2015/2340(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that the preamble to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union affirms that the EU ‘places the individual and human dignity at the heart of its activities’ and that the Charter prohibits, among other things, torture and inhuman or degrading treatment, trafficking in human beings and slavery;

Amendment 10 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Emphasises that according to a report by Global Financial Integrity, human organ trade is one of the world’s top ten illegal money-making activities, generating profits between $600 million and $1.2 billion per year spanning over numerous countries; Stresses further that according to the United Nations people of all ages could be targets but migrants, homeless people and those who cannot read are particularly vulnerable;

Amendment 11 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1d. Recalls that the Council of Europe Convention against Trafficking in Human Organs provides an internationally agreed definition of trafficking in human organs, and identifies the activities that the ratifying states must criminalise in their national laws, thus complementing the existing international legal framework against trafficking in human beings;

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)

1e. Is concerned that the scale of global migration is expected to rise as a result of accelerated climate change; believes that proactive measures should be taken and particular attention should be given to trafficking of human beings in crisis environments, such as natural disasters and also to climate migrants;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for all the EU institutions and the Member States to place, in line with the fundamental values of the Union, human rights at the centre of the EU’s relations with all third countries;

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for all the EU institutions and the Member States to place human rights at the centre of the EU’s relations with all third countries and to use economic and trade relations, in particular, as a means of leverage;

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for all the EU institutions and the Member States to p~~lace~~ursue a coherent policy both internally and externally by placing human rights at the centre of the EU’s relations with all third countries;

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Invites the EU to pursue and promote dialogue on human rights with its international state and non-state partners, to formalise partnerships with international and national human rights organisations and do everything in its power to strengthen cooperation and coordination with third countries with a view to improving victim detection, enhancing measures to prevent human trafficking and ensuring the effective prosecution of traffickers;

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b.Urges the EU institutions and Member States to ensure that all products marketed within the EU’s territory comply with international standards concerning respect for human rights and the fight against human trafficking throughout the production chain;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Stresses the importance of a multi- sector, multi-disciplinary approach to combating human trafficking, encompassing in particular the health sector, and calls for civil society platforms to be set up in Member States to raise awareness of fundamental rights, anti- trafficking policies and victim support measures;

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes with great concern that, according to the International Labour Organisation, arboundt 21 million ~~men, women and children around the world are in a~~people around the world are victims of the most widespread forms of modern slavery, including forced ~~sexual exploitation~~labour, organ trafficking and forced sexual exploitation, men are no exception but the most vulnerable groups, such as the elderly, women, the sick, the people with disabilities and children, are more widely affected, with an estimated 5.5 million children being trafficked;

Amendment 2 #

Piernicola PEDICINI, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Recalls that trafficking in human beings is the result of an imbalanced distribution of the world’s wealth, war and the overexploitation of natural resources, which generate poverty, a lack of job opportunities and isolation, creating areas where access to information, training and education is difficult or indeed impossible;

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – point a (new)

(a) Points out, in connection with the current migration crisis, that children who have lost their parents are an easy target for organ traffickers;

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Recalls that, according to Europol, in the past two years, more than 10 000 unaccompanied migrant children have disappeared among the flow of migrants from the Middle East and Africa, stresses, therefore, the urgent need to step up border controls in the EU to protect these vulnerable groups from people trafficking;

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Points out, furthermore, that human trafficking is one of the most lucrative forms of crime and that the exploitation of forced labour generates profits in excess of EUR 30 billion each year;

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses that the Commission communication 'The EU Strategy towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings 2012–2016' stated that 79% of identified victims of human trafficking were subject to sexual exploitation, 18% to forced labour and 3% to other forms of exploitation, of these victims, 66% were women, 13% girls, 12% men and 9% boys;

Amendment 24 #

3a. Highlights the fact that persons who, for reasons of sudden or progressive climate-related change that adversely affects their lives or living conditions, are obliged to leave their habitual homes, have a high risk of falling victims of human trafficking; emphasises that this type of human mobility related to climate change has a strong economic dimension including the loss of livelihoods and reductions in household income, so there is a direct threat that they will be vulnerable to become victims of forced labour or slavery;

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to pay special attention to the identification of refugees and migrants -also climate migrants- as victims of violations, trafficking and smuggling; urges the EU to push forward for an international, legally recognizable definition of ‘climate refugees’;

Amendment 26 #

4. Condemns the illicit business of ~~human~~ trafficking, in human ~~traffick~~beings (THB) including for removal of organs and any other exploitative business related to violating the right to bodily integrity and inflicting violence; stresses the significant health implications of THB for victims of all forms of exploitation, both physical and mental;

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Condemns the illicit business of human trafficking, human trafficking for removal of organs and any other exploitative business related to violating the right to bodily integrity and inflicting violence; however, notes that the gap between global demand and supply of illicit organs is so vast that it is providing a market for illicit donors who, in most cases, as citizens of the world’s most impoverished communities, are motivated by their own desperation; stresses that this situation is providing ample space for criminal exploitation;

Amendment 29 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

Amendment 3 #

1a. Points out, moreover, that universal respect for human dignity is incompatible with any commodification, business transaction or legal service provision concerning the human body and its organs or the use that can be made of its organs – including the reproductive system;

Amendment 30 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)

; Stresses the importance and the impending nature of the crisis of climate migrants and the strong likelihood of their falling victim of people trafficking, jeopardising their physical, psychological or moral integrity, which shows how urgent it is to define the legal status of 'climate migrants' in particular;

Amendment 31 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses that there is a strong risk that human cloning will give rise to people trafficking, owing to the domination and commercial relationship it engenders;

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Calls on all EU Member States to ratify and implement the Council of Europe Convention against Trafficking in Human Organs; notes that Member States should make improved and accelerated efforts to implement European Directives and Conventions against trafficking in organs into their domestic law;

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Notes the importance of prevention in addressing commercial trade in human organs, including the trafficking in persons for organ removal which has developed into a global problem; believes that public awareness campaigns about the dangers of illegal organ donation and transplantation should be a required element of both European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), and EU development cooperation;

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses that economic stagnation, loopholes in legislation and deficiencies in law enforcement in developing countries combined with increasing globalization and improved communications technology create the perfect space for the criminal enterprise of illicit organ trafficking; points out that the lack of economic opportunity forces people to consider options they might otherwise find dangerous or reprehensible, while inadequate law enforcement enables traffickers to operate with little fear of being prosecuted;

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Underlines the important role of collaborative partnerships such as Eurotransplant and Scandiatransplant in allocating and distributing donor organs for transplantation to ensure their optimal use; encourages all Member States to participate in such collaborative partnerships so that more organs are exchanged among EU Member States;

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Condemns the illicit trafficking of children for illegal adoption by ~~European~~ parents who pay high fees to secure ~~desired babies, including the practice of purchasing babies born of surrogate mothers in third countries~~babies who have been taken from their families through force or coercion;

Amendment 37 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Condemns the practice of trafficking in human beings for forced surrogacy as a violation of the women’s rights and the rights of the child; notes that demand is driven by developed countries at the expense of vulnerable and poor people often in developing countries, and asks Member States to consider the implications of their own restrictive reproductive policies;

Amendment 38 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Takes the view in this regard that the Union must prohibit the medical and commercial activities of surrogate mothers and activities related to techniques of gestational surrogacy, with a view to safeguarding both the most vulnerable and poorest women against human exploitation and medical risks and children conceived using these techniques who could fall victim to trafficking;

Amendment 39 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls upon the Commission and the Member States to make every effort to improve emergency cooperation in recovering missing children and to enhance child alert mechanisms;

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that any commercial exploitation of organs that denies equitable access to transplantation is unethical, inconsistent with the most basic human values and is prohibited under Article 3(2) of the EU Charter on Fundamental Rights;

Amendment 40 #

Damiano ZOFFOLI, Silvia COSTA, Caterina CHINNICI, Luigi MORGANO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses th~~e need to tackle human trafficking, the majority of whose victims are women, who are exploited for sexual purpos~~at all victims of trafficking in human beings must have access to appropriate health services; notes that the majority of identified victims in the EU are women and girls who are exploited for sexual purposes, and that this type of exploitation incurs particular harms that require a higher level of services;

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the need to tackle human trafficking, the majority of whose victims are members of the most vulnerable social groups, in particular women, who are exploited for principally for sexual purposes, and children and elderly and disabled persons, who are forced into begging or exploited for the purpose of organ trafficking;

Amendment 42 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the need to tackle human trafficking, the majority of whose victims are women, who are exploited for sexual purposes and to maintain a victim-centred approach;

Amendment 43 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the need to tackle human trafficking, the majority of whose victims are women, who are exploited for sexual purposes; draws attention to the fact that, according to United Nations figures, 79% of victims of human trafficking are sexually exploited;

Amendment 44 #

Damiano ZOFFOLI, Caterina CHINNICI, Luigi MORGANO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the need to tackle human trafficking, the majority of whose victims are women, who are exploited for sexual purposes; considers it essential for a gender perspective to be mainstreamed in every measure intended to combat human trafficking, given that 80% of the victims are women or girls and the motive in 80% of cases is sexual exploitation;

Amendment 45 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Points out that poverty, sexual and ethnic discrimination, ignorance, disinformation, political and economic crises, armed conflict and natural disasters provide fertile ground for child traffickers;

Amendment 46 #

Damiano ZOFFOLI, Silvia COSTA, Caterina CHINNICI, Luigi MORGANO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses that children who are trafficked are exploited for a variety of purposes, including prostitution, domestic work and work on plantations, as soldiers or adjuncts to armed groups, to carry out crimes and to beg;

Amendment 47 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to take measures to prevent ‘transplant tourism’ by drawing up guidelines to protect the poorest and most vulnerable donors from being victims of organ trafficking, and to adopt measures that increase availability of legally procured organs and exchange of waiting list registrations between existing organ exchange organisations to avoid multiple listing;

Amendment 48 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Notes that when tackling this phenomenon, its relationship to inequality and poverty has to be taken into account, and education and food should therefore be provided for in prevention and eradication plans;

Amendment 49 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Stresses that Member States should intensify their cooperation under the auspices of Interpol and Europol in order to more effectively address the issue of organ trafficking; urges Member States to amend, where necessary, their criminal codes to ensure that those responsible for organ trafficking are adequately prosecuted, including sanctions for medical staff involved in transplantations of organs obtained from trafficking, while making every effort to discourage potential recipients from seeking trafficked organs;

Amendment 5 #

Damiano ZOFFOLI, Caterina CHINNICI, Luigi MORGANO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Notes that the globalisation of trade has facilitated the global commodification of human beings and human activities, thus contributing to the development of modern slavery and new types of people trafficking;

Amendment 50 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Points out that, according to conservative estimates published by the International Organisation for Migration, child trafficking generates profits of around EUR 7.6 billion each year;

Amendment 51 #

Damiano ZOFFOLI, Caterina CHINNICI, Luigi MORGANO, Silvia COSTA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Draws attention to the need to address the problem of the disappearance of unaccompanied migrant children following their arrival in Europe and to the fact that Europol has put the number of those currently missing at 10 000;

Amendment 52 #

Damiano ZOFFOLI, Caterina CHINNICI, Luigi MORGANO, Silvia COSTA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6d. Points out that the children most exposed to the risk of exploitation, abuse and violence are those who do not have a birth certificate and therefore legally do not exist; stresses the need, therefore, to take steps to guarantee every child's right to a name and a nationality and to be entered in a register of births;

Amendment 53 #

Damiano ZOFFOLI, Caterina CHINNICI, Luigi MORGANO, Silvia COSTA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)

6e. Calls on authorities to use the best interest of the child as their guiding principle in all action that they take;

Amendment 54 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses that the purchase of human organs, tissues and cells is illegal; notes that people trafficked for organ removal face particular challenges, and that victims are often unaware of the long-term and debilitating medical consequences of organ removal and lack of post-operative care as well as the psychological impact of the operation~~, in particular women illicitly trafficked in order to harvest their ova for commercial purposes~~; calls for better targeted awareness-raising initiatives to raise the profile of the harms associated with the sale of organs, particularly amongst the poorest and most vulnerable who may view the sale of an organ as a price worth paying for a better economic situation;

Amendment 55 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses that people trafficked for organ removal face particular challenges, and that victims are often unaware of the long-term and debilitating medical consequences of organ removal and lack of post-operative care as well as the psychological impact of the operation, in particular women illicitly trafficked in order to harvest their ova for commercial purposes; calls, therefore, to better inform and raise the awareness of victims with regard to the physical and psychological risks they run;

Amendment 56 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Notes that although the majority of activities relating to THB for organ removal take place in third countries, the demand for organs is largely driven by developed countries; calls for the Commission and Member States to work together to create awareness-raising campaigns to inform patients and medical professionals of the medical and legal risks of buying an organ for transplant, as well as the ethical considerations;

