poverty and all forms of discrimination;

Amendment 43 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on the Member States to accelerate the full and correct enforcement of Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in Human beings and protecting its victims;

Amendment 44 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mariya GABRIEL, Rachida DATI, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Kinga GÁL, Axel VOSS, Salvatore Domenico POGLIESE, Traian UNGUREANU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Calls on the Member States to combat impunity, criminalise trafficking and ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice and that sanctions are strengthened; calls on Member States to improve collection of evidence and to increase police and judiciary cooperation to combat trafficking including with Europol and Eurojust.

Amendment 45 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Member States to establish as a criminal offence the use of trafficked services and exploitation; in accordance with Article 2(3) the term exploitation covers~~, as a minimum,~~ sexual exploitation or, prostitution, and forced labour orand services (including begging, slavery and exploitation of criminal activities), ands well as the removal of organs;

Amendment 46 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Member States to ~~establish as a criminal offence the use of trafficked services~~put in place strong criminal penalties for those crimes of human trafficking, modern slavery and exploitation; in accordance with Article 2(3) the term exploitation covers, as a minimum, sexual exploitation or prostitution, forced labour or services (including begging, slavery and exploitation of criminal activities) and the removal of organs; notes the low number of prosecutions and convictions of the crime of trafficking at a national level;

Amendment 47 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Member States to establish as a criminal offence the use of trafficked services and exploitation; in accordance with Article 2(3) the term exploitation covers, as a minimum~~, sexual~~ exploitation orf the prostitution or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, (including begging, slavery ~~and~~or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the exploitation of criminal activities~~) and~~ or the removal of organs;

Amendment 48 #

Ulrike LUNACEK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Member States to establish as a criminal offence the use of trafficked services and exploitation; in accordance with Article 2(3) the term exploitation covers, as a minimum, ~~sexual~~the exploitation orf the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services (including begging, slavery and exploitation of criminal activities) and the removal of organs;

Amendment 49 #

Louis MICHEL, Gérard DEPREZ, Angelika MLINAR, Catherine BEARDER, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Member States to establish as a criminal offence the use of trafficked services and exploitation; in accordance with Article 2(3) the term exploitation covers, as a minimum, sexual exploitation or prostitution, forced labour or services (including begging, slavery and exploitation of criminal activities; and should include commercial surrogacy) and the removal of organs;

Amendment 5 #

Malin BJÖRK, Mariya GABRIEL, Anna HEDH, Louis MICHEL, Bodil VALERO

Draft opinion
Citation 5 (new)

– having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention),

Amendment 50 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Member States to ~~establish as~~make it a criminal offence theo knowingly use of trafficked services and exploitation; in accordance with Article 2(3) the term exploitation covers, as a minimum, sexual exploitation or the exploitation of the prostitution of others, forced labour or services (including begging, slavery and exploitation of criminal activities) and the removal of organs;

Amendment 51 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

1a. Calls for an increased priority and resourcing to be given by EUROPOL and national police forces to the prosecution of those facilitating human trafficking; with special attention being paid to raising awareness for both police forces and the general public, of new forms of human trafficking;

Amendment 52 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on Member States to cooperate in the exchange of best practice; and the exchange of information in the fight against human trafficking; through networks such as ECRIS, and through the work of EUROPOL and national authorities; calls in this regard for EUROPOL to be given the necessary resources in order to achieve this;

Amendment 53 #

Barbara MATERA, Mariya GABRIEL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Member States to combat phenomena that lead to violence against women, including the widespread availability of pornographic materials that are full of violence and that objectify women;

Amendment 54 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Insists that equality between men and women and zero tolerance towards violence against women are core values of the European Union to be respected by all people on the territory regardless from which culture they originate; considers that in the respect of the rule of law and to protect the security of women in Europe those migrants who perpetrated criminal activities like human trafficking, sexual exploitation and forced labour should, after a fair trial, be repatriated;

Amendment 55 #

Malin BJÖRK, Anna HEDH, Bodil VALERO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Member States and the European Commission to develop concrete measures to decrease the demand for women, girls, men, and boys in prostitution as a key strategy to prevent and decrease THB, in this context urges the Member States to fully implement Art. 18.4 and the European Commission to report back on the outcome;

Amendment 56 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mariya GABRIEL, Barbara MATERA, Rachida DATI, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Kinga GÁL, Axel VOSS, Salvatore Domenico POGLIESE, Traian UNGUREANU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Member States to strengthen cooperation in order to track and confiscate assets of traffickers; calls on Member States to use all existing tools available more efficiently such as mutual recognition of Court judgements, joint investigation teams and the European investigation order;

Amendment 57 #

Louis MICHEL, Gérard DEPREZ, Angelika MLINAR, Catherine BEARDER, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Member States to ensure that traffickers are prosecuted and punished with effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties, including also by seizing and confiscating their assets and proceeds from the offences, as this could be an effective mean to change the THB from a "low risk-high profit" business to a "high risk-low profit" one;

Amendment 58 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses that the cumulative effect of different types of discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity makes LGBTI people particularly vulnerable to trafficking in human beings; calls on the Member States to address the unique needs of LGBTI people; calls on the Commission to promote the exchange of best practices in this regard;

Amendment 59 #

Louis MICHEL, Gérard DEPREZ, Angelika MLINAR, Catherine BEARDER, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Calls for Member States to establish hotlines which victims of human trafficking and exploitation can seek assistance and advice; notes that such hotlines have proven successful in other areas such as radicalisation and child abduction;

Amendment 6 #

Malin BJÖRK, Mariya GABRIEL, Anna HEDH, Louis MICHEL, Bodil VALERO

Draft opinion
Citation 6 (new)

– having regard to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women on 15 September 1995, and to the subsequent outcome documents adopted at the United Nations Beijing +5, Beijing +10 and Beijing +15 special sessions and the Beijing +20 review conference,

Amendment 60 #

Malin BJÖRK, Mariya GABRIEL, Anna HEDH, Louis MICHEL, Bodil VALERO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Calls on the Member States to make legal aid available to victims of trafficking not only in criminal proceedings, but also in civil, labour or immigration/asylum proceedings in which they are involved;

Amendment 61 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Stresses that forced marriage can be seen as a form of trafficking in human beings if it contains an element of exploitation of the victim, and calls on all Member States to include this dimension; stresses that exploitation may be sexual (marital rape, forced prostitution and pornography) or economic (domestic work and forced begging), and that the ultimate aim of trafficking can be forced marriage (selling a victim as a spouse or entering a marriage under duress); stresses that it is difficult for the authorities to detect such trafficking as it takes place in the private sphere; calls on the Member States to provide appropriate refuge services for these victims; calls on the Commission to strengthen the exchange of best practices in this regard;

Amendment 62 #

Louis MICHEL, Gérard DEPREZ, Angelika MLINAR, Catherine BEARDER, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Calls for Member States to put in place stronger penalties against employers and landlords who often facilitate human trafficking by further exploiting individuals; calls on Member States to take concrete steps to reduce the demand for and supply of services and goods by victims of trafficking in human beings; notes that alongside tough criminal penalties, there should also be a drive by Member States to raise awareness of human trafficking and modern slavery through information campaigns; asks that Member States and law enforcement authorities also strengthen their cooperation with labour, social, health and safety inspectors, as well as fisheries inspectors;

Amendment 63 #

Malin BJÖRK, Mariya GABRIEL, Anna HEDH, Louis MICHEL, Bodil VALERO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Stresses the importance of 'following the money' as a key strategy to investigate and prosecute the organised crime networks that profit from THB, and calls on Europol and Eurojust to reinforce its capacities in the field of combating THB; Member States should freeze and confiscate the assets of individuals involved in trafficking, the confiscated assets of persons convicted of trafficking offences should be used to support and compensate victims of trafficking;

Amendment 64 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Is concerned at the growing phenomenon of sexual grooming; points out that the victims are often in a state of emotional dependence, which hinders investigative work as they are less easily identified as victims of trafficking in human beings and often refuse to testify against the person grooming them; calls on the Commission to strengthen the exchange of best practices in this regard; calls on the Member States to provide a specific refuge for these victims and to ensure that law enforcement and judicial services recognise their status as victims, in particular if they are minors, so as to avoid stigmatising them for ‘deviant behaviour’;

Amendment 65 #

Louis MICHEL, Gérard DEPREZ, Angelika MLINAR, Catherine BEARDER, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2d. Calls on the EU and Member States to strengthen regional cooperation on trafficking in human beings along known routes such as from the East to the EU by using the Instrument for Stability, and the on-going continuing responsibilities of candidate countries;

Amendment 66 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2d. Stresses that many victims of sexual exploitation are drugged for the purpose of keeping them in a state of physical and psychological dependence; calls, therefore, on the Member States to provide specialised support programmes for these victims and to recognise this as an aggravating circumstance in their criminal justice response to trafficking in human beings;

Amendment 67 #

Louis MICHEL, Gérard DEPREZ, Angelika MLINAR, Catherine BEARDER, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)

2e. Calls on Member States and the EU to collect and exchange reliable and detailed information regarding human trafficking;

Amendment 68 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)

2e. Recalls that Regulation 2015/2219/EU on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL) provides for CEPOL to promote, in its training activities, common respect for, and understanding of, fundamental rights in law enforcement, such as the rights, support and protection of victims, including safeguarding the rights of victims of gender-based violence; stresses the importance of these provisions in the context of trafficking in human beings, given the vulnerability of the victims, and calls on CEPOL to take full account of this dimension in the development of all future training;

Amendment 69 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)

2f. Calls on Member States to combat human trafficking by clamping down on those individuals using the internet and social networks to both recruit and exploit individuals;

Amendment 7 #

Malin BJÖRK, Mariya GABRIEL, Anna HEDH, Louis MICHEL, Bodil VALERO

Draft opinion
Citation 7 (new)

– having regard to Article 5 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,

Amendment 70 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Calls on the Commission to come forward with proposals that create consistency in EU legislation, to~~The Member States shall ensure that THB crimes are investigated and brought to court; the Member States shall furthermore ensure that victims of THB ~~are entitled~~enjoy the right to proper support and assistance;