Amendment 57 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Stresses that ongoing cooperation between organisations such as the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the World Health Organisation, the International Organisation for Migration and the International Labour Organisation is of key importance in efforts to combat human trafficking for the purpose of organ removal;

Amendment 58 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Condemns trafficking in human organs, tissue, and cells, including the unlawful trade in reproductive cells (ova, sperm), fetal tissue and cells, and adult and embryonic stem cells;

Amendment 59 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Points out that an important cause of trafficking in human organs is the deficit between the need for transplantable organs and the actual numbers that become available; calls on Member States to focus not only on improving law enforcement against human traffickers, but also on increasing organ availability;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on the Member States to ratify the Palermo Protocol and correctly transpose the 2013 directive to combat human trafficking and the exploitation of persons;

Amendment 60 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses that victims should receive full assistance, for not only the immediate and chronic health consequences, but also the effects on their long-term psychological well-being;

Amendment 61 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses that victims should receive full assistance, for not only the immediate and chronic health consequences, but also the effects on their psychological well-being, including residence and work permits;

Amendment 62 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses that victims should receive full assistance, for not only the immediate and chronic health consequences, but also the effects on their psychological well-being; draws attention, therefore, to the key role played by authorities and organisations in providing victims with information on their right of access to justice, assistance and healthcare;

Amendment 63 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses that victims should receive full assistance, for not only the immediate and chronic health consequences, but also the effects on their psychological well-being; calls on the Commission and Member States to guarantee victims of trafficking both immediate medical attention and specific long-term support, to ensure their gradual rehabilitation and long-term treatment to address the harm they have suffered;

Amendment 64 #

Ulrike MÜLLER, Angelika MLINAR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Invites the Member States to define a legal status to protect the victims of trafficking, in particular for all cases of sexual exploitation;

Amendment 65 #

8a. Points out that in most Member States, victims of forced prostitution find it difficult to obtain access to psychological care and consequently have to rely almost entirely on the support of charitable institutions; calls, therefore, for such institutions to be given greater backing and calls on Member States to break down the barriers as regards access to psychological care;

Amendment 66 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Points out the importance of the role of doctors, nurses and other medical professionals, who are ~~mostly the first contact points for victims~~unique in their professional contact with victims whilst they are still in captivity; is concerned that at the moment this is a missed opportunity for intervention;

Amendment 67 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Points out the importance of the role of doctors, nurses and other medical professionals, who are mostly the first contact points for victims and play a key role in preventing people trafficking and attending to victims and referring them to the relevant social services;;

Amendment 68 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Points out the importance of the role of doctors, nurses, social workers and other medical professionals, who are mostly the first contact points for victims; notes the need to train the medical community to detect the warning signs of human trafficking;

Amendment 69 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1 (new)

; Stresses the pressing need for campaigns to raise awareness on organ donation and provide information on organ transplants;

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Recalls that groups organised at international level, either clandestinely or with the consent of their victims, who are deceived by false promises, transport victims to richer regions, with the list being headed by European countries where there are wealthier clients, particularly for sex trafficking;

Amendment 70 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Notes that EU migration policies geared to the so-called migration crisis, which is sustained by people trafficking, have helped to deepen and develop people trafficking networks;

Amendment 71 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Encourages the presumed consent programmes to be put in place in various countries or schemes whereby citizens are given the option of directly joining an organ-donor register when completing certain administrative procedures, decreasing the reliance of patients on the black market, while at the same time increasing the amount of available organs in order to cut the financial cost of a transplant and to decrease the urge for medical tourism;

Amendment 72 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Is gravely concerned by the statements made by the Europol chief of staff Brian Donald, who has warned that a sophisticated pan-European criminal infrastructure has developed over the past 18 months which is targeting refugees, particularly unaccompanied children;

Amendment 73 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)

9c. Is gravely concerned by Europol reports on the disappearance of thousands of unaccompanied child refugees after arriving on European soil, it being estimated that around 27% of the million refugees who arrived in Europe last year were minors;

Amendment 74 #

Piernicola PEDICINI, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the Member States to encourage further efforts to engage the medical community in improving efforts to combat this form of trafficking through ~~a policy that makes reporting mandatory and by strengthening clearer ethical principles and obligations.~~ raising awareness of the issues surrounding trafficking and providing mandatory training in order to better inform medical professionals about how to identify victims and any reporting procedures in order to better assist victims; highlights that this training is particularly important for maternity, sexual health, mental and emergency response professionals;

Amendment 75 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 – point a (new)

(a) Calls on Member States to monitor health professionals involved in organ transplants more closely and to impose stringent penalties in the event of any involvement in the illegal trafficking of organs;

Amendment 76 #

Piernicola PEDICINI, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Invites Member States, the Commission and Europol to work together as one to develop tools to neutralise the activities of traffickers on the Internet;

Amendment 77 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 – point b (new)

(b) Calls on Member States to promote a transparent international system for pooling information on organ transplants, so as to be able to trace transplant organs back to the donor.

Amendment 78 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Urges the Commission and Member States to make efforts to protect and find all missing refugees or migrants, particularly children, who have gone missing after being registered on arrival on European soil;

Amendment 79 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Asks the Commission to incorporate the fight against illegal immigration into its anti-trafficking strategy;

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Is concerned that current international human rights standards are of limited applicability to situations of climate-induced displacement and that they fail to explicitly address this issue directly; recalls that persons rendered stateless by extreme climate change constitute one of the clearest examples of a legal and policy void across international frameworks;

Amendment 80 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Points out that, according to the WHO, there are limited scientific data on trafficking and health, particularly concerning mental and psychological health; also points out that the needs of victims and survivors are often underestimated; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the relevant authorities of the Member States to set up a monitoring system and disseminate information on the consequences of trafficking and victims' needs in terms of both physical and psychological health;

Amendment 81 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Recalls that the Council of Europe Convention against Trafficking in Human Organs provides an internationally agreed definition of trafficking in human organs, and identifies the activities that ratifying states must criminalise in their national laws, thus complementing the existing international legal framework against trafficking in human beings; calls therefore on the Member States to ratify the Convention as soon as possible and incorporate its provisions into their national laws in order to ensure that those responsible for organ trafficking are adequately prosecuted and to discourage potential recipients from seeking trafficked organs;

Amendment 82 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Believes it necessary to set up a transparent system for better traceability of transplanted organs and a health guarantee for both recipients and donors of organs, while ensuring the anonymity of donors;

Amendment 83 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls on the Member States to use their security forces, working in coordination, to carry out official inspections in places where there might be victims of sexual exploitation.

Amendment 84 #

10b. Urges the Commission and Member States to respect the United Nations Charter and the principles of asylum law;

Amendment 85 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10b. Asks the Commission to incorporate the shared objective of combating organ trafficking and sexual exploitation into its external relations and the European neighbourhood policy;

Amendment 86 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10b. Highlights the particular vulnerability of refugees in Europe, especially women and children, who are potential victims of people trafficking in Europe; is extremely concerned at the disappearance from reception centres of several thousands of children, who are, as a result of their extreme vulnerability, targets for people traffickers; urges the Commission and Member States to do all in their power to eradicate trafficking and to take all necessary measures to ensure the protection of refugees arriving on their territory;

Amendment 87 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 c (new)

10c. Calls for immediate measures and action on the ground, in particular the creation of safe legal routes and the reversal of the current asylum policy, which treats people fleeing hunger, extreme poverty, war, persecution and death as a threat, and which should be replaced by a policy that provides a real response to the tragedy of war refugees and other migrants fleeing extreme poverty, disease and hunger;

Amendment 88 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 c (new)

10c. Asks the Commission to clarify the requirement it made to a candidate country for accession to the European Union to incorporate an effective and proven system to combat people trafficking – especially organ trafficking, sexual exploitation networks and the trafficking of children for adoption – into its judicial system;

Amendment 89 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 d (new)

10d. Calls for an end to the policies of interference and aggression that the EU, US and NATO have pursued in the Middle East and North Africa; calls for the rights of the peoples of these regions to development and sovereignty to be respected;

Amendment 9 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Recalls that organised crime involving people trafficking, which is less risky than drugs trafficking but often linked to it, fuels criminal dealings and activities that are facilitated by money laundering and tax havens;

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2016/03/14 AFET 215 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)

– having regard to the Convention on the Rights of the Child,

Amendment 10 #

Renate WEBER, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13

~~– having regard to the European Convention on Human Rights, the European Social Charter and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Un~~(Does not affect the English version,.)

Amendment 100 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the EU and its Member States to make a particular effort to combat forced labour in EU industries abroad, and in relation to third countries, by applying and enforcing labour standards and supporting governments in adopting labour laws providing minimum protection standards for workers, including foreign workers and to make these standards a precondition for European companies operating in third countrieminimum protection standards for workers, including foreign workers;

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the EU and its Member States to make a particular effort to combat forced labour in EU industries abroad, and in relation to third countries, by applying and enforcing labour standards and supporting governments in adopting labour laws providing minimum protection standards for workers, including foreign workers and to make these standards a precondition for European companies operating in third countries; stresses that exploitation and undeclared work and THB can only be effectively combatted if the same rights are guaranteed to all workers in a country irrespective of their nationality or origin;

Amendment 102 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. ~~Calls on~~Urges the EU and its Member States to make a ~~particular~~ny needed effort to combat forced labour in EU industries a~~broad, and~~nd SME, operating in the Member States and abroad; Urges the EU and its Member States to make any needed effort in relation to third countries, byin order to make them applying and enforcing labour standards and to support~~ing~~ governments in adopting labour laws providing minimum protection standards for workers, including foreign workers and to make these standards a precondition for European companies operating in third countries;

Amendment 104 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the EU and its Member States to make a particular effort to combat forced labour in EU industries abroad, and in relation to third countries, by applying and enforcing labour standards and supporting governments in adopting labour laws providing minimum protection standards for workers, including foreign workers legally resident on their territory and to make these standards a precondition for European companies operating in third countries;

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Recommends to all relevant actors to recognise those trapped in forced labour as workers and not only as victims of THB, to strengthen workers' rights in order to empower them and to prevent abuse and exploitation;

Amendment 106 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to increase cooperation with third countries to step up efforts and achieve better results in countering forced prostitution and sexual exploitation by improving and enforcing the legal framework effectively and also by requiring a consistent political will and adequate human and financial resources;

Amendment 107 #

15a. Calls on the EU and Member States to develop a legislative initiative which sets quality guidelines for domestic and care work in the EU, which should include specific recommendations for women and migrants;

Amendment 108 #

Liisa JAAKONSAARI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Calls on the EU to note that the majority of victims of THB are women or children, who are in a weaker position; recalls that sexual exploitation is often associated with THB, and that the EU should continue its efforts to combat it; considers that as many people as possible who have become victims of THB on the basis of sexual exploitation should be given access to an aid system which entitles them to legal advice, protection and support;

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15b. Urges the EU to make the necessary efforts at international level to prevent and suppress the slave trade, to bring about, progressively and as soon as possible, the complete abolition of slavery in all its forms;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)

– having regard to Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and the Council of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime,

Amendment 110 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)

15c. Stresses that the UN Palermo Protocol requires the criminalization of bonded labour as a form of trafficking; urges the governments to enforce the law and to ensure that those who profit from it are punished;

Amendment 111 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Urges that children, who are victims of THB, be identified as such and their best interests, rights and needs be considered paramount at all times; calls for the provision of adequate ~~support and protection~~physical, emotional and psychological support and protection, both in the short and in the long term, and for measures to be taken to facilitate family reunification where applicable and in the best interest of the child or for adequate care arrangements to be made;

Amendment 112 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Urges that children, who are victims of THB, be identified as such and their best interests, rights and needs be considered paramount at all times; calls for the provision of adequate support and protection ~~and for measures to be taken to facilitate family reunification~~ where applicable and in the best interest of the child ~~or for adequate care arrangements to be made;·~~;

Amendment 113 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Urges that children, who are victims of THB, be identified as such and their best interests, rights and needs be considered paramount at all times; calls for the provision of adequate legal, psychological, healthcare and educational support and protection and for measures to be taken to facilitate family reunification where applicable and in the best interest of the child or for adequate care arrangements to be made; taking into account the dignity and rights of the child;

Amendment 114 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Calls on the EU to continue its effort to strengthen international cooperation by multilateral, regional and bilateral arrangements for the prevention, detection, investigation, prosecution and punishment of those responsible for acts involving the sale of children, child prostitution, child pornography and child sex tourism;

Amendment 115 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Urges the EU and its Member States to train personnel charged with reception and identification of migrants/asylum seekers, at any stages, with specific awareness-raising programmes devoted to the correct distinction between smuggling and trafficking in human beings and to the understanding and discovering of situation in which people (and in particular the ones pertaining to the most vulnerable categories, as women and children) are in fact victims of THB, even when they are induced or forced to dissimulate their situation, for example claiming that they are spouses or children of their exploiters;