Amendment 71 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mariya GABRIEL, Barbara MATERA, Rachida DATI, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Axel VOSS, Traian UNGUREANU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the ~~Commission to come forward with proposals that create consistency in EU legislation,~~Member States to ensure that victims of THB are identitlfied ~~to proper~~and guaranteed a proper and targeted assistance, support and ~~assistance~~protection;

Amendment 72 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the ~~Commission to come forward with proposals that create consistency in EU legislati~~Member States to fully implement articles 11to 17 concerning protection and support of victims of Trafficking in Human Beings of the Directive 2011/36/EU and fully implement Directive 2012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on, t~~o ensure that victims of THB are entitled to~~he rights, support and protection of victims of crime to ensure consistency and proper support and assistance for victims of Trafficking in human beings;

Amendment 73 #

Csaba SÓGOR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Considering the cross-border, including intra-EU nature of THB, calls on the Commission to come forward with proposals that create consistency in EU legislation, to ensure that victims of THB are entitled to proper support and assistance;

Amendment 74 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission to come forward with proposals that create consistency in EU legislation, to ensure that victims of THB are entitled to proper support and assistance that is not conditional on victims lodging complaints or cooperating in criminal investigations;

Amendment 75 #

Louis MICHEL, Gérard DEPREZ, Angelika MLINAR, Catherine BEARDER, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission to come forward with proposals that create consistency in EU legislation, to ensure that victims of THB are entitled to proper support and assistance including the right to reside in and access the labour market of the Member State where the victim has been trafficked;

Amendment 76 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. CNotes that Directive 2011/36/EU prohibits the criminalisation of victims of trafficking in human beings; calls on the Commission to come forward with proposals that create consistency in EU legislation, to ensure that victims of THB are entitled to proper support and assistance; calls on the Commission to strengthen the exchange of best practices on protection of victims;

Amendment 77 #

Catherine BEARDER, Angelika MLINAR, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Louis MICHEL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on Member States to critically assess their registration of refugees and the appropriate services and care structures as this group, particularly unaccompanied minors, are very vulnerable to exploitation by criminal gangs and subsequent trafficking in human beings;

Amendment 78 #

Mariya GABRIEL, Barbara MATERA, Malin BJÖRK, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls for a common definition of ‘guardian’ for child victims of trafficking to be established across the Member States, to include the role, required qualifications and competence for guardians;

Amendment 79 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls for better implementation of Article 11 of the directive, so as to ensure the early identification, adequate assistance and protection of victims of trafficking, in particular by increasing the number of shelters for victims and by strengthening programmes for victims' reintegration into society;

Amendment 8 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mariya GABRIEL, Barbara MATERA, Rachida DATI, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Axel VOSS, Salvatore Domenico POGLIESE

Draft opinion
Recital -A (new)

-A. whereas prostitution and the accompanying evil of human trafficking for the purposes of prostitution are contrary to human dignity and value, and they threaten the good of individuals, families and society;

Amendment 80 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Recalls that according to Europol about 10.000 unaccompanied children have disappeared after their arrival in the EU in 2015 and that they could be victims of trafficking and exposed to all sort of exploitation and abuse; calls on the Member States to fully implement the asylum package and register children upon their arrival in order to ensure their inclusion in the Child protection systems; calls on the Member States to increase information sharing in order to better protect migrant children in Europe;

Amendment 81 #

Louis MICHEL, Gérard DEPREZ, Angelika MLINAR, Catherine BEARDER, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on all Member States to effectively guarantee the rights of victims, in particular by providing access to legal aid, legal assistance and psychological and medical support, including the right to an abortion for victims of sexual exploitation; notes that Directive 2012/29/EU lays down minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime and that the implementation of Directive 2011/36/EU should be analysed in the light of the provisions of Directive 2012/29/EU;

Amendment 82 #

Mariya GABRIEL, Barbara MATERA, Malin BJÖRK, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Calls on Member States to give clear information to victims with regards to the appropriate authorities or organisations to contact for information on their rights to assistance and health care, their right to a residence permit and their labour rights, their rights regarding access to justice and to a lawyer, and any possible compensation;

Amendment 83 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Stresses that prevention in terms of taking appropriate measures, such as education and training, to discourage and reduce demand, as well as information and awareness-raising campaigns, research and educational programmes, aimed at reducing the risk of people, becoming victims of trafficking, is of crucial importance to effectively combat trafficking in human beings;

Amendment 84 #

Louis MICHEL, Gérard DEPREZ, Angelika MLINAR, Catherine BEARDER, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Calls on the Commission to assess the effectiveness of cooperation between the Member States and Europol in combating trafficking in human beings; stresses the importance of systematic exchange of data and of all Member States contributing to the European databases used for this purpose, including the Europol databases Focal Point Phoenix and Focal Point Twins; stresses the need for border guards and coast guards have access to Europol databases;

Amendment 85 #

Mariya GABRIEL, Barbara MATERA, Malin BJÖRK, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Urges Member States to ensure that victims of human trafficking receive protection during criminal investigations and proceedings, such as quick access to legal advice, the necessary legal representation and possible access to witness protection programmes; special measures may also be put in place to protect victims from further victimisation and trauma during investigations and trials;

Amendment 86 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Underlines that training for officials likely to come into contact with victims or potential victims of trafficking in human beings is essential, so that those involved fully understand the phenomenon they are seeking to tackle and know how to recognise it at an early stage;

Amendment 87 #

Louis MICHEL, Gérard DEPREZ, Angelika MLINAR, Catherine BEARDER, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Calls on the Commission to investigate further, in the light of Directive 2011/36/EU, the role of the internet, social networks and new technologies in trafficking in human beings, in particular with regard to sexual exploitation on pornographic sites and sites offering online sex shows;

Amendment 88 #

Louis MICHEL, Gérard DEPREZ, Angelika MLINAR, Catherine BEARDER, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)

3d. Encourages the exchange of best practices between Members States with regards to prevention and combatting of all forms of human trafficking, including sexual exploitation;

Amendment 89 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)

3d. Calls on Europol and the Member States to strengthen their action against recruiters, whether via a proactive approach or on the basis of a victim’s testimony in accordance with Article 9 of Directive 2011/36/EU; stresses that recruiters use a variety of channels, including social networks and internet sites (online recruitment agencies); calls on the Commission to expand the mandate of Europol’s EU IRU (EU Internet Referral Unit) in the fight against trafficking in human beings;

Amendment 9 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Anna HEDH

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas over the three-year period 2010-2012, 69 % of registered victims of trafficking in human beings (THB) were trafficked for sexual exploitation, 19 % for forced labour, and 12 % for other forms of exploitation such as removal of organs or criminal activities; whereas women account for 67 % of registered victims of THB in this period, men for 17 %, girls for 13 % and boys for 3 %, also including transgender persons; whereas different forms of trafficking need to be addressed with specific and tailored policy measures;

Amendment 90 #

Louis MICHEL, Gérard DEPREZ, Angelika MLINAR, Catherine BEARDER, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)

3e. Calls on the Commission to develop a privileged partnership with the major internet companies and to keep Parliament duly informed;

Amendment 91 #

Louis MICHEL, Gérard DEPREZ, Angelika MLINAR, Catherine BEARDER, Nathalie GRIESBECK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for better implementation and monitoring of Article 8 of the directive, so as to ensure the non-prosecution and non- application of penalties to victims of THB~~, and emphasises that this includes the non-application of penalties for persons in prostitution and non-punishment for irregular entry or residence in countries of transit and destination.~~ for committing crimes which they have been compelled to commit as a direct consequence of being a victim of THB,

Amendment 92 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for better implementation and monitoring of Article 8 of the directive, so as to ensure the non-prosecution and non- application of sanctions or penalties to victims of THB, and emphasises that this includes the non- application of sanctions or penalties for persons in forced prostitution and non-punishment for irregular entry or residence in countries of transit and destination.;

Amendment 93 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for better implementation and monitoring of Article 8 of the directive, so as to ensure the non-prosecution and non- application of penalties to victims of THB, and emphasises that this includes the non- application of penalties for persons in forced prostitution and non-punishment for irregular entry or residence in countries of transit and destination;

Amendment 94 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Takes the view that Article 11(5) should be expanded to introduce aid for future integration (language learning, familiarisation with the culture and community, etc.) where the victims’ circumstances allow them to opt for a residence permit;

Amendment 95 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Insists on the need for member states to enhance their police and judicial cooperation, particular via Europol and Eurojust, including information sharing and combating recruitment of people for THB through internet;

Amendment 96 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure that law enforcement personnel, including border agencies such as Frontex, are provided with adequate training in THB, with emphasise on the gender dimension, special needs of trafficked women, children and other vulnerable groups and how to provide incentives for victims of THB and others to report traffickers;

Amendment 97 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c Calls for Member States to implement Directive 2011/36/EC, as well as all other relevant legal frameworks on THB, without any delay; Urges the Commission to take legal actions against neglecting Member States;

Amendment 98 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4d. Stresses that NGOs and individuals working to protect and help victims of THB should not be held responsible of any crime;

Amendment 99 #

Marijana PETIR, Davor Ivo STIER, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Alojz PETERLE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)

4e. Calls for Member States to educate their citizens on THB and victim identification through information campaigns; Calls on the Member States and the EU to target funding to NGOs supporting victims of THB;

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2016/03/02 FEMM 241 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2

– having regard to Articles 3, 5 and 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,

Amendment 10 #

Marijana PETIR, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, Davor Ivo STIER, Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Alojz PETERLE

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 b (new)

– having regard to the Hague Adoption Convention;

Amendment 100 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Barbara MATERA, Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Mariya GABRIEL, Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Considers that migrants are particularly vulnerable to trafficking, especially children and women; calls on Member States to increase cooperation, including in the hotspots, to identify potential victims and to use all means to combat traffickers and smugglers;

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Highlights the importance of having clear consistent information for victims and for frontline staff who may come into contact with victims, security forces, judicial authorities, police and social services, including information on rights with regard to emergency assistance, medical treatment and healthcare, residence permits, employment rights, access to the courts and to a lawyer, the possibilities for seeking redress, the specific rights of children, etc.;