Amendment 116 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16b. Denounces that, according to the press declaration of EUROPOL Chief of staff, more than 10,000 unaccompanied refugee and migrant children have disappeared in Europe, Calls the attention of EU and Member States on the fact that many among the said impressive number of children have been whisked into sex trafficking rings begging, illicit and lucrative organ transplant market or the slave trade;

Amendment 117 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Urges the EU to continue its efforts in combating the phenomenon of child soldiers, notably through supporting governments in addressing this issue and local civil society groups active on the ground; calls on the EU to urge third countries to ratify and implement relevant international standards, including the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict;

Amendment 118 #

Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Urges the EU to call on third country governments to put in place measures to prevent future recruitment and use of child soldiers in armed conflicts, to support the development of child protection legislation including the criminalization of child recruitment and use and to mobilize resources to build resilience and strengthen protective environments for children;

Amendment 119 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Calls for strengthening national guardianship systems for children in Europe, as part of the EU's anti- trafficking strategy which recognises the vital role guardians play in protecting children from harm;

Amendment 12 #

Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)

– having regard to the Action Plan of the Valetta Summit, November 2015,

Amendment 120 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)

17b. Considers that early identification and protection of children victims of trafficking and unaccompanied children at risk of trafficking in the context of the current asylum and migration processes is imperative since the identification of victims of child trafficking is crucial to prosecuting traffickers and providing child victims with age appropriate protection and assistance;

Amendment 121 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls for the ratification and implementation of the Council of Europe Convention against Trafficking in Human Organs; ~~ask~~urges the EU to call on third- country governments to take immediately any legal action against health care professionals, hospitals and private clinics who are operating in the heinous, inhuman illicit and lucrative organ transplant market;

Amendment 122 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls for the ratification and implementation of the Council of Europe Convention against Trafficking in Human Organs; asks the EU to call on ~~third- country~~ governments to take legal action against health care professionals, hospitals and private clinics who are operating in the illicit and lucrative organ transplant market, as well as tissue and cell market, including illegal trade of foetal organs and tissues;

Amendment 123 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Deplores the fact that current anti- trafficking legislation and law enforcement is not always clear when the health professionals are criminally liable and when not; highlights the necessity to pay more attention by law enforcement to the role of health professionals as accomplices in criminal trafficking networks; calls the EU and its Member States to set up stronger sanctions against health professionals who perform illegal transplants;

Amendment 124 #

Liisa JAAKONSAARI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Calls on the EU to become aware of the growing link in third countries between commercial surrogate motherhood and THB;

Amendment 125 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18b. Calls on the EU to encourage European medical associations and transplant societies to develop a Code of Conduct for health professionals and transplant centres regarding the way of obtaining an organ transplant abroad and the procedure for post-transplant care;

Amendment 126 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. ~~Welcom~~Notes the inclusion of forced begging as a form of trafficking in human beings by the Directive 2011/36/EU; calls on the Member States to harmonise national legislation and on third-country governments to enact and enforce legal provisions; condemns any criminalisation of, or enforcement action against, beggars and the homeless under the pretext of 'combating begging'; believes that no action can be taken to stop begging unless it also enables reintegration into the job market and access to housing for all;

Amendment 127 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Welcomes the inclusion of forced begging as a form of trafficking in human beings by the Directive 2011/36/EU; ~~call~~urges on the Member States to harmonise national legislation and on third-country governments to enact and enforce legal provisions;

Amendment 128 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Welcomes the inclusion of forced begging as well as illegal adoption or forced marriage in so far as they fulfil the constitutive elements of trafficking in human beings, as a form of trafficking in human beings by the Directive 2011/36/EU; calls on the Member States to harmonise national legislation and on third- country governments to enact and enforce legal provisions;

Amendment 129 #

Josef WEIDENHOLZER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 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 130 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Welcomes the inclusion of forced begging as a form of trafficking in human beings by the Directive 2011/36/EU; calls on the Member States to harmonise national legislation and on third-country governments to enact and enforce legal provisions; insists on the need to conduct training for police and other officials for proper identification and referral in order to secure adequate assistance for the victims; underlines that many of the victims come from a poor and marginalised environment; calls for prevention measures to be focused on reducing the vulnerability of groups at risk, starting with basic structures such as education or labour integration and on increasing the number of shelters and places to assist vulnerable persons;

Amendment 131 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Calls for the inclusion of gestational surrogacy as a form of trafficking in human beings as it involves reproductive exploitation and use of the human body for financial or other gain;

Amendment 132 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Notes that persons with disability or who suffer disability during the passage of trafficking need additional protection from exploitation and calls upon the EU and Member States to ensure that assistance provided to such identified victims appropriately addresses their specific needs;

Amendment 133 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to make the fight against human trafficking more visible to the public by organising conferences, seminars and case-reporting campaigns, targeting airports, train stations, buses, schools, universities and workplaces;

Amendment 134 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19b. Calls on the Member States to create and strengthen public networks of centres providing support and shelter and offering psychological, medical, social and legal assistance for trafficking victims;

Amendment 135 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19b. Calls on the Commission to include gestational surrogacy as a new form of THB as it implies the sale of children according to the definition given by Article 2a of the optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography; Moreover in this practice children are traded without respect of their rights as persons;

Amendment 136 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)

19c. Condemns the practice of gestational surrogacy, which undermines the dignity of women since their bodies and reproductive functions are used for trade; considers that the practice of gestational surrogacy which involves reproductive exploitation and use of the human body for financial or other gain, in particular in the case of vulnerable women in developing countries, shall be banned and treated as a matter of urgency in human rights instruments;

Amendment 137 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Calls on the Member States to adopt measures to end prostitution and sexual exploitation, basing these on assistance – including psychological assistance – to victims and their reintegration into society, and on the penalisation of traffickers and clients; stresses that such measures must be accompanied by educational and awareness-raising measures;

Amendment 138 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Calls on the EU and Member States to raise awareness among their staff about the EU Guidelines on the identification of victims of trafficking in human beings, as well as the Commission publication on the EU rights of victims of trafficking, and encourages the active use of them;

Amendment 139 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Denounces worrying gaps between state obligations and the extent to which they are met in practice when it comes to victims’ rights; welcomes Directive 2012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime; hopes that the directive has been properly transposed by the Member States, given that the deadline for its implementation was 16 November 2016;

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 b (new)

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

Amendment 140 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Denounces worrying gaps between state obligations and the extent to which they are met in practice when it comes to victims’ rights; calls on the States, including countries of origin, transit and destination, to provide or facilitate access to remedies that are fair, adequate and appropriate to all trafficked persons within their respective territory and subject to their respective jurisdiction, including non-citizens;

Amendment 141 #

Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Recalls that the swift and accurate identification of victims is fundamental to the realisation of the rights to which they arcould be legally entitled; urges that capacity- building measures are taken in relation to the identification of victims of THB especially for migration, security and border control services;

Amendment 142 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Calls on governments to put in place firewalls between immigration authorities and labour inspectorates, in order to encourage victims to lodge complaints and to ensure that if cases of trafficking in human beings are detected that there is no fear of action taken by immigration authorities against victims;

Amendment 143 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Deplores the inadequate attention given to victims in criminal proceedings; calls for trafficked persons not to be detained and not to be put at risk of being punished for offences committed in the context of their situation as victim of THB; calls on the States to respect the non-criminalization principle;

Amendment 144 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. ~~Deplores the inadequat~~Stresses that more attention must be given to victims in criminal proceedings; calls ~~for trafficked person~~on the Member States not to be detained trafficked persons and not to be put them at risk of being punished for offences committed under coercion in the context of their situation as victim of THB;

Amendment 145 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Deplores the inadequate attention given to victims in criminal proceedings; ~~calls for trafficked persons not to be detained and not to be put at risk of being punished for offences committed in~~in the legal treatment of offences, calls for account to be taken of the context of their situation as victim of THB;

Amendment 146 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Deplores the inadequate attention sometimes given to victims in criminal proceedings; calls for trafficked persons not to be detained and not to be put at risk of being punished for offences committed in the context of their situation as victim of THB;

Amendment 147 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Deplores the inadequate attention given to victims in criminal proceedings; calls for trafficked persons not to be ~~detained and not to be~~ put at risk of being punished for offences committed in the context of their situation as victim of THB, provided that they were acting on the orders/instructions of their persecutors;

Amendment 148 #

24. Urges that the criminal justice response guarantees access to justice for victims and information about their legal rights; calls on all states to comply with their international obligation to uphold the rights of victims under their jurisdiction, ~~and~~ to ensure full support for victims independent of their willingness to cooperate in criminal proceedings and to have access to relevant information on court and administrative proceedings in the victim's own language;

Amendment 149 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Urges that the criminal justice response guarantees access to justice for victims and information about their legal rights in a language that they can understand; calls on all states to comply with their international obligation to uphold the rights of victims under their jurisdiction, and to ensure full support for victims independent of their willingness to cooperate in criminal proceedings;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 a (new)

– having regard to the ILO report Profits and Poverty: The Economics of Forced Labour (2014),

Amendment 150 #

24. Urges that the criminal justice response guarantees access to justice for victims and information about their legal rights; calls on all states to comply with their international obligation to uphold the rights of victims under their jurisdiction, and to ensure full support for victims, in~~dependent of their~~ particular by providing psychologists to ensure closer assistance for victims, regardless of whether or not they are willing~~ness~~ to cooperate in criminal proceedings;

Amendment 151 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Urges that the criminal justice response guarantees access to justice for victims and information about their legal rights; calls on all states to comply with their international and European obligation to uphold the rights of victims ~~under their jurisdiction~~, and to ensure full support for victims independent of their willingness to cooperate in criminal proceedings;

Amendment 152 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Affirms that victims of trafficking have ~~the right to an effectiv~~an international legal right to adequate and appropriate remedyies, including ~~access to justi~~equal and effective access to justice and legal assistance, recognition of legal identity and citizenship, return of property, adequate reparation as well as medical and psychological care, legal and social services, and long-term (re)integration support, including economic support;

Amendment 153 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Emphasises the necessity to reintegrate in the society the victims of trafficking in human beings and to the right to protection in order to provide them an adequate standard of living, emergency medical and psychological care, translation and interpretation services, counselling and information services in a language that victim can understand on legal rights and services available, assistance in defending rights and interests, access to education; calls on the states for adoption of programmes for social assistance or social reintegration;

Amendment 154 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Encourages targeted funding by the EU for ~~local NGO~~the Member States and their national authorities to identify and support victims of THB; ·

Amendment 155 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Encourages targeted funding by the EU for local NGOs to identify and support victims of THB as well as to raise awareness among populations vulnerable to exploitation and human trafficking; welcomes in that context the role of media which can help raise awareness and inform about risks;

Amendment 156 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Recalls Member States that Directive 2011/36/EU is without prejudice to the principle of non-refoulement in accordance with the 1951 Convention related to the Status of Refugees;

Amendment 157 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Calls on the Member States to step up the penalties for those manifestly involved in human trafficking and infringing the human rights of their victims;

Amendment 158 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)

26b. Encourages Member States to guarantee to asylum seekers victims of trafficking the same rights as those afforded to other victims of trafficking;

Amendment 159 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Calls for an integrated response to trafficking in human beings, bringing together various different actors, mandates and perspectives both nationally and internationally;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 36 a (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 17 December 2015 on the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2014 and the European Union’s policy on the matter (2015/2229 INI),

Amendment 160 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls for effective international cooperation to investigate transnational THB by stepping up financial and technical assistance and strengthening cross-border communication, cooperation and capacity building at government and law enforcement level, including border guards, ~~immigration and asylum officials,~~ criminal investigators and victim support agencies, civil society and UN agencies, including on how to identify and protect victims as well as the actions taken by third countries (e.g. Turkey) with regard the victims of trafficking (and, in most cases, the connection with trafficking in migrants) and to discuss ways of dealing with countries of origin, transit and destination which have not ratified the UN Palermo Protocol;

Amendment 161 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls for effective international cooperation to investigate and combat transnational THB by stepping up financial and technical assistance and strengthening cross-border communication, cooperation and capacity building at government and law enforcement level, including border guards, immigration and asylum officials, criminal investigators and victim support agencies, civil society and UN agencies, including on how to identify and protect victims and to discuss ways of dealing with countries of origin, transit and destination which have not ratified the UN Palermo Protocol;

Amendment 162 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Calls to put in place a joint anti- trafficking mechanism for cooperation between the main origin, transit and destination countries, to facilitate and improve the gathering and exchange of information among all relevant actors, including the establishment of a cooperative mechanism for the confiscation of the proceeds of trafficking;

Amendment 163 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Calls on Member States to effectively and proactively cooperate with EUROPOL, INTERPOL and the new European Migrant Smuggling Centre (EMSC). in dismantling criminal networks involved in organised migrant smuggling and in dealing with THB;