Amendment 102 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Emphasises that it is also important to pay greater attention to labour market intermediaries, contractors, subcontractors and employment agencies, especially in high-risk sectors, as a way of preventing people trafficking, particularly for the purpose of labour exploitation but also for the purpose of sexual exploitation concealed behind what purport to be contracts for services in the hotel and catering industry and personal care services;

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)

5d. Emphasises that the EU’s legal and political framework on THB combines the internal and external dimensions, recognising that action to combat trafficking, which is a serious human rights violation, constitutes a clear objective of the EU’s external action; emphasises, likewise, that countries outside the EU are often the countries of origin and transit for trafficking within the EU and that trafficking, as an illegal cross-border activity, is an important area for cooperation with non-Community countries; welcomes, in this connection, the fact that, at the request of the Council, the Commission and the European External Action Service have put together a package of information on activities carried out to combat people trafficking in priority countries and regions, as well as a list of the tools and instruments available to the EU and Member States, including external policies that deal with trafficking and projects funded by the EU and Member States in this field; calls on Member States to cooperate with the Commission and EEAS in combating people trafficking;

Amendment 104 #

Catherine BEARDER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines that under Article 11 of the directive, Member States have an obligation to establish mechanisms to ensure the early identification of, assistance to and support for victims, in cooperation with relevant support organisations; calls on Member States to implement Articles 11 to 17 of the Directive concerning protection and support of victims with a gender sensitive approach and to fully apply Directive 2012/29/ EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime to ensure proper support and assistance for victims of THB;

Amendment 106 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Highlights that the majority (71%) of victims of THB identified within the EU are EU citizens1a ; stresses that this must be taken into account when developing identification systems in order to better identify all victims of THB; __________________ 1a Europol, Situation Report: Trafficking in human beings in the EU (February 2016)

Amendment 107 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Recalls that women and children may be compelled to exchange sex for protection, in order to survive, in order to advance along their migratory route, and for basic sustenance; underlines that survival sex is frequently a direct consequence of gaps in assistance, failures of registration systems, family separations, and absence of safe and legal entry ways into the EU and that women and children engaging in survival sex are not considered trafficking victims, and thus cannot receive the required assistance;

Amendment 108 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses that, in order to prevent THB and people smuggling, it is important to create safe legal migration channels for women and children (such as humanitarian visas); points out that it is also important for destination countries to ensure that women migrants who have been granted legal residency in the destination countries have access to language teaching and other means of social integration, education and training in particular, with the aim of enabling them to exercise their rights as citizens;

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Member States to make use of properly structured victim interview techniques to help achieve a precise reconstruction of events without at the same time placing psychological pressure on victims who are already frightened and confused;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11

~~– having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention),~~deleted

Amendment 110 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls on the Member States to use properly trained female staff to interview victims in order to help them more effectively, both physically and psychologically, by putting them at ease in providing information;

Amendment 111 #

Catherine BEARDER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses that ~~support for victims~~individually made-to- measure support for victims, according to need, plays an important role in prevention of THB, as victims who are well supported, are more able to recover from the trauma of their experience, assist in the prosecution of offenders and inform policy making, as well as avoid being re- trafficked;

Amendment 112 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses that all counter-trafficking efforts must balance the focus on prosecution with a responsibility to protect victims; notes that support for victims plays an important role in prevention of THB, as victims who are well supported, are more able to recover from the trauma of their experience, assist in the prosecution of offenders and inform policy making, as well as avoid being re- trafficked;

Amendment 113 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses that support for victims plays an important role in prevention of THB, as victims who are well supported, are more able to recover from the trauma of their experience, assist in the prosecution of offenders, preparation of prevention programs and inform policy making, as well as avoid being re-trafficked;

Amendment 114 #

Catherine BEARDER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Notes the huge and increasing role of the internet in the recruitment of victims and~~Stresses that the internet plays a key role in facilitating THB, thereby adding to the challenges facing the security forces and police authorities in combating this serious form of organised crime; denounces the fact that, owing to the relative anonymity it offers, the internet is being used more and more for the recruitment of victims both within and outside the EU through false job offers, for the sale of services provided by exploiting the victims and for the exchange of information between criminal networks; calls on the Member States to ensure that their respective anti- trafficking policies take account of this and that law enforcement efforts addressing cyber technologies have the gender expertise needed to tackle this in the best way;

Amendment 115 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Notes the huge and increasing role of the internet in the recruitment of victims and the exchange of information between criminal networks; calls on the Member States to ensure that their respective anti- trafficking policies take account of this and that law enforcement efforts addressing cyber technologies have the gender expertise needed to tackle this in the best way, particularly relating to THB for the purposes of sexual exploitation, both in terms of recruitment of victims and the advertisement of sexual services that are the result of THB;

Amendment 116 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Barbara MATERA, Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Mariya GABRIEL, Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Notes the huge and increasing role of the internet ~~in the~~and social media in the search and recruitment of potential victims and in the exchange of information between criminal networks; calls on the Member States to ensure that their respective anti- trafficking policies take account of this and that law enforcement efforts addressing cyber technologies have the gender expertise needed to ~~tackle this in the best way~~prevent and efficiently fight against all forms of this crime;

Amendment 117 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Notes the huge and increasing role of the internet in the recruitment of victims and the exchange of information between criminal networks; calls on the Member States to ensure that their respective anti- trafficking policies take account of this and that law enforcement efforts addressing cyber technologies have the gender expertise needed to tackle this in the best way; stresses that new technologies, social media and the internet should also be used to raise awareness and alert potential victims on the risks of trafficking;

Amendment 118 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Highlight the need to strengthen transnational cooperation in order to reinforce the fight against THB; ask the Commission to promote and reinforce Europol and Eurojust activities due to the transnational nature of the problem

Amendment 119 #

Marijana PETIR, Davor Ivo STIER, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Alojz PETERLE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Calls on Member States to monitor websites more effectively, so as to ensure the prompt identification of those that lend themselves to links with criminal gangs, without restricting or criminalising the web, but using its enormous potential to disseminate good practices and raise awareness of human trafficking issues;

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)

– having regard to Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on setting standards of quality and safety for the donation, procurement, testing, processing, preservation, storage and distribution of human tissues and cells;

Amendment 120 #

Catherine BEARDER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Regrets that the identification of victims remains one of the most difficult aspects of implementation, but stresses that this does not diminish the responsibility of the Member States to protect these vulnerable people; highlights that by the coercive and deceptive nature of the crime, victims may be unable to recognise their own vulnerability; stresses that the actions that victims of trafficking in persons are compelled to perform are criminal acts in some Member States, which in some cases impairs trust between victims and the authorities, and that at a later stage this makes it more difficult to prosecute the true offenders;

Amendment 121 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Regrets that the identification of victims remains one of the most difficult and incomplete aspects of implementation, but stresses that this does not diminish the responsibility of the Member States to protect these vulnerable people; highlights that by the coercive and deceptive nature of the crime, victims may be unable to recognise their own vulnerability;

Amendment 122 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Regrets that the early identification of victims remains one of the most difficult aspects of implementation, but stresses that this does not diminish the responsibility of the Member States to protect these vulnerable people; highlights that by the coercive and deceptive nature of the crime, victims may be unable to recognise their own vulnerability;

Amendment 123 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Notes with disappointment the low number of prosecutions and successful convictions of the criminal offence of human trafficking at a national level;

Amendment 124 #

Catherine BEARDER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Insists that EU Member States must apply legislation against THB effectively in order to improve the identification of victims, including the criminalisation of people trafficking and assistance and protection for victims of trafficking; highlights, further, the need to ensure that the application and interpretation of provisions on crimes relating to trafficking and immigration laws do not clash with legislation against THB; stresses, likewise, that, in order to improve the identification of victims and the identification of subtle means of trafficking, the criminal justice system (legislation and practice) should focus more on the dynamics of exploitation and the application of the law, and prosecutors and judges should be carefully trained in this area;

Amendment 125 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Notes that the principal source of information for the registration of victims is the police, pointing to the need for targeted and specialist training for ~~police officer~~law enforcement authorities, noting that according to regulation (EU) 2015/2219 CEPOL should promote common respect for and understanding of fundamental rights in law enforcement, including the rights, support and protection of victims; highlights that using prisons and detention centres as registration sources shows a failure of the system;

Amendment 126 #

Mary HONEYBALL, Clare MOODY, Julie WARD, Anna HEDH, Maria ARENA, Maria NOICHL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Notes that the principal source of information for the registration of victims is the police, pointing to the need for targeted and specialist training for police officers and a greater gender balance amongst staff; highlights that using prisons and detention centres as registration sources shows a failure of the system;

Amendment 127 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Notes that the principal source of information for the registration of victims is the police, pointing to the need for targeted and specialist training for police officers; highlights that using prisons and detention centres as registration sources shows a failure of the system; stresses the critical role of police forces and the need to monitor certain of their procedures, especially in the current situation where the victims are often asylum seekers fleeing war and routinely caught up in trafficking networks en route;

Amendment 128 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Notes that the principal source of information for the registration of victims is the police, pointing to the need for targeted and specialist training for police officers; ~~highlights that using prisons and detention centres as registration sources shows a failure of the system;~~

Amendment 129 #

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Louis MICHEL, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Notes that the principal source of information for the registration of victims is the police, pointing to the need for targeted and specialist training for police officers, as well as the need for sufficient human and financial recourses; highlights that using prisons and detention centres as registration sources shows a failure of the system;

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)

– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2015/2219 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL) and replacing and repealing Council Decision 2005/681/JHA,

Amendment 130 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Points out that victims’ clients are also an important source of information; suggests, in this connection, that consideration be given to the possibility of allowing cases to be reported anonymously in order to encourage clients to report possible cases of THB that they encounter, particularly in the context of prostitution;

Amendment 131 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Notes that victims experience exploitation differently, and that a method of identification using a ‘check list’ of indicators can hinder formal identification and thereby have an impact on victims’ access to services, help and protection;

Amendment 132 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Stresses that, to encourage victims of trafficking to report these crimes to the authorities and thus facilitate the early identification of victims, the law must be amended to recognise victims of trafficking as rights-holders in the eyes of the law; takes the view that victims of trafficking should be entitled to assistance and protection even if their case is dismissed by the courts; stresses the need to give more power to social workers, medical staff and immigration services to determine what constitutes trafficking and who are provided assistance and protection by law;