Amendment 164 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Emphasises the necessity to promote social inclusion in both destination and source countries and to provide assistance through a collaborative effort among international organizations, governmental bodies and agencies as well as NGOs from both destination and source countries, particularly in situations where victims return to their home countries;

Amendment 165 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Stresses that transit countries are crucial in the fight against human trafficking, as the exploitation of the victims has not yet begun at the transit phase; stresses the importance of providing border police officers with additional training in order to improve their identification skills;

Amendment 166 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Calls upon the EU and Member States to work towards more effective international protection and assistance for people living in humanitarian crisis and emphasizes that protection must be granted to all those entitled to it in accordance with international and regional conventions;

Amendment 167 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)

27b. Calls for effective cooperation on the issue of trafficking in persons in global supply chains in which States and businesses should join forces to contribute to combating and preventing this form of human trafficking;

Amendment 168 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Regrets that cross-border labour migration has to date not received sufficient attention; ~~underscor~~acknowledges the potential of formalised labour migration as a means of preventing trafficking in human beings and to save lives;

Amendment 169 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Re~~grets that~~cognizes the effort of the EU in creating formalized cross-border labour migration cha~~s to date not received sufficient attention;~~ nnels and calls for more coherent and reinforced effort in this regard ;underscores the potential of formalised labour migration as a means of preventing trafficking in human beings and to save lives;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 36 a (new)

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

Amendment 170 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. ~~Regret~~Outlines that cross-border labour migration ~~has to date not received sufficient~~should receive more attention; and underscores ~~the~~its potential ~~of formalised labour migration~~ as a means of preventing trafficking in human beings and ~~to save~~saving lives;

Amendment 171 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Underlines the numerous challenges linked to cross-border labour migration, particularly the risk of migrants being illegalised and deprived of their most fundamental rights; calls for the establishment of cross-border labour migration mechanisms in the EU and at international level in order to increase and formalise regular labour migration;deleted

Amendment 172 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Underlines the numerous challenges linked to cross-border labour migration, particularly the risk of migrants being illegalised and deprived of their most fundamental rights; denounces the spreading of practices of labour exploitation and sometimes forced labour, affecting cross-border labour migrants in some specific sectors as construction and agriculture sector, in the latter case especially seasonal work; calls on Member States to immediately take any measure to prevent these case and to prosecute those responsible of this heinous exploitation; calls for the establishment of cross-border labour migration mechanisms in the EU and at international level in order to increase and formalise regular labour migration;

Amendment 173 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Underlines the numerous challenges linked to cross-border labour migration, particularly the risk of migrants being illegalised and deprived of their most fundamental rights; calls for the establishment of cross-border labour migration mechanisms in the EU and at international level in order to increase and formalise regular labour migration; ·;

Amendment 174 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Urges the EU to strengthen its cooperation with NGOs and other relevant international organisations in order to increase the exchange of best practices, the development of policies, implementation, and to increase research, including with local actors, and in particular focussing on access to justice for victims and effective prosecution of perpetrators;

Amendment 175 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Urges the EU to strengthen its cooperation with ~~NGOs and other relevant international organisation~~the Member States and their national authorities in order to increase the exchange of best practices, the development of policies, implementation, and to increase research, including with local actors;

Amendment 176 #

Barbara LOCHBIHLER, Bodil VALERO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Urges the EU to strengthen its cooperation with NGOs and other relevant international organisations in order to increase the exchange of best practices, the development of policies, implementation, and to increase research, including with local actors; and to ensure necessary funding and coordinated assistance and protection measures;;

Amendment 177 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30a. Calls for enhanced coordination and cooperation among key actors, such as Member States, third countries, international and EU agencies, NGOs and public and private social services when addressing the root causes and setting up strategies to eradicate THB;

Amendment 178 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30a. Calls on the EU to support third countries for the efficiency and impact of the cooperation actions in the area of trafficking in human being based on a regional approach, concentrating on the "trafficking routes" in order to offer specific responses to the different regions which are adapted to the type of exploitation;

Amendment 179 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)

30b. Calls on the EU to re-evaluate the effectiveness and strategic importance of its relations with partners working in the field of trafficking in human beings; urges the necessity to reinforce the short term and longer term partnership priorities with states (USA, Russia), regional and international organizations committed to fight human trafficking; underlines the necessity to establish the exchange programmes for professionals in trafficking in human beings area;

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 36 a (new)

– having regard to the European Parliament's Annual Report on human Rights and Democracy in the World 2014,

Amendment 180 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Recommends to the international community to give particular attention to the issue of preventing and combating THB in crisis environments, such as natural disasters and armed conflicts in order to decrease victims’ vulnerability to traffickers and other criminal networks;

Amendment 181 #

Kati PIRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Recommends to the international community to give particular attention to the issue of THB in crisis environments, such as ~~natural disasters and~~ armed conflicts, in order to decrease victims’ vulnerability to traffickers and other criminal networks;

Amendment 182 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)

31a. Encourages the EU and Member States, in cooperation with NGOs and relevant international organisations and EU agencies, to train all officials who by their function can possibly come across victims of THB on THB awareness raising, as a key step to properly identify victims and consequently be able to provide them the assistance needed;

Amendment 183 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)

31a. Recommends to the international community and especially to those countries, such as the United States, India, Russia and Ukraine, in which gestational surrogacy is growing fastest, to give attention to comply with international obligations acquired in the ratification of the optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and take proper action regarding gestational surrogacy;

Amendment 184 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Calls on EU representatives to ~~systematically address~~pay particular attention to trafficking in human beings in its dealings with ~~all~~ third- country counterparts ~~at all levels, including through public statements~~;

Amendment 185 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

~~32.~~ Calls on EU representatives to step up cooperation with third countries, and to systematically address trafficking in human beings with all third-country counterparts at all levels, including through public statements;

Amendment 186 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Calls on the EU to review its assistance programmes regarding trafficking in human beings, to make funding more targeted and to make THB an area of cooperation in its own right; ~~urges the Commission to regularly re-evaluate its list of priority countrie~~in that context encourages the increase of resources for services dealing with THB within the EU institutions; urges the Commission to regularly re-evaluate its list of priority countries, including the selection criteria, to ensure that it reflects the realities on the ground and to make them more flexible and adaptable to changing circumstances and emerging trends;

Amendment 187 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Calls on the EU to review its assistance programmes regarding trafficking in human beings, to make funding more targeted and to make THB an area of cooperation in its own right, in particular focussing on fixing broken justice systems; urges the Commission to regularly re-evaluate its list of priority countries;

Amendment 188 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Calls on the EU to review its assistance programmes regarding trafficking in human beings, to make funding more targeted and to make THB an area of main cooperation in its own right; urges the Commission to regularly re-evaluate its list of priority countries;

Amendment 189 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 36 b (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 17 December 2015 on the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2014 and the European Union’s policy on the matter,

Amendment 190 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)

33a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to implement the actions relating to the fight against trafficking in the current Human Rights Action Plan and in line with the EU Strategy against trafficking in human beings, but going beyond the identified priority countries;

Amendment 191 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)

33a. Urges the EEAS to have a leading role in improving the systematic exchange of information and raise trafficking in political dialogues with third countries, within multilateral and regional fora, and at the level of cooperation programmes, such as in development;

Amendment 192 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Urges the EU to refrain from addressing THB primarily as a security issue and from disproportionately focusing on the fight against smuggling; urges the EU and its Member States to pay attention to the identification of refugees and migrants as victims of THB or as victims of violations and abuse as part of smuggling;deleted

Amendment 193 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

Amendment 194 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Urges the EU to refrain from addressing THB primarily as a security issue and from disproportionately focusing on the fight against smuggling; urges the EU and its Member States to ~~pay attention to the identification of refugees and migrants as victims of THB or as~~invest in identification mechanisms of THB victims or victims of violations and abuse as part of smuggling in the waves of migrants and asylum seekers;

Amendment 195 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Urges the EU to refrain from addressing THB primarily as a security issue and from disproportionately focusing on the fight against smuggling; urges the EU and its Member States to pay attention to the identification of ~~refugees and migrants as victims of THB or as~~victims of human trafficking amongst refugees and migrants or amongst victims of violations and abuse as part of smuggling;

Amendment 196 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Urges the EU to refrain from addressing THB primarily as a security issue and from disproportionately focusing on the fight against smuggling; emphasises that the policy of rejecting and criminalising migrants being adopted by the EU and most Member States, and the deplorable reception conditions for immigrants act as an incentive for THB controlled by criminal gangs and exploitation; urges the EU and its Member States to pay attention to the identification of refugees and migrants as victims of THB or as victims of violations and abuse as part of smuggling;

Amendment 197 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)

34a. Underlines the necessity of preparatory work and training for international civilian police missions as well as the training of diplomats, liaison officers and consular and development cooperation officers in order to improve the identification of victims of human trafficking; considers necessary the training for these groups, because they are often the first contact point for victims of trafficking and to take action in order to ensure that these officials have access to adequate material to inform persons at risk of becoming victims of trafficking;

Amendment 198 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)

34a. Rejects any attempt to outsource the EU's migration policies, especially under the pretext of combating THB, and condemns in this respect the proposals made by Member States and the Commission to establish asylum application processing and holding centres in third countries, as well as the proposal to involve North African countries and Turkey in search and rescue operations at sea aimed at intercepting refugees and returning them to Africa or Turkey; calls on the Commission to ensure that Parliament has an assessment of the extent to which these proposals comply with international law, and particularly the Geneva Convention, and with other practical and legal impediments to their implementation; calls on the Commission and Member States to immediately suspend cooperation with third countries aimed at preventing migrants and refugees reaching Europe and tightening up border control; calls for the ending of negotiations in the Khartoum Process and suspension of the Rabat Process;

Amendment 199 #

Tokia SAÏFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)

34a. Recalls that the rolling out on 7 October 2015 of the second phase of EUNAVFOR MED, also known as Operation Sophia, has made it possible to take concrete action against the trafficking of human beings as it authorises the boarding, search, seizure and diversion, on the high seas, of vessels suspected of being used for human smuggling or trafficking; recalls that, so far, 48 suspected smugglers and traffickers have been arrested and are being dealt with under the Italian justice system; calls on the EU to continue and step up its operations in the Mediterranean;

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)

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

Amendment 20 #

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

Amendment 200 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Urges the EU to find tangible solutions regarding regular, non- exploitative and safe ways into the EU for migrants and refugees; recalls that safe and if possible voluntary return should be guaranteed to trafficked persons by the receiving state and state of origin, and legal alternatives offered for repatriation in cases where such repatriation would pose a risk to their safety and/or of their family;deleted

Amendment 201 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

Amendment 202 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Urges the EU ~~to find tangible solutions regarding re~~and Member States to promote safe legal routes for migrants and refugees that gular, non-exploitative and safe ways into the EU for migrants and refugees; recalls that safe and if possible voluntary return should be guaranteed to trafficked persons by the receiving state and state of origin, and legal alternatives offered for repatriation in cases where such repatriation would pose a risk to their safety and/or of their familyantee access to EU territory in conditions compatible with human dignity; urges the EU and Member States to provide mechanisms geared to the integration of refugees and migrants, based on access to the labour market, education (in particular access to language courses) and health; maintains that, without prejudice to the necessary integration and reception strategies, the receiving state and state of origin must guarantee the necessary conditions of safety and reintegration where a victim of human trafficking expresses the explicit and voluntary desire to return;

Amendment 203 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. ~~Urges~~Calls on the EU to find tangible solutions regarding rleg~~ular~~al, non-exploitative and safe ways into the EU for migrants and refugees; calls on the EU to step up its fight against ‘smugglers’; recalls that safe and if possible voluntary return should be guaranteed to trafficked persons by the receiving state and state of origin, and legal alternatives offered for repatriation in cases where such repatriation would pose a risk to their safety and/or of their family;

Amendment 204 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Urges the EU to find tangible solutions regarding regular, non-exploitative and safe ways into the EU for migrants and refugees; reminds Member States and the EU that they must comply with international law, including the principle of non-refoulement, in all their policies and in particular those on migration; recalls that safe and ~~if possible~~ voluntary return should be guaranteed to trafficked persons by the receiving state and state of origin, and legal alternatives offered for repatriation in cases ~~where such repatriation would pose a risk to their safety and/or of their family~~;

Amendment 205 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Urges the EU to find tangible solutions regarding regular, non-exploitative and safe ways into the EU for migrants and refugees; recalls that safe ~~and if possible~~ voluntary return should be guaranteed to trafficked persons by the receiving state and state of origin, and legal alternatives offered for repatriation in cases where such repatriation would pose a risk to their safety and/or of their family;

Amendment 206 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)

35a. Urges the Commission and Member States to respect the United Nations Charter and the principles of asylum law; calls for the reversal of the current asylum policy, which treats people fleeing hunger, extreme poverty, war, persecution and death as a threat, and which should be replaced by a policy that provides a real response to the tragedy of war refugees and other migrants fleeing extreme poverty, disease and hunger;