Amendment 133 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Stresses the cultural change regarding trafficking and the importance of communication in adopting an approach that is free of public censure;

Amendment 134 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Notes with concern the evidence of victims of THB being subject to arrest and deportation rather than being allowed and aided to access their rights as victims, as they should be in accordance with Directive 2004/81/EC; deeply regrets that some Member States have not approved the required legal instruments to comply with the Article 8 referring to the principle of non-prosecution and non- application of penalties to the victim for those crimes committed as a direct consequence of being subject to trafficking, the absence of which may conclude with the victim's imprisonment or deportation;

Amendment 135 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Notes with concern the evidence of some of the victims of THB being subject to arrest and deportation rather than being allowed and aided to access their rights as victims and necessary help, as they should be in accordance with Directive 2004/81/EC;

Amendment 136 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission to develop guidelines based on best practices to develop and mainstream gender expertise into the activities of law enforcement ~~bod~~authorities across EU;

Amendment 137 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls on Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) agencies such as EUROJUST, EUROPOL, FRA, FRONTEX, CEPOL, EASO to develop a sustained programme of improving gender balance in decision- making relevant to trafficking. Figures on the gender composition of their management boards and staff should be released, followed by discussions with Member States on the benefits of equitable recruitment and promotion in law and border enforcement services. Programmes such as Europol's Female Factor should be rolled out across the most male-dominated JHA agencies on a periodic, rather than one-off basis;

Amendment 138 #

Catherine BEARDER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to work together to create gender-sensitive training programmes for persons coming in contact with victims of THB in an official capacity, including police officers and other security forces, border officers, judges, magistrates, lawyers, and other judicial authorities, front-line medical staff and social workers; stresses that training should include detection of victims, the formal identification process and appropriate, gender-specific assistance for victims;

Amendment 139 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. CStresses that under Article 18.3 of the Directive Member States have an obligation to train officials likely to come into contact with victims or potential victims of THB; calls on the Commission and the Member States to work together to create gender-sensitive training programmes for persons coming in contact with victims of THB in an official capacity, including police officers, border officers, judges, magistrates, lawyers, front-line medical staff and social workers; stresses that training should include the development of understanding on gender- based violence and exploitation, the detection of victims, the formal identification process and appropriate, gender-specific assistance for victims;

Amendment 14 #

Catherine BEARDER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)

– having regard to the Europol Situation Report: Trafficking in human beings in the EU (February 2016)

Amendment 140 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to work together to create gender-sensitive training programmes for persons coming in contact with victims of THB in an official capacity, including police officers, border officers, judges, magistrates, lawyers, front-line medical staff ~~and social worke~~, social workers and psychological counsellors; stresses that training should include detection of victims, the formal identification process and appropriate, gender-specific assistance for victims;

Amendment 141 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. CRecalls ~~on the Commission and the Member States to work together to~~that training of practitioners and officials is crucial to early identify potential victims and prevent crime; calls therefore on the Member States to fully apply art 18. 3 of the Directive 2011/36/EU and to share best practices in particular when createing gender-sensitive training programmes for persons coming in contact with victims of THB in an official capacity, including police officers, border officers, judges, magistrates, lawyers, front-line medical staff and social workers; stresses that training should include detection of victims, the formal identification process and appropriate, gender-specific assistance for victims;

Amendment 142 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Calls on the Commission to bolster resources for the JHA agencies to enable the appointment of gender-trained agency officers, especially in those Member States faced with increased mixed migratory flows. Relevant stipulations should be included in a revised version of the EU Agenda for Migration. The new 'Hotspot' approach outlined in the Agenda, should not be limited to quick processing and clearing of backlogs, but include a proportionate anti-trafficking component geared towards the effective referral of potential victims. Gender- trained agency officers, male and female, should be dispatched to support local police, to collaborate with and collect intelligence from staff at reception centres, local employers and migrants themselves. It is in the uncertain circumstances directly following arrival that many vulnerable persons, particularly women, may become exploited prostitutes or victims of trafficking;

Amendment 143 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls for the wider development and dissemination of awareness raising publications aimed at improving the knowledge within professions, such as the ‘Handbook for consular and diplomatic staff on how to assist and protect victims of human trafficking’13 ; __________________ 13 https://ec.europa.eu/anti- trafficking/publications/handbook- consular-and-diplomatic-staff-how-assist- and-protect-victims-human-trafficking_en.

Amendment 144 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Recognises the importance of developing long-term relationships between law enforcement, service providers, various stakeholders and victims in order to build trust and sensitively address the needs of the latter; stresses that support organisations require sufficient funding for projects, and expresses concern that many, especially women’s organisation, are struggling because of funding cuts;

Amendment 145 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses that funding from the Commission and the Member States should be targeted to the ~~best~~most suitable provider of services, based on the needs of the victims including gender-specific requirements and the scope for the provider to engage in far-reaching and long-term processes;

Amendment 146 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses that funding from the Commission and the Member States should be targeted to the best provider of services, based on the needs of the victims including gender- and child specific requirements;

Amendment 147 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses that funding from the Commission and the Member States should be targeted to ~~the best provider of services,~~different service providers according to their specific approach and expertise regarding various forms of THB; based on the needs of the victims including gender-specific requirements;

Amendment 148 #

Marijana PETIR, Davor Ivo STIER, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Alojz PETERLE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the Member States actively to include social partners, trade unions and civil society, particularly NGOs working to combat trafficking and provide assistance to victims, in their initiatives to prevent THB, particularly in the field of labour exploitation, including as regards the identification of victims and awareness- raising activities;

Amendment 149 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the Member States actively to include social partners, private sector, trade unions and civil society in their initiatives to prevent THB, particularly in the field of labour exploitation, including as regards the identification of victims and awareness- raising activities;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 10 March 2005 on the trade in human egg cells;

Amendment 150 #

Catherine BEARDER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Angelika MLINAR, Louis MICHEL, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Notes that while sexual exploitation ~~of children~~ is illegal in all Member States, this does not prevent trafficking ~~of children~~ for sexual exploitation; calls on the Commission to examine how the demand for sexual services drives THB including child trafficking, and how best to reduce demand;

Amendment 151 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Notes that while sexual exploitation of children is illegal in all Member States, this does not prevent trafficking of children for sexual exploitation; calls on the Commission to examine ~~how the demand for sexual serv~~possible awareness-rising initiatives, to elaborate statistices ~~drives child trafficking, and~~and to come forward with clear proposals on how to best ~~to reduce demand~~prosecute this crime;

Amendment 152 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Notes that while sexual exploitation of children is illegal in all Member States, this does not prevent trafficking of children for sexual exploitation; calls on the Commission to examine how the demand for sexual services drives child trafficking, and ~~how best to reduce demand~~give directives in order to punish the client;

Amendment 153 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Notes with regret that while sexual exploitation of children is illegal in all Member States, this does not prevent trafficking of children for sexual exploitation; therefore calls on the Commission to examine how the demand for sexual services drives child trafficking, and ~~how best to reduce demand~~propose an effective solution how to eliminate demand and this crime;

Amendment 154 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Notes that while sexual exploitation of children is illegal in all Member States, this does not prevent trafficking of children for sexual exploitation; calls on the ~~Commission~~Member States to fully implement Directive 2011/92/EU on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography and to step up their police and judicial cooperation to prevent and combat child sexual exploitation; calls on the Commission in cooperation with the Member States to examine how the demand for sexual services drives child trafficking, and ~~how best~~on Member States to share best practices to reduce demand;

Amendment 155 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Notes that data collection on child trafficking should be based on a common definition of this crime phenomenon. Some Member States consider child trafficking a separate form of exploitation and others include child victims with adults hindering the possibility of creating a comprehensive intelligence picture and of defining the best investigative responses at the EU level;

Amendment 156 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Underlines the Commission’s obligation under Article 23 of the directive to come forward, by 2016, with a report assessing the impact of existing national laws on the criminalisation of the knowing use of services of a victim of THB, and the need for further action; stresses that the Commission should not rely solely on the reporting of a MS, but should also assess compliance through engagement with civil society and other relevant bodies, such as GRETA and the country reports produced by OSCE Special Representative on Human Trafficking and the UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking and Contemporary Forms of Slavery;

Amendment 157 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

Amendment 158 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Notes the lack of a common understanding among the Member States about what constitutes demand for exploitation, and calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen gender-sensitive guidelines on how to discourage demand while raising awareness about all forms of THB, especially sexual exploitation, and making other forms of exploitation like domestic servitude visible;

Amendment 159 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Notes the lack of a common understanding among the Member States about what constitutes demand for exploitation, and calls on the Commission and the Member States to ~~strengthen gender-sensitive guidelines on how to discourage demand~~propose guidelines on the punishment of the client based on the Nordic Model while raising awareness about all forms of THB, especially sexual exploitation;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 26

~~– having regard to its resolution of 9 June 2015 on the EU Strategy for equality between women and men post 20158 , __________________ 8~~deleted Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0218.