Amendment 207 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)

35a. Calls on the EU to promote programmes supporting the inclusion of migrants and refugees with the involvement of key actors from third countries, and also of cultural mediators, to be helpful in raising the level of awareness of communities on trafficking and making them more resilient to the penetration of organised crime;

Amendment 208 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)

35b. Urges the Commission and Member States to make efforts to protect and find all refugees or migrants, particularly children, who have gone missing after arriving on European soil;

Amendment 209 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Calls on all Member States to ratify all relevant international instruments, agreements and legal obligations and to step up efforts to make the fight against trafficking in human beings more effective, coordinated and coherent; encourages the EU to call for the ratification of all relevant international instruments, including by making them a GSP+ requirement;

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas trafficking in human beings (THB), which forms part of organised crime, constitutes one of the worst forms of human rights abuses, as it ~~turn~~reduces human beings into commodities, is geared to robbing people of their dignity and integrity, causes serious and lifelong harm to victims and deliberately misuses the situations of vulnerability in which people find themselves and from which they hope to escape, and gives the victims no choice but to put up with the abuse;

Amendment 210 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Calls on the EU to support third countries in their efforts to increase the identification of victims and prosecutions for THB, putting in place and implementing adequate legislation, and harmonising legal definitions, procedures and cooperation in line with international standards; welcomes ant initiative undertaken by EUROPOL and INTERPOL in order to directly deal with human trafficking as a priority and proactively support Member States in the fight against such heinous, organized and lucrative crime and crimes related;

Amendment 211 #

Kati PIRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Calls on the EU to support third countries in their efforts to increase the identification, assistance and reintegration of victims and prosecutions for THB, putting in place and implementing adequate legislation, and harmonising legal definitions, procedures and cooperation in line with international standards;

Amendment 212 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)

37a. Recognises and supports the work of the EU Anti-Trafficking Coordinator established to improve coordination and coherence between the EU institutions, agencies, Member States as well as third countries and international actors and urges the Coordinator to further develop concrete joint action and measures between the EU, MS, third countries and international actors so as to establish a more coherent and efficient cooperation in establishing systems that identify, protect and assist victims of trafficking, step up the prevention of THB, seek increased prosecution of traffickers and establish a network capable of responding to emerging concerns;

Amendment 213 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)

37a. Calls on the EU to share with third countries the elaboration of a standardized system for the collection of qualitative and quantitative data and analysis of THB in order to develop a common or at least comparable template in EU and third countries for the collection and analysis of data relating to all aspects of THB; urges the necessity to be allocated the sufficient funds for data collection and research on trafficking in human being;

Amendment 214 #

Jasenko SELIMOVIC, Frédérique RIES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)

38a. Calls for an end to the policies of interference and aggression that the EU, US and NATO have pursued in the Middle East and North Africa; calls for the rights of the peoples of these regions to development and sovereignty to be respected;

Amendment 215 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)

38a. Calls on the EU to make full use of the possibilities and resources offered by the existing cooperation agreements as well as by the forthcoming cooperation agreements between Eurojust, of the one part, and Ukraine and Montenegro, of the other part; encourages Eurojust to consider concluding similar agreements with other countries in the Western Balkans and other countries under the Eastern Partnership; recalls the importance of the role played by Eurojust in the fight against THB;

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas trafficking in human beings (THB) constitutes one of the worst forms of human rights abuses, as it turns human beings into commodities, it profoundly and durably violates the dignity and the rights of the victim and affects entire families and communities;

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas human trafficking is the result of policies of exploitation, an imbalanced distribution of the world’s wealth, war and the overexploitation of natural resources, which generate poverty, a lack of job opportunities and isolation, creating areas where access to information, training and education is difficult or indeed impossible;

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas trafficking in human beings is defined by the United Nations (Palermo Protocol) as the act of recruiting, transporting, transferring, harbouring or receiving persons by means of the threat or use of force or other forms coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation; whereas the exploitation includes, at a minimum, ~~the exploitation of the~~forced prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, including child slavery with the purpose of child soldiers, servitude or the removal of organs;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

Amendment 26 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas trafficking in human beings is defined by the United Nations (Palermo Protocol) as the act of recruiting, transporting, transferring, harbouring or receiving persons by means of the threat or use of force or other forms coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation; whereas the exploitation includes, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs; whereas, in accordance with Article 2(a) of the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, the sale of children means ‘any act or transaction whereby a child is transferred by any person or group of persons to another for remuneration or any other consideration’;

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas trafficking in human beings is defined by the United Nations (Palermo Protocol) as the act of recruiting, transporting, transferring, harbouring or receiving persons by means of the threat or use of force or other forms coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation; whereas the exploitation includes, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs; whereas these heinous practice are even more execrable when the exploited human been is a children, how often happens;

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas trafficking in human beings is defined by the United Nations (Palermo Protocol) as the act of recruiting, transporting, transferring, harbouring or receiving persons by means of the threat or use of force or other forms coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation; whereas the exploitation includes, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs; expresses its concern, in this regard, about the practice of commercial surrogacy;

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas, in accordance with Article 2(a) of the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, the sale of children means ‘any act or transaction whereby a child is transferred by any person or group of persons to another for remuneration or any other consideration’;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)

– having regard to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine, – having regard to the Hague Adoption Convention, – having regard to the Optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography,

Amendment 30 #

Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas according to the latest Global Slavery Index, 35.8 million persons are estimated to be trapped in situations of modern slavery worldwide, ~~and~~meaning that trafficking in human beings ~~continues to be endemic in~~is endemic in nature and affects all parts of the world;

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the ~~ILO estimates that there are around 21 million people in forced labour~~re is a statistical consensus that many people are victims of HTB globally, being trafficked for labour ~~and~~, sexual exploitation or being held in slave-like conditions ~~and~~; whereas ~~of these people 14.2 million were trapped in forced labour, 4.5 million in a situation of forced sexual exploitation, and 2.2 million in state-imposed forced labour; whereas~~women and girls make up 70% of the total detected victims, while men and boys account for 30% 1a; _________________ 1a- from the UNODC Global report 2014, page 29 – 49% women ~~and~~, 21% girls ~~make up 55% of the total, while men and boys account for 45%;~~, 18% men, 12% boys. "Detected" is the word used in the UN report

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the ILO estimates that there are around 21 million people in forced labour globally, being trafficked for labour and sexual exploitation or being held in slave- like conditions and whereas of these people 14.2 million were trapped in forced labour, 4.5 million in a situation of forced sexual exploitation, and 2.2 million in state- imposed forced labour; whereas women and girls make up 55% of the total, while men and boys account for 45%; whereas both women and children are subject to the same forms of exploitation and both can be regarded as commodities on the international reproductive market, and whereas new reproductive arrangements, such as surrogacy, are increasing the trafficking of women and children and the number of cases of illegal adoption across borders, an issue which Parliament addressed in 2011;

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

Amendment 34 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas ~~the ILO estimates that there are around 21 million people in forced labour globally, being trafficked for labour and sexual exploitation or being held in slave-like conditions and~~according to the latest report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) 70% of the detected victims are women and girls; whereas 53% of the~~se people 14.2 million were trapped in forced labour, 4.5 million in a s~~ detected forms of exploituation ofglobally account for~~ced~~ sexual exploitation, and ~~2.2 million in state-imposed~~40% for forced labour;, where~~as women and girls make up 55% of the total, while men and boys account for 45%~~by 79% of detected female victims were trafficked for the purpose of sexual exploitation, whereby 83% of detected male victims were trafficked for the purpose of forced labour;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas complex and inter-related factors such as systematic and structural discrimination, human rights violations, poverty, inequality, corruption, violent conflict, land confiscation, lack of education, unemployment and dysfunctional labour migration regimes, aggravate the vulnerability of persons to exploitation and abuse as they are left with reduced choices and resources;

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas human trafficking is one of the most profitable and most rapidly growing organised criminal activities in the world, alongside the trade in illegal drugs and arms;

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas human trafficking is one of the most profitable organised criminal activities in the world, alongside the trade in illegal drugs and arms; whereas according to ILO's most recent estimates, the illicit annual profit of forced labour, including through money laundering, is about US$ 150 billion, whereby 90 percent of victims are estimated to be exploited in the private economy and two- thirds of the profits stem from commercial sexual exploitation, making it the most lucrative form of exploitation;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas human trafficking is one of the most profitable organised criminal activities in the world, alongside the trade in illegal drugs and arms, generating more than EUR 32 billion in revenue each year;

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas human trafficking is one of the most profitable organised criminal activities in the world, alongside the trade in illegal drugs and arms, helping to fuel criminal dealings and activities that are facilitated by money laundering and tax havens, and contributing to the development of extremist, authoritarian, xenophobic and racist groups and movements;

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 b (new)

– having regard to the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co- operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption,

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas military interventions by NATO, the United States and Member States in recent years, especially in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Mali and Syria have destabilised the region as a whole – in many cases under the false pretext of the 'responsibility to protect' – and have triggered an exponential increase in arms trafficking and driven thousands from their homes, hence encouraging armed groups and/or terrorists to take over control of those areas, and condemning entire populations to trafficking and exploitation;

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas THB and people smuggling are regrettably not a transient phenomenon and may even increase further in years to come because conflict zones, repressive regimes or hopeless economic situations around the world are breeding grounds for the criminal activities of traffickers in human beings and people smugglers;

Amendment 42 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas the inadequate implementation of the legal framework at national level and the lack of a corresponding legal framework in third countries is one of the most significant barriers to combating human trafficking;

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)

Eb. whereas human trafficking is a regional and global problem which cannot always be dealt with exclusively at national level;

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas THB takes various forms and involves both legal and illegal economic activities;

Amendment 45 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas both women and children are subject to the same forms of exploitation and both are traded on the international reproductive market, and whereas new reproductive arrangements, such as surrogacy, are increasing the trafficking of women and children and the number of cases of illegal adoption across borders, an issue which Parliament addressed in 2011;

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas according to the ILO the Asia- Pacific region accounts for 56% of the estimated number of victims of forced labour, by far the largest share worldwide; whereas forced labour as a result of human trafficking (and related practices as sexual exploitation) is becoming more and more present also in Europe and in Member States and recently has reached alarming levels;

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas according to the ILO the Asia- Pacific region accounts for 56% of the estimated number of victims of forced labour globally, including for sexual exploitation, by far the largest share worldwide;

Amendment 48 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas child trafficking in Africa, for the purpose of child soldiering, is the highest in the world; whereas an estimated 300 000 children are involved in armed conflicts around the world; whereas child trafficking and related practices as sexual exploitation are becoming more and more present also in Europe and in Member States and recently has reached alarming levels;

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas in ~~the EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood countries~~Europe, sexual exploitation is the main cause of the reported trafficking in persons;

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 c (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 5 April 2011 on priorities and outline of a new EU policy framework to fight violence against women,

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas in the EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood countries, sexual exploitation is the main cause of the reported trafficking in persons; whereas many people from the EU's Eastern Neighbourhood countries suffer also for labour exploitation;

Amendment 51 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas in the EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood countries, sexual exploitation is the main cause of the reported trafficking in persons; whereas systematic discrimination and racism lead to the Romani communities- both male and female- being particularly vulnerable to trafficking for various purposes;

Amendment 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas human trafficking is not a phenomenon that is confined to countries that are considered less developed but is also a phenomenon that can be found, in a more hidden form, in developed countries and which is the result of antisocial policies such as the so-called Financial Assistance Programmes, which impose austerity policies and worsen existing inequalities in wealth redistribution, leading to an increase in hunger, poverty and malnutrition and a lack of healthcare and medicines; whereas these problems help to create desperate situations that lead many people to fall into the hands of human trafficking networks;

Amendment 53 #

Renate WEBER, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas the Commission appointed an EU Anti-Trafficking Coordinator in 2010 to improve coordination and coherence between EU institutions, agencies and States as well as non-EU countries and international actors;

Amendment 54 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas six countries with the greatest prevalence of their populations, subjected to "modern slavery", a term associated with human trafficking, are from Latin America (Haiti, Suriname, Guyana, Mexico, Colombia, and Peru)2a; _________________ 2a 2014 Global Slavery Index

Amendment 55 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas gestational surrogacy is a growing practice of reproductive exploitation of women from developing countries, generating already more than 2 billion US dollars per year in India alone1a; _________________ 1aReport by the Confederation of Indian Industry, estimating surrogacy generates in India $2.3bn a year by 2012 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/d ec/06/surrogate-mothers-india

Amendment 56 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas access to justice ranges from being problematic to simply denied to the majority of the global population; whereas in many countries less than one percent of crimes lead to a successful prosecution; whereas corruption and lack of capacity remains a major problem of police and judiciary organizations in many countries;

Amendment 57 #

Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Denounces ~~the flagrant reality of~~and explicitly rejects trafficking in human being, which represents a growing industry of human suffering, affecting all societies and economies in a profound and enduring manner;