Amendment 160 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Stresses that demand and the enormous income associated with trafficking in persons are the two main reasons for the existence of the phenomenon; notes furthermore Sweden's legislation on prostitution, which has had a normative impact on the prevalence of demand, which has been declining, thus reducing trafficking in persons for the purpose of providing sexual services;

Amendment 161 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Notes that the increased vulnerability of certain groups of people puts them at particular risk of falling victim of trafficking; deplores, however, the fact that trafficking takes place as a result of the high demand for products and services dependent upon the exploitation of human beings, which is a very profitable form of organised crime;

Amendment 162 #

Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Calls on the EU and its Member States to adopt active policies that will develop specific strategies for reducing demand for trafficking for sexual exploitation, such as exit programmes and schemes to empower and protect the rights of those in prostitution, while also noting that the regulation of prostitution is a competence of the Member States;

Amendment 163 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Calls on the Member States to develop specific strategies for reducing demand for trafficking for sexual exploitation, suwhich a~~s exit programmes and schemes to~~re empowering and ~~protect the rights of those in prostitution, while also noting that the regulation of prostitution is a competence of the Member States~~which increase the scope for victims of trafficking to obtain assistance from the authorities concerned;

Amendment 164 #

Catherine BEARDER, Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Calls on the Member States to develop specific strategies for reducing demand for trafficking for sexual exploitation, such as exit programmes and schemes to empower and protect the rights of those in prostitution, and campaigns to discourage demand for sexual services, while also noting that the regulation of prostitution is a competence of the Member States;

Amendment 165 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

Amendment 166 #

Mary HONEYBALL, Clare MOODY, Julie WARD, Anna HEDH, Maria ARENA, Maria NOICHL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Calls on the Member States to develop specific strategies for reducing demand for trafficking for sexual exploitation, such as exit programmes and schemes to empower and protect the rights of those in prostitution~~, while also noting that the regulation of prostitution is a competence of the Member State~~; believes that demand reduction can be achieved through legislation that shifts the criminal burden onto those who purchase sexual services rather than onto those who sell it, and through the imposition of fines to make prostitution and sexual exploitation financially less lucrative for criminal networks;

Amendment 167 #

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Louis MICHEL, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Calls on the Member States to develop specific strategies for reducing demand for ~~trafficking for sexual exploitation, such as exit programmes and schemes to empower and protect the rights of those in prostitution~~all forms of THB, such as schemes to empower and protect the rights of those working in vulnerable sectors (including sex work, domestic work care takers and agriculture), while also noting that the regulation of prostitution as well as regulations of other sectors is a competence of the Member States;

Amendment 168 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Calls on the Member States to develop specific strategies ~~for reducing demand for trafficking for sexual exploitation, such as exit programmes and schemes~~, such as exit programmes and schemes, access to occupational health and safety needs, loans, social security systems and tax registration to empower and protect the rights of those in prostitution and to reduce their vulnerability to exploitation, while also noting that the regulation of prostitution is a competence of the Member States;

Amendment 169 #

Mary HONEYBALL, Clare MOODY, Julie WARD, Anna HEDH, Maria NOICHL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Emphasises the data which confirm the deterrent effect that criminalisation of the purchase of sexual services has had in Sweden; highlights the normative effect of this model of regulation and its potential to change social attitudes to reduce overall demand for the services of victims of THB;

Amendment 17 #

Marijana PETIR, Davor Ivo STIER, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Alojz PETERLE

Motion for a resolution
Citation 26 a (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 16 December 2015 on Human Rights and Democracy in the world 2014 and the European Union policy on that matter;

Amendment 170 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Calls on the Member States to adopt the ‘Nordic model' to combat sexual exploitation, particularly since studies have shown that, in countries such as Sweden and Norway where the purchase of sexual services is a criminal offence, prostitution and human trafficking are on the wane;

Amendment 171 #

Catherine BEARDER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Notes with concern that very few Member States have clearly defined demand reduction programmes, and that, generally speaking, these have been focussed on trafficking for sexual exploitation only; calls on the Member States to develop demand ~~reduc~~elimination programmes for all types of THB;

Amendment 172 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Notes that sham marriages can qualify as THB under certain circumstances if there is a forced or exploitative element, and women and girls are more likely to become victims; regrets the lack of harmonisation of EU legislation regarding sham marriage as there is often overlap with other forms of THB such as forced prostitution;

Amendment 173 #

Marijana PETIR, Davor Ivo STIER, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Alojz PETERLE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Calls on the Member States to implement laws and policies that target procurers and buyers directly to reduce demand for sexual exploitation as part of their national action plans while decriminalising individuals in prostitution and providing them with support services, including high quality social, legal and psychological assistance for those who wish to exit prostitution;

Amendment 174 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Expresses its concern by growing practice of reproductive exploitation of women; calls on the European Commission to include gestational surrogacy as a form of THB as it involves reproductive exploitation and use of human body for financial or other gains; calls upon the Member States to respect their international commitments and to take the necessary actions to stop any involvement of European countries, citizens or companies in surrogacy tourism;

Amendment 175 #

Catherine BEARDER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)

23b. Stresses that proactive prevention strategies contribute to breaking the cycle of trafficking; calls on Member States to take more proactive preventative actions such as targeted workshops with vulnerable groups and education activities in schools;

Amendment 176 #

Marijana PETIR, Davor Ivo STIER, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Alojz PETERLE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)

23b. Recalls that the human body should not be a source of financial gain; calls on the Commission to condemn all sorts of THB with the purpose of the removal of organs and adopt a clear attitude toward illegal trade of organs, tissues and cells, including trade in reproductive cells and foetal tissues and cells;

Amendment 177 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Stresses that efforts to improve gender equality contribute to the prevention of THB, and should contain strategies for education and empowerment programmes for women and girls in order to strengthen their position in society and make them less vulnerable to trafficking, and awareness-raising campaigns and training specifically designed for men on the importance of equality between men and women and combating sexist stereotypes and gender violence;

Amendment 178 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

Amendment 179 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Stresses that greater equality depends on the involvement of all and that responsibility must not be assigned only to one group within society; notes the need for legislation which calls into question the market structures which are expressed in discrimination and oppression and, by extension, in violence; notes that in order to attain equality it is necessary for more men also to take responsibility, as equal treatment should be an objective of the whole of society;

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 28

~~– having regard to the report of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality and the opinion of the Committee on Civil Liberties and Justice and Home Affairs (A8-0000/2015),~~deleted

Amendment 180 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Barbara MATERA, Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Mariya GABRIEL, Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Emphasises that to prevent trafficking, ensure the inviolability of the bodily integrity of women and combat gender violence, education promoting equality and combating sexist stereotypes is needed from an early age, to be supplemented with age-appropriate sexual education;

Amendment 181 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Notes that it is already illegal under Directive 2009/52/EC for employers to use the work or services of third-country nationals with no legal residency status in the EU with the knowledge that they are victims of THB,; and ~~is concerned~~acknowledges that EU nationals who are victims of THB are not included under this legislation; ~~asks that the Commission examine the impact of this apparent loophole and assess the need to change the legislation in order to close it~~calls on the Member States to ensure that in their national legislation EU- nationals victims of trafficking are protected from labour exploitation and relevant sanctions are put in place;

Amendment 182 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Recalls that according to Europol about 10.000 unaccompanied children have disappeared after their arrival in the EU in 2015 and that they could be victims of trafficking and exposed to all sort of exploitation and abuse; calls on the Member States to register children upon their arrival and ensure their inclusion in the Child protection systems; calls on the Member States to increase information sharing in order to better protect migrant children in Europe who are particularly vulnerable to trafficking;

Amendment 183 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Is strongly critical of the fact that it is not already a criminal offence to ~~knowingly~~ use the services of trafficked persons across all Member States, but acknowledges the difficulty in proving knowledge in a judicial context, and considers that this would be an important step recognising the seriousness of this crime, ensuring a real framework for the prevention of THB and for stopping the culture of impunity;

Amendment 184 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Is strongly critical of the fact that it is not already a criminal offence to ~~knowingly~~ use the services of trafficked persons across all Member States, but acknowledges the difficulty, under existing legislation, in proving knowledge in a judicial context, and considers that this would be an important step recognising the seriousness of this crime, ensuring a real framework for the prevention of THB and for stopping the culture of impunity;

Amendment 185 #

Mary HONEYBALL, Clare MOODY, Julie WARD, Anna HEDH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Is strongly critical of the fact that it is not already a criminal offence to knowingly use the services of trafficked persons across all Member States~~, but acknowledges the difficulty in proving knowledge in a judicial context,~~ and considers that this would be an important step recognising the seriousness of this crime, ensuring a real framework for the prevention of THB and for stopping the culture of impunity;

Amendment 186 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Is strongly critical of the fact that it is not already a criminal offence to knowingly use the services of trafficked persons across all Member States, but acknowledges the difficulty in proving knowledge in a judicial context, and considers that this would be an important step recognising the seriousness of this crime, ensuring a real framework for the prevention of THB and for stopping the culture of impunity; stresses the need to establish a legal basis transcending individual internal national boundaries and consisting of a coordinated set of rules codified under international criminal law;

Amendment 187 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Notes that according to Europol´s THB situation report for 2016, 70% of the identified victims of THB in the EU are EU nationals, and that most reported victims are female EU nationals from Central and Eastern Europe;

Amendment 188 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)

27b. Expresses concern about the lack of data regarding Romani women and children at risk of being trafficked for forced labour or services, which include begging; calls on the Commission to provide data regarding Romani women and children recognised as trafficking victims, how many have received victim assistance and in which countries;

Amendment 189 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Expresses concern that not all victims are able to access services easily or have knowledge of them; stresses that there must be no discrimination in access to services; underlines also the importance of reviewing the efforts to be made to eradicate all forms of slavery that still exist in the twenty-first century;

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 a (new)

– having regard to the 2016 EUROPOL situation report on Trafficking in human beings in the EU1a __________________ 1a https://www.europol.europa.eu/content/tra fficking-human-beings-eu

Amendment 190 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Notes that victims of THB require specialised services, including access to accommodation, witness protection schemes, healthcare and counselling, translation and interpretation services, and (re)integration and resettlement assistance, and that these services should be further individualised case by case, with specific consideration given to the issue of gender expression;

Amendment 191 #

Catherine BEARDER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Notes that victims of THB require specialised services, including access to accommodation, witness protection schemes, healthcare and counselling, translation and interpretation services, a~~nd (re)integration~~ccess to education and training, including teaching on the language of their country of residence, and (re)integration, education, training and resettlement assistance, and that these services should be further individualised case by case, with specific consideration given to the issue of gender;

Amendment 192 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Notes that victims of THB require specialised services, including access to safe short and long-term accommodation, witness protection schemes, healthcare and counselling, translation and interpretation services, ~~and (re)integr~~legal redress, compensation, travel assistance, language and other education, vocational training, job placement, (re)integration, family mediation and resettlement assistance, and that these services should be further individualised case by case, with specific consideration given to the issue of gender;

Amendment 193 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Notes that victims of THB require specialised services, including access to accommodation, witness protection schemes, education, healthcare and counselling, translation and interpretation services, and (re)integration and resettlement assistance, and that these services should be further individualised case by case, with specific consideration given to the issue of gender;

Amendment 194 #

Catherine BEARDER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Stresses that the gender dimension of THB shows an obligation for Member States to address it as a form of violence against women; asks the Commission to come forward with a European strategy for combating gender violence, containing a legislative proposal on violence against women that includes THB;

Amendment 195 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Stresses that the gender dimension of THB shows an obligation for Member States to address it as a form of violence against women and girls; highlights that more attention must be paid to the exploitative dynamic and the long-term emotional and psychological harms that are associated with this; asks the Commission to come forward with a legislative proposal on violence against women and girls that includes THB;

Amendment 196 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30a. Considers that persons in prostitution should be decriminalised in all EU countries and that focus should be shifted on to suppressing procurers and buyers which fuel the trafficking industry;

Amendment 197 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Highlights the good work done by a number of government services and civil society in identifying victims of human trafficking and providing assistance and support to victims, although this work is not carried out consistently across Member States or with respect to the different types of THB;

Amendment 198 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)

31a. Ensure adequate funding for independent NGOs and gender-specific refuges to adequately meet needs at all points of the victim pathway in destination countries and to work preventatively in relevant source, transit and destination countries.

Amendment 199 #

Catherine BEARDER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Calls on the Member States to ensure gender-specific provision of services to victims of THB that is appropriate to their needs, recognising the form of trafficking to which they have been subjected; highlights that whilst a majority of victims are women and girls, there should be specialised services for victims of all gender expressions;

Amendment 2 #

Mary HONEYBALL, Clare MOODY, Julie WARD, Anna HEDH

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5

– having regard to Article 6 of the 1979 UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) which seeks to combat all forms of traffic in women and the exploitation of the prostitution of women,

Amendment 20 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas trafficking in human beings (THB) is a terrible violation of fundamental rights, as outlined in Article 5(3) of the EU Charter on Fundamental Rights, and a violation of the victim's personal integrity and a serious, often organised crime that undermines the rule of law;

Amendment 200 #

Catherine BEARDER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Calls on the Member States to ensure gender-specific provision of services to victims of THB that is appropriate to their needs, recognising any needs that may be specific to the form of trafficking to which they have been subjected; highlights that whilst a majority of victims are women and girls, there should be specialised services for victims of all genders;

Amendment 201 #

Marijana PETIR, Davor Ivo STIER, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Alojz PETERLE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. ~~Calls on the~~Urges Member States to ensure gender- specific provision of services to victims of THB that is appropriate to their needs, recognising the form of trafficking to which they have been subjected; highlights that whilst a majority of victims are women and girls, there should be specialised services for victims of all genders;

Amendment 202 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

Amendment 203 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

Amendment 204 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)

32a. Recalls that specific actions to assist, support and protect trafficked children, including best interest assessments, should be integrated into general child protection systems as they exist at a national level.

Amendment 205 #

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Louis MICHEL, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)

32a. Calls on the support services for THB to be tailored to meet also the needs of LGBTI victims of trafficking;

Amendment 206 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)

32a. Underlines the importance for all Member States to recognize systematically the right to access to safe abortion services for female victims of THB whose pregnancy is a result of their exploitation,

Amendment 207 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 b (new)

32b. Calls on Member States to consistently apply the principle of equal treatment in order to combat the discrimination and prejudice against women who work, or are thought to work in the sex industry. Law enforcement officers and border guards should be trained to abandon prejudicial attitudes and to offer women access to support services on an equal basis regardless of the specific nature and circumstances of the work they perform.

Amendment 208 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)

33a. Calls on the Member States to ensure that EU and third country nationals victims of trafficking are entitled to residence permits;

Amendment 209 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Calls on the Member States to provide legal assistance to all of those who either self-identify, or meet an adequate number of the criteria for identification, as victims of THB, to help them access their rights, compensations and/or legal redress; asks the European Commission to develop and implement the mentioned possibility within the Directive 2011/36/EU to provide international protection to THB gender-based victims, to guarantee the asylum right of those victims who fulfil the requirements established by the Geneva Convention in 1951;

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas trafficking in human beings (THB) in all its forms is a terrible violation of fundamental rights, as outlined in Article 5(3) of the EU Charter on Fundamental Rights;

Amendment 210 #

Catherine BEARDER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Calls on the Member States to provide legal assistance free of charge to all of those who either self-identify, or meet an adequate number of the criteria for identification, as victims of THB, to help them access their rights, compensations and/or legal redress;

Amendment 211 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Calls on the Member States to provide free legal assistance to all of those who either self-identify, or meet an adequate number of the criteria for identification, as victims of THB, to help them access their rights, compensations and/or legal redress;

Amendment 212 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Calls on the Member States to provide legal assistance to all of those who ~~either self-identify, or~~ meet an adequate number of the criteria for identification, as victims of THB, to help them access their rights, compensations and/or legal redress; reminds that self- identification can never be a requirement in order to access victims' rights and services;

Amendment 213 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Calls on the Member States to provide legal and psychological assistance to all of those who either self-identify, or meet an adequate number of the criteria for identification, as victims of THB, to help them access their rights, compensations and/or legal redress; ;

Amendment 214 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Calls on the Member States to provide legal assistance to all of those who either self-identify on the basis of justified reasons, or meet an adequate number of the criteria for identification, as victims of THB, to help them access their rights, compensations and/or legal redress;

Amendment 215 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Calls on the Member States to recognise the longer time needed to recover from the harms of trafficking for purposes of sexual exploitation, as compared with the time needed to recover from other forms of trafficking, when deciding on limits to victim support; calls for protection measures offered to victims trafficked for sexual exploitation to be extended, in order to minimise harms, prevent re-trafficking and secondary victimisation and in every case cater for individual needs;

Amendment 216 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)

35a. Calls on the European Commission to explore the possibility of adopting legislative measures in cooperation with the competent authorities having seen the lack of protection suffered by gender- based victims of trafficking once their residence permit concludes;

Amendment 217 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)

35a. Notes that there are a number of different reasons that women are trafficked; sexual exploitation; forced marriage; forced pregnancy and servitude. The impact of trafficking can vary from individual to individual and there is no one type of trafficking which should been seen as more damaging;

Amendment 218 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)

36a. Calls on the EU and member states to investigate the link between the increasing numbers of refugees arriving and THB, notes that specific attention should be paid to the trafficking of women and child refugees, including by improving data collection and ensuring compliance with existing protection standards.

Amendment 219 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Underlines that all victims of THB should systematically be informed of the possibility of benefitting from a recovery and reflection period, and should effectively be granted such a period; regrets that in some Member States these rights have only been transposed into migration laws and therefore do not only apply to all victims of THB, but only to those in an irregular situation; recalls that these rights have to be granted to all THB victims;

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas differences between the legislation of Member States greatly facilitate the activities of organised crime groups involved in trafficking in human beings;

Amendment 220 #

Catherine BEARDER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. Calls on the Member States to ~~assess the possibility of~~ extend~~ing~~ the minimum 30-day recovery and reflection period for women trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation, given the significant and sustained harms of this form of violence against women;

Amendment 221 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. Calls on the Member States to assess the possibility of extending the minimum 30-day recovery and reflection period for women and girls trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation, given the significant and sustained harms of this form of violence against women;

Amendment 222 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Barbara MATERA, Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Mariya GABRIEL, Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. ~~Calls on~~Underlines the necessity theat Member States ~~to assess the possibility of~~ extend~~ing~~ the minimum 30-day recovery and reflection period for women trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation, given the significant and sustained harms of this form of violence against women;

Amendment 223 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. ~~Calls on the Member States~~Recalls that according to Directive 2004/81/EC Member States are bounded to allow a period of reflection and recovery for victims of trafficking in human beings; Calls on the Member States when determining the duration of such a period to take into account art.13 of the Council of Europe Convention on action against trafficking in human beings and to assess the possibility of extending the minimum 30-day recovery and reflection period included in the Council of Europe Convention for women trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation, given the significant and sustained harms of this form of violence against women;

Amendment 224 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Notes that the current EU Strategy towards the Eradication of THB comes to an end in 2016, and calls on the Commission to evaluate the current strategy and introduce a new one that follows a human rights-based approach, focusing on victims; includes a clear gender dimension and contains concrete actions in this regard; adequately and effectively addresses prevention, and continues to discourage the demand that fosters all forms of trafficking; calls for this strategy to be integrated and made coherent with other policy areas, with a view to ensuring effective implementation of anti-trafficking measures, including, but not limited to, security, migration and law enforcement.

Amendment 225 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Notes that the current EU Strategy towards the Eradication of THB comes to an end in 2016, and calls on the Commission to evaluate the current strategy and introduce a new one that includes a clear gender dimension and contains concrete actions in this regard; calls for this strategy to be integrated and made coherent with other policy areas, with a view to ensuring effective implementation of anti-trafficking measures, including, but not limited to, security, ~~migration~~gender equality, migration, cybersecurity and law enforcement.