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Condemns the practice of surrogacy, which undermines the human dignity of the woman since her body and its reproductive functions are used as a commodity; considers that the practice of gestational surrogacy, which involves reproductive exploitation and use of the human body for financial or other gain, in particular in the case of vulnerable women in developing countries, should be prohibited and treated as a matter of urgency in human rights instruments; considers that any contracts relating to children should be deemed to be without legal effect;

Amendment 59 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Deplores the persistent lack of adequate national legislation to criminalise and effectively combat trafficking in human beings in many countries worldwide;

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 d (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 17 December 2015 on the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2014 and the European Union’s policy on the matter,

Amendment 60 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Deplores the persistent lack of adequate legislation to criminalise and effectively combat trafficking in human beings in many countries worldwide, including any act or transaction whereby an adult or child is transferred by any person or group of persons to another for remuneration or any other consideration;

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

Amendment 62 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Deplores the fact that the current level of international co-operation on THB cases is insufficient, particularly when involving countries of origin and countries of transit, and that poses a major impediment to effectively combating THB;

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Deplores furthermore the wide gap between legislation that does exist and implementation thereof, including the limited or non-existing access to justice for victims on the one hand and lack of prosecution of perpetrators on the other

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Observes that the internet and social networks are increasingly being used by criminal networks to recruit and exploit victims; calls on the EU and Member States, therefore, in their efforts to combat THB, to invest enough in technology and expertise to identify, trace and combat misuse of the internet by criminal networks, both to recruit victims and to offer services whose aim is to exploit victims;

Amendment 65 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Reminds that victims of trafficking are often "invisible people" in the country where they are exploited; that they face difficulties caused by cultural and language diversity and that all this renders even more difficult for them to denounce the crimes of which they are victims; denounces that these difficulties are even more severe for particular vulnerable categories of victims, like women and children;

Amendment 66 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Deplores the fact that the use of measures to collect, analyse and share financial information to support criminal investigations of THB remains limited and often creates difficulty in fully integrating financial investigations into THB cases;

Amendment 67 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Underscores the critical distinction that needs to be made between the concepts of trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, which require different legal and practical responses and involve different state obligations; takes the view that, despite the conceptual differences, refugee smuggling is also intrinsically linked to human trafficking for sexual or labour exploitation, child trafficking and indeed organ trafficking;

Amendment 68 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Underscores the critical distinction that needs to be made between the concepts of trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, which require different legal and practical responses and involve different state obligations; observes, however, that, in addition to THB, people smuggling is also among the activities of criminal networks and organised crime;

Amendment 69 #

Tokia SAÏFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Underscores the critical distinction that needs to be made between the concepts of trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, which~~Points out that migrant smuggling is related to trafficking in human beings, even if the two concepts require different legal and practical responses and involve different state obligations;

Amendment 7 #

Barbara LOCHBIHLER, Bodil VALERO

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)

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

Amendment 70 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Recalls that trafficking in human beings is a transnational crime of global nature and that any measures aiming at fighting it should take into account the root causes and global trends; underlines in this respect the importance of a consistent approach of the internal and external dimensions of the EU's policies to fight THB;

Amendment 71 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Recognises that THB as an organized crime occurs both across border as well as within internal borders thereby necessitating strong internal laws against THB as well as cooperation between countries;

Amendment 72 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Denounces the fact that THB is a highly lucrative business and that the proceeds from this criminal activity are largely re- injected into the global economy and financial system; denounces that the most structured and powerful international criminal organization are involved in THB and have created a real international and branched criminal network;

Amendment 73 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Denounces the fact that THB is a highly lucrative business and that the proceeds from this criminal activity are largely re- injected into the global economy and financial system; calls on all States and relevant actors engaged in this field to aim to change trafficking from a "low risk/high reward" business to a "high risk/low reward" one;

Amendment 74 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. 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 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Considers it essential that strategies aimed at the prevention of THB address the factors facilitating THB; takes the view that prevention strategies should include action to combat poverty, economic and social inequalities, labour exploitation and hunger, and put an end to wars and their financing and aggressive military interventions and interference by the EU, US and NATO in pursuit of their objectives of achieving geostrategic and economic world domination;

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Considers it essential that strategies aimed at the prevention of THB address the factors facilitating and causes underlying THB;

Amendment 77 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Considers it essential that strategies aimed at the prevention of THB address the factors and circumstances facilitating THB;

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Considers it essential that strategies aimed at the prevention of THB address the factors facilitating THB; calls also on all States to effectively implement their obligations under the Palermo Protocol in order to discourage the demand side of this crime, which can also be considered a root cause;

Amendment 79 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Is of the view that financial investigations, which trace, seize and recover criminal assets, and action against money laundering play a crucial role in combating trafficking; calls on the EU and its Member States to step up their efforts in the field of financial investigations and to reinforce cooperation, coordination and sharing of information with third countries to ~~track~~locate and confiscate the proceeds from those criminal activities;

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)

– having regard to the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co- operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption,

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Is of the view that financial investigations, which trace, seize and recover criminal assets, and action against money laundering play a crucial role in combating trafficking; recalls that there is a need for more data and a stronger focus on money laundering activities; calls on the EU and its Member States to step up their efforts in the field of financial investigations and to reinforce cooperation with third countries to track and confiscate the proceeds from criminal activities; calls for confiscated assets to be used to support and compensate victims of trafficking;

Amendment 81 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on governments to tackle corruption, which ~~fuels~~contributes to trafficking in human beings and to exercise due diligence in identifying and eradicating public sector involvement or complicity in THB, including by ensuring that those working within the public sector who are more likely to come in touch with cases of THB to be trained on recognising such cases and to have internal guidelines to assist them in dealing with suspicious cases;

Amendment 82 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on governments to exercise due diligence in tackleing corruption, which fuels trafficking in human beings and t~~o exercise due diligence in identifying and eradicating~~ herefore leads to public sector involvement or complicity in THB;

Amendment 83 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Recognises the importance that the EU attaches to assisting third countries in addressing poverty, oppression, lack of respect of human rights, conflict and instability and calls on a strengthening of the EU work in this regard in its cooperation with third countries so as to address the root causes which push persons into the control of traffickers;

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Calls on the EU and Member States to engage third countries in cooperation in prevention strategies aimed at reducing the vulnerability of potential victims, discourage the demand for the services of the trafficked persons, increase public education and eradicate corruption of public officials;

Amendment 85 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Recalls that recruitment-related abuses appear to affect and flourish in all countries and regions worldwide and are closely linked with trafficking in human beings either by recruitment agencies being directly involved in THB through deceiving or coercive recruitment practices or by creating vulnerabilities for exploitive work by demanding high recruitment fees, making particularly migrants and low-skilled workers financially vulnerable or dependent;

Amendment 86 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Recalls that recruitment-related abuses ~~appear to affect and flourish in all countries and regions worldwide and~~irrespective of the countries in which they occur are closely linked with trafficking in human beings;

Amendment 87 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Urges the governments to have the responsibility to enforce labour laws, treat all workers fairly, including lawfully present and irregular migrants, and root out corruption, all factors that can help to prevent trafficking; calls on for an international cooperation to strengthen labour migration policies and manage the increasing flows of migrant labour in order to reduce the number of people who fall victim to human traffickers; calls on governments to elaborate and implement a better regulation of private labour recruiters in order to protect workers;

Amendment 88 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the EU and its Member States to urge national and international companies to ensure that their products along the entire supply chain are free from exploitation, and to implement policies geared to higher wages and respect for work with rights and collective bargaining;

Amendment 89 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. ~~Calls on~~Urges the EU and its Member States to ~~urge~~put in place compelling normative rules devoted to compel national and international companies to ensure that their products along the entire supply chain are free from exploitation;

Amendment 9 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13

~~– having regard to the European Convention on Human Rights, the European Social Charter and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Un~~(Does not affect the English version,.)

Amendment 90 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Considers that governments can encourage multi-stakeholder dialogue and partnerships to bring together businesses and anti-trafficking experts to generate ideas and solutions and promote voluntary responsible business conduct initiatives; calls on governments to set clear expectations for businesses on human rights issues and adopt policies that promote greater transparency and better reporting on anti-trafficking efforts in supply chains;

Amendment 91 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on governments to put in place legal measures to guarantee transparency and traceability of supply chain products and for companies to disclose their efforts to eradicate human trafficking from their supply chains; calls on Member States to carry out due diligence on the operations of EU companies in third countries and to hold them accountable for trafficking in human beings along their entire supply chain, including for affiliated companies and sub-contractors;deleted

Amendment 92 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on governments to put in place legal measures to guarantee transparency and traceability of supply chain products ~~and for companies to disclose their efforts to eradicate human trafficking from their supply chains~~; calls on Member States to carry out due diligence on the operations of EU companies in third countries and to hold them accountable for trafficking in human beings along their entire supply chain, including for affiliated companies and sub- contractors;

Amendment 93 #

12. Calls on ~~governments to put in place legal measures to guarantee~~the EU and its Member States to engage national and international companies in the struggle against human trafficking by promoting joint action against human trafficking, establish policies that respect transparency and traceability of supply chain products and for companies to disclose their efforts to eradicate human trafficking from their supply chains; calls on Member States to ~~carry out due diligence on the operations of EU companies in third countries and to~~ hold them accountable for trafficking in human beings along their entire supply chain, including for affiliated companies and sub-contractors;

Amendment 94 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. ~~Calls on governments to put in place legal measures to guarantee transparency and traceability of supply chain products and for~~Encourages companies to disclose their efforts to eradicate human trafficking from their supply chains; calls on Member States to carry out due diligence on the operations of EU companies in third countries ~~and to hold them accountable for trafficking in human beings~~in an effort to prevent trafficking in human beings from occurring at any point along their ~~entire~~ supply chain~~, including for affiliated companies and sub-contractors~~;

Amendment 95 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to urge national and international companies to create clear and comprehensive anti-trafficking policies that address the common risks in their operations and supply chains, to ensure workers have the right to fair compensation;

Amendment 96 #

Renate WEBER, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12b. Considers that the EU companies which operate in third countries should work with government officials, NGOs, and recruiters in those countries in order to gain a better understanding of workers' vulnerabilities and commit to making improvements where necessary;

Amendment 97 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

Amendment 98 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the EU and its Member States to constructively engage in the negotiations of the Open-ended InterGovernmental Working Group on the elaboration of an international ~~legally binding~~ instrument on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights and to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights;

Amendment 99 #

Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the EU and its Member States to constructively engage in the negotiations of the Open-ended InterGovernmental Working Group on the elaboration of an international legally binding instrument on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights and to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; Urges the EU and Member States to apply a gamut of charges and penalties, including the confiscation of property and freezing of assets belonging to European companies that fail to respect human rights;

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2016/03/30 FEMM 28 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas trafficking in human beings (THB) constitutes a grave violation of human rights and bodily integrity and is a gendered crime, with women and girls who are overwhelmingly trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation making up a disproportionate number of victims, which has increased exponentially in recent years as a result of phenomena such as the current refugee crisis;

Amendment 10 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that the economic and social empowerment of women and ~~minority group~~girls would reduce their vulnerability to becoming victims, and calls on the Commission to continue its targeted action on mainstreaming gender equality in all development operations and ensuring that ~~gender equal~~ity remains on the agenda during political dialogue with third countries;

Amendment 11 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Notes the normative effect generated by the Swedish model referring to demand being decreased and suggests similar normative measures being introduced in the EU28 and through its external relations;

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that demand for sexual services in developed countries drives THB from developing countries, placing people in a position of ~~vulnerability~~exploitation, such as women and girls, and calls on the Member States to criminalise the ~~knowing~~ use of ~~the~~any services of a victim of THB;

Amendment 13 #

Eleonora FORENZA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that demand for sexual services in developed countries drives THB from developing countries, placing people in a position of vulnerability, such as women and girls, and calls on the Member States to criminalise the knowing ~~use~~exploitation of the services of a victim of THB;

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Underlines the importance for member states to criminalise the use of any services of a victim of THB by their citizens also if such an act is committed outside the member state and/or outside the EU;

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses the importance of the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly SDG 5.2 which calls for to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls in public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation;

Amendment 16 #

Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Notes the importance of universal access to healthcare, but particularly for victims of THB, who may struggle with many physical and psychological problems as a direct result of their exploitation; cCalls on the ~~Commission to support third countries in improving access to specialised and gender-sensitive services for~~Member States to create easy-to-access healthcare services and after care for victims of THB; Calls on the Members States to suspend and abandon all refoulement processes in which the person has been identified as a victims of THB~~, especially those who have returned after being exploit~~ and/or sexual violence, and the Commission to prepare regulation based ion ~~a Member Stat~~this principle;