Amendment 226 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)

40a. Calls on Member States to appoint, with a view to assessing their strategies and activities and improving efforts to combat trafficking, an independent national rapporteur with the legal right to appear before the national parliament and make recommendations on how best to combat THB;

Amendment 227 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41

41. Asks that the Member States collect more detailed data by compiling reliable statistical information gathered from all main actors, by ensuring that the data is homogenous and disaggregated by gender, age, type of exploitation (within the subsets of types of THB), country of origin and destination, and by including internally trafficked people, to better assess the gender dimension and recent trends in THB, as well as by collecting data on recovery and reflection periods, residence permits and victim compensation; calls on the Members States to ensure that national rapporteurs play a more significant role in the coordination of data collection initiatives, in close cooperation with relevant civil society organisations active in this field;

Amendment 228 #

Catherine BEARDER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Angelika MLINAR, Louis MICHEL, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41

41. Asks that the Member States collect more detailed and up to date data by compiling reliable statistical information gathered from all main actors, by ensuring that the data is disaggregated by gender, age, type of exploitation (within the subsets of types of THB), country of origin and destination, and by including internally trafficked people, to better assess the gender dimension and recent trends in THB, as well as by collecting data on recovery and reflection periods, residence permits and victim compensation; calls on the Members States to ensure that national rapporteurs play a more significant role in the coordination of data collection initiatives, in close cooperation with relevant civil society organisations active in this field;

Amendment 229 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41

41. ~~Asks that~~Calls on the Member States to collect more detailed data by compiling reliable statistical information gathered from all main actors, by ensuring that the data is disaggregated by gender, age, type of exploitation (within the subsets of types of THB), country of origin and destination, and by including internally trafficked people, to better ~~assess the gender dimension~~identify potential victims and precvent ~~trend~~crime; calls ion ~~THB, as well as by collecting data on recov~~the Member States to increase data sharing to bettery a~~nd reflection periods, residence permits and victim compensation~~ssess the gender dimension and recent trends in THB and combat trafficking more effectively; calls on the Members States to ensure that national rapporteurs play a more significant role in the coordination of data collection initiatives, in close cooperation with relevant civil society organisations active in this field;

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas THB is defined in article 2 of Directive 2011/36/EU as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or reception of persons, including the exchange or transfer of control over those persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of 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 exploitation shall include, as a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour of services, including begging, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude, or the exploitation of criminal activities, or the removal of organs;

Amendment 230 #

Catherine BEARDER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

42. Notes that despite the clear definition of THB given in the Directive, a number of different definitions have been adopted in Member States’ national legislation; calls on the Commission to conduct research on this and to report on what these differences in definition mean practically for the application of the directive; stresses the importance of conceptual clarity in order to avoid conflation with other related but separate issues;

Amendment 231 #

Catherine BEARDER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Louis MICHEL, Terry REINTKE, Ernest URTASUN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

42. Notes that despite the clear definition of THB given in the Directive, a number of different definitions have been adopted in Member States’ national legislation; Even though it recognizes the competence of the Member States on the regulation of prostitution, it calls on the Commission to conduct research on this and to report on what these differences in definition mean practically for the application of the directive;

Amendment 232 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)

42a. Notes that stakeholders generally confirm that the vast majority of victims of THB go undetected; recognises that the trafficking of certain vulnerable groups such as (homeless) youth, children, disabled and LGBTI people, has been somewhat overlooked; stresses the importance of improved data collection to enhance victim identification efforts with regard to these groups and developing best practice in dealing with the specific needs of these victims:

Amendment 233 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)

42a. Stresses that, to improve efforts to combat THB in the European Union, the EU institutions must carefully assess the implementation of EU legislation in the Member States, and take further legislative and other measures, if necessary;

Amendment 234 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

43. Calls on the Commission to develop standardised guidelines including data protection for data collection for the relevant bodies, such as law enforcement, border and immigration services, social services, local authorities, prisons, NGOs and other contributors;

Amendment 235 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)

43a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that anti-trafficking is given greater priority in the European Agenda on Migration (COM (2015) 240, final), so as to facilitate the engagement of victims in the prosecution of traffickers, by reform to rules on residency of victims of trafficking;

Amendment 236 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)

43a. Calls on the various EU agencies such as Eurojust, Europol, CEPOL, EASO, EIGE, FRA and Frontex to cooperate more effectively in combating human trafficking both inside and outside the Union;

Amendment 237 #

Catherine BEARDER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 b (new)

43b. Calls on the Commission to address the abuse of self-employment in the employment of migrant labour in some EU member states, to avoid local labour standards and employment obligations, recognizing that bogus self-employment is often used in migrant labour domains most prone to trafficking;

Amendment 238 #

Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

44. Asks that the Commission produce a study on the links between different types of trafficking and the routes between them and promote continued research into the main causes of different types of trafficking in human beings and their impact on gender equality;

Amendment 239 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

44. Asks that the Commission produce a study on the links between different types of trafficking and the routes between them, as victims are often exploited in different ways simultaneously or move from one type of trafficking to another;

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas trafficking in human beings is a serious form of organised crime driven by high demand for the forced services provided by its victims, which produce extremely high profits; whereas it affects women and men, girls and boys from the EU and from non-Community countries, in whom it causes severe damage that often affects them for the rest of their lives;

Amendment 240 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

44. Asks that the Commission ~~produce a study on~~to include in its upcoming report on the Implementation of Directive 2011/36/EU the links between different types of trafficking ~~and the routes between them~~;

Amendment 241 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)

44a. Urges the European Commission, taking into account that the Istanbul Convention is an effective tool to prevent and combat violence against women, including trafficking, and to protect and assist the victims, to promote the Member States adhesion to the Convention;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas it is acknowledged that human trafficking is 'the slavery of our times' and a major source of funding for organised crime (around EUR 6 billion in 2015 alone, according to Europol estimates) and Islamic State terrorist groups, yielding high profits for low risks;

Amendment 26 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas in 2014, 69% of suspects registered at Europol were EU nationals from Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia. Chinese and Nigerian groups are also considerably active in Europe;

Amendment 27 #

Catherine BEARDER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom are the most targeted countries by human traffickers, due to high demand for cheap sexual and labour services in these countries;

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas THB takes many different forms across many legal and illegal activities, including, but not limited to, agriculture, food processing, ~~prostitution~~the sex industry, domestic work, manufacturing, care, cleaning, other ~~types of forced labour~~industries (particularly in the service industries), forced begging, forced marriage, forced prostitution, illegal adoptions and the trade in human organs;

Amendment 29 #

Marijana PETIR, Davor Ivo STIER, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Alojz PETERLE

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas THB takes many different forms across many legal and illegal activities, including, but not limited to, agriculture, food processing, prostitution, domestic work, manufacturing, care, cleaning, other types of forced labour (particularly in the service industries), forced begging, forced marriage, illegal adoptions, gestational surrogacy and the trade in human organs, cells and tissues, including trade in reproductive cells as well as foetal cells and tissues;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

– having regard the Joint UN Commentary on the EU Directive – A Human Rights-Based Approach which demands the need to provide international protection to victims of human trafficking on a gender-based,

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas THB takes many different forms across many legal and illegal activities, including, but not limited to, agriculture, food processing, prostitution, domestic work, manufacturing, care, cleaning, other types of forced labour (particularly in the service industries), forced begging, forced marriage, illegal adoptions and the trade in human organs including surrogacy;

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas THB takes many different forms across many legal and illegal activities, including, but not limited to, agriculture, food processing, prostitution, domestic work, manufacturing, care, cleaning, other types of forced labour (particularly in the service industries), forced begging, forced marriage, illegal adoptions and the trade in human organs; including human embryos for surrogacy in all of its forms;

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas THB takes many different forms across many legal and illegal activities, including, but not limited to, agriculture, food processing, prostitution, sexual exploitation of children online, domestic work, manufacturing, care, cleaning, other types of forced labour (particularly in the service industries), forced begging, forced criminality, forced marriage, illegal adoptions and the trade in human organs;

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas trafficking in human beings harms human dignity and physical and psychological integrity. It first and foremost affects the victims of trafficking, but it also has a vast impact on society overall;

Amendment 34 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the current refugee crisis has shown the lack of proper tools at a European level to combat jointly the THB, specially with the aim of sexual exploitation of women and children;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas a "one size fits all" strategy is not efficient and whereas the different forms of trafficking, such as trafficking for sexual exploitation, trafficking for labour exploitation and child trafficking, need to be addressed with specific and tailored policy measures;

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the European Parliament resolution P8_TA(2015)0470 of 17 December 2015 condemns the practice of surrogacy as it undermines the human dignity of the woman since her body and its reproductive functions are used as a commodity;

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas trafficking in human beings is a complex transnational phenomenon that can be tackled effectively only if the EU institutions and Member States work together in a coordinated manner, with the focus being placed on identifying and protecting potential and actual victims in order to combat and successfully eradicate this serious human rights violation;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas, from a regulatory point of view, human trafficking is a relatively recent criminal activity, arising from new developments relating to a globalised world that increases the scope for cross- border exploitation;

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the main purpose of human trafficking is sexual exploitation, accounting for 53 % of victims, of which 97 % are women; whereas it may assume different forms, either visible (street prostitution) or invisible(in brothels, private homes or nightclubs);

Amendment 4 #

Mary HONEYBALL, Clare MOODY, Julie WARD, Anna HEDH

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

– having regard to the 2000 Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime,

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas current trends in sexual and labour exploitation are expected to increase;

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas, according to Eurostat data, human trafficking takes place largely within EU borders, 65 % of the victims being European citizens; whereas such activities are focused on a number of hotspots, including migrant registration centres in Germany, France and Belgium;

Amendment 42 #

Catherine BEARDER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas Directive 2011/36/EU (the directive) should be commended partly for its human rights- and victim-centred approach but also for its clear message that combating demand must be the highest priority;

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas Directive 2011/36/EU (the directive) should be commended for its human rights- and victim-centred approach, where victims of THB are entitled to certain rights and services under international law, regardless of their willingness or ability to take part in criminal proceedings (under article 11.3 of the Directive);

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas all support services for victims of trafficking must be made truly non-conditional, and ensure that there is no further victimisation;

Amendment 45 #

Catherine BEARDER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas THB ~~can be~~on the one hand is the result of global economic and social inequalities and ~~further~~on the other hand exacerbated by societal inequality between women and men;

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas THB can be the result of global economic and social inequalities and further exacerbated by societal inequality between women and men, and is driven by demand and profit;

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas THB can be the result of global economic and social inequalities and further exacerbated by ~~societal~~economic, societal and education and training inequality between women and men;

Amendment 48 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas THB ~~can be the result of~~is often caused by global economic and social inequalities and further exacerbated by societal inequality between women and men;

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas 70% of the identified victims and suspects in the EU are EU nationals;

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

– having regard to the 2000 UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, and in particular the internationally agreed definition of THB here within;

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas gender itself does not inherently create vulnerability, and there are many contributing factors to create a situation of vulnerability, including poverty, social exclusion, sexism and discrimination;

Amendment 51 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas ~~gender itself does not inherently create vulnerability, and there are many contributing factors to create a situation of vulnerability, including poverty, social exclusion and discriminat~~, on the basis of how various forms of discrimination and oppression are expressed, a person's gender expression functions as a background variable in the case of those exposed to discrimination, but at the same time gender expression is not the only factor at play in discrimination and oppression;

Amendment 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas ~~gender itself does not inherently create vulnerability, and~~reality and statistics show that women are far more vulnerable than men to being the target of THB; whereas there are many contributing factors to create a situation of vulnerability, including poverty, social exclusion and discrimination;

Amendment 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas gender itself does not inherently create vulnerability, yet recent figures prove that most of the victims of all forms of THB are women, and there are many contributing factors to create a situation of vulnerability, including poverty, social exclusion and discrimination;

Amendment 54 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas gender itself does not inherently create vulnerability, and there are many contributing factors to create a situation of vulnerability, including poverty, lack of education, social exclusion and discrimination;

Amendment 55 #

Catherine BEARDER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. Calls on Member States to cooperate in better developing guidelines for border guards and consular services to help identify victims of human trafficking;

Amendment 56 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas societal tolerance of gender inequality and violence against women and girls and the lack of public awareness of the issues surrounding THB perpetuate a permissive environment for THB;

Amendment 57 #

Marijana PETIR, Davor Ivo STIER, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Alojz PETERLE

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas trafficking in women and girls, men and boys, for sexual exploitation has decreased in countries that have criminalised the demand, including both pimping and the buying of sexual services;

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas women are exposed to special kinds of reproductive exploitation such as trafficking of their reproductive cells, forced marriage, coerced adoption, prostitution, surrogacy and female genital mutilation;

Amendment 59 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas particular attention should be given to asylum seekers, refugees, and undocumented migrants, especially women, children and minorities.