Amendment 17 #

Eleonora FORENZA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Notes the importance of universal access to healthcare and to sexual and reproductive health, but particularly for victims of THB, who may struggle with many physical and psychological problems as a direct result of their exploitation; calls on the Commission to support third countries in improving access to specialised and gender-sensitive services for victims of THB, especially those who have returned after being exploited in a Member State;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses the need for strong and continuing cooperation with third countries in regions from which many women and girls migrate to the EU for sexual exploitation; calls on the Commission and the European External Action Service to redouble efforts under the Khartoum process by running more dedicated projects and ensuring the active participation of a greater number of countries;

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the member states where the exploitation of victims of THB has taken place to offer adequate gender sensitive medical treatment necessary and based on individual needs, with special attention to victims of THB for sexual exploitation;

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas trafficking in human beings (THB) constitutes a grave violation of human rights and bodily integrity and is a gendered crime, with women and girls who are overwhelmingly trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation making up a disproportionate number of victims; whereas women and girls also make up an important percentage of the victims in other forms of THB such as forced exploitation in sectors as domestic and care work, manufacturing, food, cleaning;

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. 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; 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 21 #

Eleonora FORENZA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Member States to implement gender-sensitive measures in order to improve the detection of victims of THB ~~in asylum and return procedures~~, to keep more detailed and gender- disaggregated records and to ensure that such victims are also referred on to appropriate support options;

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the member states to implement legal instruments which facilitates the possibilities for victims of THB to contact authorities without endangering their own safety and rights as a victim;

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Deplores the adoption of the EU- Turkey agreement of the 18 March 2016 concerning migrants and refugees arriving to Greece as it may imply the arrest and direct deportation to Turkey of men, women and children victims of trafficking and thus clashing with the obligations to ensure the early identification of, the assistance to, the support of, the protection of victims and the access to their own rights as victims set out in the legislation against THB and on Victims protection;

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission, the competent EU agencies and the Member States to develop gender-specific training for staff working in law and border enforcement services in order to better identify and assist potential victims of trafficking, in particular trafficking for sexual exploitation; Calls on the Commission and the Members States to create a European wide strategy for outreach work to find and reach out to victims of THB;

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls for EU policy against trafficking of human beings to be made more effective by being more deeply embedded in the wider strategies of the EU on security, equality between women and men, economic growth, cybersecurity, migration and external relations;

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Commission and EU28 to, whilst increasing legal measures against THB, also widen the definition of THB by introducing new means of trafficking in its scope; Notes the resolution 2015/2229(INI) adopted in December 2015 where surrogacy was defined as trading with human bodies and therefor equivalent to THB;

Amendment 27 #

Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Stresses the importance of ensuring the safety of victims of THB who testify in court against human traffickers, and urges the Member States to grant an automatic asylum for all victims of THB;

Amendment 28 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Member States to enhance cooperation with third countries in order to combat all form of trafficking in Human beings and with particular attention to the gender dimension of trafficking in HB to specifically combat child marriage, sexual exploitation of women and girls and sex-tourism;

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas, in the light of the above, according to data on THB in the EU for 2010 to 2012, 80% of the victims of THB and 95% of the victims of sexual exploitation in the EU are women; whereas, according to the same study, 65% of victims are European citizens, chiefly from eastern Europe;

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas women and girls are in disadvantageous position in all social groups, horizontally, and need to be in special focus when planning strategies and THB prevention programmes;

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas THB must be understood from both its demand and profit, where exploitation of especially women for sexual services is generated by the demand of such services and the profit being made;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls for the Commission to ensure that human rights and gender equality remain at the heart of the EU’s development policies and partnerships with third countries; Calls on the Commission to introduce gender sensitive measures when creating new development policies and when reviewing already existing policies;

Amendment 7 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls for the Commission and the Member States to ensure that human rights ~~and~~, gender equality and the fight of trafficking in HB remain at the heart of the EU’s development policies and partnerships with third countries;

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that the economic and social empowerment of women and minority groups would reduce their vulnerability to becoming victims, and calls on the Commission to continue its targeted action on mainstreaming gender in all development operations and ensuring that gender equality and women's rights remains on the agenda during political dialogue;

Amendment 9 #

Barbara SPINELLI, Kostas CHRYSOGONOS, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that the economic and social empowerment of women and minority groups wcould help reduce their vulnerability to becoming victims, while the main reasons behind trafficking are demand and profit which needs to be addressed by capable legal measures; and calls on the Commission to continue its targeted action on mainstreaming gender in all development operations and ensuring that gender equality remains on the agenda during political dialogue;

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2016/04/06 LIBE 95 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Draft opinion
Citation 1 (new)

- Having regard to the 1951 Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees

Amendment 10 #

Bodil VALERO, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Louis MICHEL, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Barbara SPINELLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)

1a. Calls for Member States to implement Directive 2011/36/EC, as well as all relevant legal frameworks on THB, without any delay; urges the Commission to take legal actions against neglecting Member States;

Amendment 11 #

Soraya POST, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. Underlines that THB is a modern kind of slavery that cannot be accepted in societies that are based on the respect for human rights including gender equality;

Amendment 12 #

Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Monika HOHLMEIER, Barbara MATERA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Insists on the ~~need for the EU~~Member States to enhance police and judicial cooperation ~~between Member States~~on a European level and with third countries in the investigation and prosecution of trafficking in human beings (THB), in particular via Europol and Eurojust, including information sharing, participation in Joint Investigation Teams and in combating recruitment of people for THB through the internet and other digital means; considers that he announcement that at least 10 000 children went missing over the last months has clearly shown that Member States and European Agencies urgently have to step up their efforts in terms of cross-border cooperation, information exchange and joint investigations and operations in order to be able to tackle trafficking in human beings;

Amendment 13 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Ana GOMES, Emilian PAVEL, Anna HEDH, Soraya POST, Marju LAURISTIN, Hugues BAYET

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Insists on the need for the EU to enhance police and judicial cooperation between Member States and with third countries in the prevention, the investigation and prosecution of trafficking in human beings (THB), in particular via Europol and Eurojust, including information sharing, participation in Joint Investigation Teams and in combating recruitment of people for THB through the internet and other digital means; encourages greater cooperation between Europol and Interpol in the fight against trafficking in human beings;

Amendment 14 #

Louis MICHEL, Gérard DEPREZ, Angelika MLINAR, Petr JEŽEK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Insists on the need for the EU to enhance police and judicial cooperation between Member States and with third countries, in ~~the investigation and prosecution of trafficking in human beings (THB)~~particular the countries of origin and transit of the victims of trafficking in human beings (THB), in the investigation and prosecution of THB, in particular via Europol and Eurojust, including information sharing, participation in Joint Investigation Teams and in combating recruitment of people for THB through the internet and other digital means; stresses the importance of the systematic exchange of data by Member States and their input into Europol's databases Focal Point Phoenix and Focal Point Twins;

Amendment 15 #

Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Monika HOHLMEIER, Barbara MATERA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Insists on the need for the EU to enhance police and judicial cooperation between Member States and with third countries in the investigation and prosecution of trafficking in human beings (THB), in particular via Europol and Eurojust, including information sharing particularly with regard to known trafficking routes, participation in Joint Investigation Teams and in combating recruitment of people for THB through the internet and other digital means; calls for such cooperation to be enhanced through the use of the Instrument for Stability, through ongoing benchmarks for candidate countries; and through ongoing discussions of the ACP, and EUROMED;

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls upon the European Union and Member States to provide their law enforcement and police agencies with the necessary staff and resources for the agencies to be able to receive information also from families or other sources, to exchange this information with the relevant European and national authorities and to properly treat and analyse this information;

Amendment 17 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Ana GOMES, Emilian PAVEL, Soraya POST

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Underlines the need to promote the full ratification and implementation of the Council of Europe Convention against Trafficking in Human Beings in the EU's external action;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on all the Member States to establish National Contact Points on the fight against trafficking in human beings, whose work and actions could be coordinated within a European Centre on the Fight against trafficking in human beings based in Europol, which should be set up on the same model as the Agency's European Counter Terrorism Centre;

Amendment 19 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Caterina CHINNICI, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Ana GOMES, Emilian PAVEL, Anna HEDH, Soraya POST, Marju LAURISTIN, Hugues BAYET

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Believes that trafficking in human beings, as a serious crime which constitutes one of the worst forms of human rights violations, has to be understood in a holistic manner, focusing not only on sexual exploitation, but also - in particular- on forced labour, organ trafficking, forced begging, forced marriages, child soldiers or trafficking of babies;

Amendment 2 #

Louis MICHEL, Gérard DEPREZ, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Angelika MLINAR, Petr JEŽEK, Hilde VAUTMANS

Draft opinion
Recital A (new)

A. Whereas illegal migration flows increase the risks of trafficking since irregular migrants - by virtue of their vulnerability and clandestinity - are particularly at risk of being trafficked; whereas, among these migrants, unaccompanied minors - who account for a large share of the migrants arriving in Europe - are a target group for trafficking networks; whereas, according to Europol, 10 000 of them have already disappeared;

Amendment 20 #

Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Monika HOHLMEIER, Barbara MATERA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Emphasizes that the clear link between trafficking in human beings for sexual purposes and prostitution calls for measures to put an end to the demand for prostitution;

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Reminds that trafficking children often lead to cases of sexual abuse, forced to prostitution, forced labour or illegal organ harvesting and trafficking in combination with murder of the children; urges the responsible Member States' and European authorities to strengthen cooperation during investigative operations to prevent those crimes in cooperation with each other and with third countries;

Amendment 22 #

Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Monika HOHLMEIER, Barbara MATERA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure that law enforcement personnel, including agencies such as Frontex, are provided with adequate training in THB with an integrated intersectional perspective, with an emphasis on the special needs of trafficked women, children and other groups in vulnerable ~~group~~situations such as Roma, children and refugees and on how to provide incentives and ~~adequate~~full protection for victims of THB and for others to report traffickers;

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure that law enforcement personnel, including agencies such as Frontex and Europol, are provided with adequate training into be able to deal with cases of THB, with an emphasis on the special needs of trafficked women, children and other vulnerable groups and on how to provide incentives and adequate protection for victims of THB and for others to report traffickers;

Amendment 24 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Birgit SIPPEL, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Ana GOMES, Emilian PAVEL, Marju LAURISTIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure that law enforcement personnel, including agencies such as Frontex, are provided with adequate training in THB, with an emphasis on the special needs of trafficked women, children and other vulnerable groups and on how to provide incentives and adequate protection for victims of THB and for others to report traffickers; calls on Member States to work with third countries in developing and issuing specific guidelines which can help aid consular services and border guards in the identification of victims of human trafficking;

Amendment 25 #

Louis MICHEL, Gérard DEPREZ, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Angelika MLINAR, Petr JEŽEK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Believes that trafficking victims from third countries must be detected at the earliest possible stage in the network and that greater efforts must therefore be made at the borders to detect victims as they enter the EU; Urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure that law enforcement personnel, including agencies such as Frontex, are provided with adequate training in THB, with an emphasis on the special needs of trafficked women, children and other vulnerable groups and on how to provide incentives and adequate protection for victims of THB and for others to report traffickers; emphasises in this regard the importance of exchanges of best practices between the authorities of Member States in particular regarding the conduct of interviews at borders in the context of both legal migration (customs officers) and irregular migration (hotspots in particular); stresses also the need for border guards and coastguards to have access to Europol's databases;

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure that law enforcement personnel, including agencies such as ~~Frontex, are provided with adequate training in THB~~the EU Borders Agency, Europol, and EASO, as well as other officials likely to come into contact with victims or potential victims of trafficking in human beings, are provided with adequate training in THB, so as to help them identify and deal with these victims, with an emphasis on the special needs of trafficked women, children and other vulnerable groups, the respect for fundamental rights and on how to provide incentives and adequate protection for victims of THB and for others to report traffickers; is of the opinion that this training should be delivered in a harmonised and coordinated manner within the EU; calls for greater attention to be given to this aspect of training in the new EU Borders Agency;

Amendment 27 #

Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Monika HOHLMEIER, Barbara MATERA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the EAAS to exchange best practices with third countries, firstly, on training of police authorities and aid workers to understand how to most adequately approach victims, and secondly, on applying the principle of individual assessment of victims to determine their specific needs, help and protection;

Amendment 28 #

Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Monika HOHLMEIER, Barbara MATERA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Stresses that children and disabled people should be considered as vulnerable victims of human trafficking; victims of human trafficking may develop disabilities due to abuse at the hands of their trafficker, while alternatively, an individual who has a disability may be targeted by a trafficker due to that vulnerability;

Amendment 29 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Recalls that, according to Directive 2011/36/UE Member States should encourage and work closely with civil society organisations, including recognised and active non-governmental organisations in this field working with trafficked persons, in particular in policy- making initiatives, information and awareness-raising campaigns, research and education programmes and in training, as well as in monitoring and evaluating the impact of anti-trafficking measures. Furthermore, NGOs should also assist with the regards to early identification of, assistance to and support for victims;