Amendment 6 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ, Barbara MATERA, Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Mariya GABRIEL, Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7

– having regard to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women on 15 September 1995 and to the subsequent outcome documents adopted at the United Nations Beijing+5 (2000), Beijing +10 (2005) and Beijing +15 (2010) special sessions and at the Beijing +20 review conference,deleted

Amendment 60 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas particular attention should be given to children, unaccompanied minors and migrant women as they face multiple risks;

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas minority groups, such as Roma people, make up a disproportionate number of victims of THB as a result of being socially and economically marginalised;

Amendment 62 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas minority and immigrant groups make up a disproportionate number of victims of THB as a result of being socially and economically marginalised;

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas ~~minority~~socially disadvantaged groups make up a disproportionate number of victims of THB as a result of being ~~socially and~~ economically marginalised;

Amendment 64 #

Catherine BEARDER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Angelika MLINAR, Louis MICHEL, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas the majority of victims of labour exploitation are male EU nationals from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia;

Amendment 65 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas gender expectations and discrimination are harmful to everyone, with men less likely to admit that they have been the victims of exploitation;

Amendment 66 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas the women and girls 'recruited' for human trafficking are lured by promises of stable employment and better living conditions;

Amendment 67 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas economic and social empowerment of women and ~~minority~~socially disadvantaged groups would reduce their vulnerability to becoming victims of THB;

Amendment 68 #

Catherine BEARDER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Angelika MLINAR, Louis MICHEL, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas Europol studies have shown that that criminal gangs are able to make use of new digital technologies to attract victims by means of false online vacancy advertisements;

Amendment 69 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas children make up approximately 16 %10 of registered victims of THB ~~and~~of which girls make up to 13 %11 , and whereas they are particularly vulnerable, with child victims facing severe and lasting physical, psychological and emotional harm; __________________ 10 11Idem, Eurostat report. Idem, Eurostat report. 11 Idem, Eurostat report. Idem, Eurostat report.

Amendment 7 #

Marijana PETIR, Davor Ivo STIER, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Alojz PETERLE

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8

– having regard to the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography;

Amendment 70 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

Ia. whereas especially in case of underage victims, the risk of re-victimisation and re- trafficking is high;

Amendment 71 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

Ia. whereas 70% of victims of trafficking and 70% of suspects traffickers in the EU are EU-nationals, according to the 2016 Report of Europol on trafficking in human beings in the EU;

Amendment 72 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas a majority of the registered victims are women and girls trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation, together comprising up to 95 % of the victims trafficked for sexual exploitation12 ; whereas trafficking is a form of violence against women and girls; __________________ 12 Idem, Eurostat report.

Amendment 73 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas most reported victims for sexual exploitation are female EU nationals from Central and Eastern Europe;

Amendment 74 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas sexual exploitation, like any other activity, is fuelled by demand and if no-one were willing to pay for sexual services, prostitution and human trafficking could no longer exist;

Amendment 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)

Jb. whereas Austria is a transit country for sexual exploitation victims coming from Central and Eastern Europe, and Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom are transit countries for non-EU victims;

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas there is a clear distinction between THB and human smuggling, but undocumented migrants in real need are particularly vulnerable to exploitation and further victimisation;

Amendment 77 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas there is a clear distinction between THB and human smuggling, but undocumented migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees are particularly vulnerable to exploitation and further victimiszation, especially women, children and minorities;

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas there is a clear distinction between THB and human smuggling, but ~~undocumented~~ migrants are particularly vulnerable to exploitation and further victimisation, especially children and women;

Amendment 79 #

Catherine BEARDER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Angelika MLINAR, Louis MICHEL, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas the current migration crisis occurring in North Africa and the Middle East will have a major impact on trafficking in human beings;

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8

– having regard to the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the European Parliament Resolution of 27 November 2014 on the 25th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child;

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas THB is often perceived as being carried out by only organised criminal groups, but in fact can also be carried out by the victim's family members, friends, relatives, romantic partners, and ordinary employers;

Amendment 81 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas trafficking is a serious organised crime that generates high profits of about 150 billion dollars a year; whereas there is still too low risk of being prosecuted and too low sanctions to be applied to deter crime compared to the high profits;

Amendment 82 #

Catherine BEARDER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Angelika MLINAR, Louis MICHEL, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA

Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)

Kb. whereas the global development of online infrastructures has made the Internet a crucial tool for human traffickers, and it is likely to become more significant in the future;

Amendment 83 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)

Kb. whereas the majority (70%) of suspected, prosecuted and convicted traffickers are male, although female perpetrators form a sizeable minority (29%) and can play a significant role in the process of THB1a , especially in the case of child trafficking; __________________ 1a 2015 Eurostat report

Amendment 84 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Barbara MATERA

Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)

Kb. whereas in order to be effective any legislation to combat trafficking must be accompanied by a clear cultural shift from a culture of impunity to a culture of zero tolerance against trafficking;

Amendment 85 #

Catherine BEARDER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Recital K c (new)

Kc. whereas victims often lack information about their rights and how to effectively exercise them;

Amendment 86 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K c (new)

Kc. whereas THB as a concept is distinct from slavery and broader discussions of exploitation; whereas not all types of exploitation would qualify as THB;

Amendment 87 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that a strong and coordinated approach to tackling the problem of human trafficking across the EU is essential in order to avoid ''forum shopping'' for criminal groups and individuals who look may look to exploit the weaknesses in individual Member States' criminal systems;

Amendment 88 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on the Member States to speed up the full and correct enforcement of Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in Human beings and protecting its victims;

Amendment 89 #

Marijana PETIR, Davor Ivo STIER, Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK, Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Alojz PETERLE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. REmphasises that the EU’s legal and political framework recognises that trafficking is a gender-specific phenomenon and calls on Member States to adopt gender-specific measures 1 a; recalls that article 1 of the directive stresses the need to adopt a gender- sensitive approach to THB; highlights that women and men, girls and boys are vulnerable in different ways, and are often trafficked for different purposes, and that prevention, assistance and support measures must therefore be gender-specific; points out, further, that the EU strategy identifies violence against women and gender inequalities as one of the root causes of trafficking and lays down a series of measures to address the gender dimension of trafficking; __________________ 1a‘Mid-term report on the implementation of the EU strategy towards the eradication of trafficking in human beings’ SWD(2014) 318 final, page 9

Amendment 9 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)

– having regard to the Oviedo Convention;

Amendment 90 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Member States to combat impunity, criminalise trafficking and ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice and that sanctions are strengthened as well as adequate to be dissuasive; calls on Member States to improve collection of evidence to combat trafficking and to increase police and judiciary cooperation including with Europol, Eurojust and Frontex with particular attention to the gender dimension of THB;

Amendment 91 #

Catherine BEARDER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Angelika MLINAR, Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Recalls the Commission´s obligation under article 23 paragraph 1 of Directive 2011/36/EU to submit in April 2015 a report to the EP and Council with an assessment of the extent to which MS have taken necessary measures to comply with the Directive; this reporting task has not been completed on schedule and signals the Commission´s failure in achieving a harmonised playing field;

Amendment 92 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Regret~~Stresses that the gender dimension ~~is not~~must be consistently monitored in the implementation of EU anti-trafficking legislation and urges the Commission to ~~take it into account in its reporting;~~ continue to monitor this in its assessment of Member States' compliance and implementation of the Directive;

Amendment 93 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Acknowledges the good work done by~~Calls on the office of the EU Anti- Trafficking Coordinator to promote further efforts in the development of knowledge and evidence on the various aspects of THB, including research into the gender dimension;

Amendment 94 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Acknowledge~~Commends the good work done by the ~~office of the~~ EU Anti-Trafficking Coordinator in ~~the~~ develop~~ment of~~ing knowledge and evidence on the various aspects of THB, including research into the gender dimension and the particular vulnerability of children;

Amendment 95 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Regrets that Europol's capabilities are not fully utilised among Member State law enforcement authorities, in order to increase information sharing with Europol so that links can be made between investigations in different Member States and a broader intelligence picture on the most threatening organised crime networks active in the EU can be drawn;

Amendment 96 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Regrets the complete lack of country specific information from the Commission´s coordination of national Rapporteurs and mechanisms, which hinders the EP work and delays progress at European level;

Amendment 97 #

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Considers that asylum seekers, refugees and undocumented migrants are particularly vulnerable to trafficking, especially women, children and minorities; calls on Member States to increase cooperation, including in the hotspots, to identify potential victims and to use all means to combat traffickers and smugglers;

Amendment 98 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Member States to strengthen cooperation in order to track and confiscate assets of traffickers, in particular linked to abuse and sexual exploitation of women and girls; calls on Member States to use all existing tools available more efficiently such as mutual recognition of Court judgements, joint investigation teams and the European investigation order;

Amendment 99 #