Amendment 3 #

Louis MICHEL, Gérard DEPREZ, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Angelika MLINAR, Petr JEŽEK

Draft opinion
Recital B (new)

B. Whereas, according to Europol, the spread of internet access throughout the world allows trafficking to flourish more in the online environment; whereas this brings new forms of recruitment and exploitation of victims;

Amendment 30 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Ana GOMES, Emilian PAVEL, Anna HEDH, Soraya POST

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 31 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on EU and Member State law enforcement agencies to reinforce their capacities as regards financial investigation and prosecution of individuals and criminal networks that profit from THB and to ‘'follow the money’' as a key strategy in their work; underlines that Member States' financial intelligence units should be more involved in the fight against human trafficking and cooperate together to that end through a better exchange of information and best practices; believes that banks should be compelled to assist financial intelligence units in the fight against trafficking in human beings when they are required to do so under law;

Amendment 32 #

Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Monika HOHLMEIER, Barbara MATERA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on EU and Member State law enforcement agencies to reinforce their capacities as regards financial investigation and prosecution of individuals and criminal networks that profit from THB, for example for terrorist financing and to ‘'follow the money’' as a key strategy in their work; in order to destroy organized crime and terrorist networks at the root;

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Asks that the European Commission, the European Council and External Action Service in their negotiations with third countries for international agreements, readmission agreements and cooperation agreements, places an emphasis on the need for third countries to effectively combatting human trafficking, increase prosecutions for perpetrators and enhancing protection for victims;

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on Member States to work closely with Europol, Eurojust and each other in order to investigate the financial aspects and the laundering of money in human trafficking cases. Member States should strengthen cooperation to freeze and confiscate the assets of individuals involved in trafficking 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 35 #

Louis MICHEL, Gérard DEPREZ, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Angelika MLINAR, Petr JEŽEK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. 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 human trafficking;

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Calls on the Member States to establish as a criminal offence the use of trafficked services and exploitation; in accordance with Article 2(3) of Directive 2011/36/UE 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;

Amendment 37 #

Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Monika HOHLMEIER, Barbara MATERA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Recalls that migrant smuggling and THB are different phenomena but that the former can easily turn into the latter when smuggled adults and children ~~into the EU~~ end up as victims of THB; urges the competent authorities in the Member States to pay attention to this overlap during their police, judicial-cooperation and law- enforcement activities;

Amendment 38 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Birgit SIPPEL, Emilian PAVEL, Anna HEDH, Soraya POST, Ana GOMES, Marju LAURISTIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Recalls that migrant smuggling and THB are different phenomena ~~but that the former can easily turn into the latter when smuggled adults and children into the EU end up as victims of THB~~, the main difference being that migrants have consented to the smuggling, which ends with the arrival at their destination, contrary to victims of trafficking who are exploited by means of coercion, deception and abuse, without any possibility of consent; underlines that there can also be a crossover between the two, entailing the risk that criminals groups force refugees and migrants into exploitation as victims of THB, in particular unaccompanied minors and women travelling alone; urges the competent authorities in the Member States to pay attention to this overlap during their police, judicial-cooperation and law- enforcement activities;

Amendment 39 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Recalls that sex tourism—that is, the practice of traveling or vacationing for the purpose of having sex—is a billion dollar industry that further encourages the sexual exploitation of women and girls;

Amendment 4 #

Louis MICHEL, Gérard DEPREZ, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Angelika MLINAR, Petr JEŽEK

Draft opinion
Recital C (new)

C. Whereas there is a link between the trafficking in migrants and trafficking in human beings; whereas people-trafficking networks rely, inter alia, on the internet to advertise their services to potential migrants;

Amendment 40 #

Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Monika HOHLMEIER, Barbara MATERA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Highlights that trafficking of human beings fuels organized crime groups that usually participate in many other illegal activities, including drug and weapons trafficking and money laundering while at the same time it burdens public health systems, erodes government authority, encourages widespread corruption, and threatens the security of vulnerable populations;

Amendment 41 #

Bodil VALERO, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Louis MICHEL, Barbara SPINELLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses the importance of the principle of mutual recognition as a fundamental pillar in the proper functioning of the EU; Calls on the Commission and Member States to strengthen the status of victims of trafficking through mutual recognition of judicial and administrative decisions and legislative measures;

Amendment 42 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Caterina CHINNICI, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Ana GOMES, Emilian PAVEL, Anna HEDH, Soraya POST, Marju LAURISTIN, Hugues BAYET, Miriam DALLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Expresses concern that according to Europol at least 10 000 unaccompanied child refugees have vanished after arriving in Europe and having been registered by state authorities, that many are feared to have fallen into the hands of criminal groups, and that there is little information about what happens after their disappearance; deplores that children at risk are frequently treated as offenders or irregular migrants by law enforcement officials who do not systematically look for indicators of human trafficking to identify victims;

Amendment 43 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Notes the development of a new form of human trafficking where individuals are being trafficked for ransom with severe torture practices; notes that this new form of commoditisation of human beings is characterised by extortion, beatings and rape as a means to enforce payment of debts from family and relatives residing inside and outside the EU;

Amendment 44 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Ana GOMES, Emilian PAVEL, Anna HEDH, Soraya POST, Marju LAURISTIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Calls the EU and its Member States to recognise human trafficking for ransom with torture practices as a form of human trafficking; considers that the severely traumatised survivors should be recognised as victims of a form of prosecutable human trafficking and receive protection, care and support1a ; __________________ 1aThis new type of trafficking has already been introduced by the EP "resolution of 10 March 2016 on the situation in Eritrea", Paragraph T

Amendment 45 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Birgit SIPPEL, Caterina CHINNICI, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Ana GOMES, Emilian PAVEL, Anna HEDH, Soraya POST, Marju LAURISTIN, Hugues BAYET, Miriam DALLI, Barbara SPINELLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Believes that it is essential as regards unaccompanied minors to achieve a better and more proactive identification of children victims of trafficking, in particular at border crossings and in reception centres, as well as a stronger multi-disciplinary cooperation to ensure the best interests of the child are effectively protected; underlines that it is also imperative to promptly appoint legal guardians to all unaccompanied children and to ensure that the latter are properly trained; recalls that, according to the Directive 2011/36/EU, "Member States shall take the necessary measures with a view to finding a durable solution based on an individual assessment of the best interests of the child"; believes a durable solution can be found through integration of the child into her or his host society, or facilitation of family reunification in order to enable the child to join her or his family in another Member State;

Amendment 46 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Caterina CHINNICI, Ana GOMES, Emilian PAVEL, Anna HEDH, Soraya POST, Marju LAURISTIN, Barbara SPINELLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Considers that being a refugee, an asylum seeker, a humanitarian visa holder or a person in need of international protection should be considered as a factor of vulnerability for human trafficking victims; calls on the Member States to ensure that law- enforcement authorities and asylum authorities cooperate in order to help human trafficking victims in need of international protection to lodge an application for protection; reaffirms that measures taken against human trafficking shouldn't adversely affect the rights of victims of trafficking, migrants, refugees and persons in need of international protection;

Amendment 47 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Birgit SIPPEL, Ana GOMES, Emilian PAVEL, Anna HEDH, Soraya POST, Marju LAURISTIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4d. Raises the preoccupying issue of administrative detention, often used in a systematic and abusive way by some Member states, while it should be a solution of last resort; underlines that the use of detention very often leads to violations of migrants and asylum seekers' fundamental rights; calls on the Member States to put an end immediately to the detention of victims of human trafficking and children; demands more transparency with respect to the current situation in detention centres (through a better access for civil society, journalists and parliamentarians); calls on the Member States to make a better and more systematic use of existing alternatives to detention, taking into account the needs of vulnerable groups such as victims of trafficking;

Amendment 48 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Ana GOMES, Emilian PAVEL, Anna HEDH, Soraya POST, Marju LAURISTIN, Hugues BAYET, Miriam DALLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)

4e. Stresses that no possible consent to perform labour or services should ever be considered valid for a trafficked child, and that there can be no valid consent in a situation where a third country national is taken away from her or his country to go into the EU (or when a EU national is taken away to another Member State) for the purposes of prostitution, any other form of sexual exploitation or forced labour;

Amendment 49 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Birgit SIPPEL, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Ana GOMES, Emilian PAVEL, Anna HEDH, Soraya POST, Marju LAURISTIN, Hugues BAYET, Barbara SPINELLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)

4f. Calls on Member States to fully and properly implement article 8 of Directive 2011/36/EU; recalls that victims of trafficking shouldn't be criminalised and held responsible for criminal activities they were forced to take part in, in particular in case of prostitution, any other form of sexual exploitation or forced labour;

Amendment 5 #

Louis MICHEL, Gérard DEPREZ, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Angelika MLINAR, Petr JEŽEK

Draft opinion
Recital D (new)

D. Whereas cooperation between Member States, Europol and the countries of origin and transit of trafficking victims is an essential tool in the fight against trafficking networks;

Amendment 50 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Caterina CHINNICI, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Ana GOMES, Emilian PAVEL, Anna HEDH, Soraya POST, Marju LAURISTIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)

4g. Recalls Article 82(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union provides that judicial cooperation in criminal matters in the Union shall be based on the principle of mutual recognition of judgments and judicial decisions, and whereas this should include decisions concerning protection measures for victims of crime, including victims of trafficking;

Amendment 51 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 h (new)

4h. Calls on the Member States to guarantee full mutual recognition of decisions concerning protection measures for victims of human trafficking, which means that the status of victim, once granted in a Member State, has to be applicable within the whole European Union; calls for the setting up of a European ad hoc structure for the protection of victims of trafficking, which would be attached to the Commission, and whose task would be to help and assist victims (or associations representing them) in case of non-recognition of their status when they are travelling within the Union, in the framework of judicial or administrative procedures; insists that this new structure should be adequately staffed and resourced in order to fulfil its missions;

Amendment 52 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Ana GOMES, Emilian PAVEL, Anna HEDH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Underlines that trafficked people are victims of crime and should benefit from protection regardless of their willingness to cooperate with the law enforcement authorities; considers it essential that, after conducting a comprehensive risk assessment on the viability of the return of a victim of THB, a residence permit should be granted to those victims and their families whose safety upon return to their country of origin might not be guaranteed; calls on the Commission to review Directive 2004/81/EC~~, including by raising the minimum validation time of a residence permit~~ on the residence permit issued to third-country nationals who are victims of trafficking in human beings, including by raising the minimum validation time of a residence permit; insists that such a revision should change the underlying philosophy of the current directive, meaning that victims of human trafficking should be able to receive a residence permit for protection and assistance, even if they can't cooperate with the competent authorities; underlines that a minimum threshold should be set at the European level for the duration of the reflexion period and that common criteria should be fixed in order to determine its starting point, so that more harmonisation is achieved between Member States; stresses that any return must always be consistent with the principle of non- refoulement;

Amendment 53 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Underlines that trafficked people are victims of serious crime and should benefit from ~~protection~~assistance and support regardless of their willingness to cooperate with the law enforcement authorities; c~~onsiders it essential that, after conducting a comprehensive risk assessment on the viability of the return of a~~alls on the Member States to issue a residence permit for victims of THB, a residence permit should be granted to those victims and their families whose safety upon return to their country of origin might not be guaranteed; calls on the Commission to review Directive 2004/81/EC, including by raising the minimum validation ccording to Directive 2004/81/EC and fully apply articles 12 to 16 of Directive 2011/36/EU to ensure protection for victims of trafficking in criminal proceedings, including for child victimes of ~~a residence permit~~trafficking and unaccompanied minors; stresses that any return must always be consistent with the principle of non-refoulement;

Amendment 54 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Underlines that trafficked pe~~ople~~rsons are victims of crime, and should benefit from protection regardless of their willingness to cooperate with the law enforcement authorities; considers it essential that, after conducting a comprehensive risk assessment on the viability of the return of a victim of THB, a residence permit should be granted to those victims and theirtherefore, calls upon the EU, its Member States and third countries to ensure that they have access to legal representation, victims protection, and rehabilitation famcilies whose safety upon return to their country of origin might not be guaranteed; calls on the Commission to review Directive 2004/81/EC, including by raising the minimum validation time of a residence permit; stresses that any return must always be consistent with the principle of non-refoulementties; stresses that in this regard more needs to be done across the EU to protect the victims of trafficking and to ensure that perpetrators are punished;

Amendment 55 #

Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Monika HOHLMEIER, Barbara MATERA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

Amendment 56 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses that victims, often from third countries, rarely understand the culture and language of the country into which they have been trafficked; they therefore experience another layer of psychological stress and frustration;

Amendment 57 #

Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Monika HOHLMEIER, Barbara MATERA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – point 1 (new)

5b. Stresses that clients who consume the services provided by the human traffickers are mostly men from all sorts of backgrounds and that in many parts of the world there is little to no perceived stigma to purchasing sexual favours for money as prostitution is viewed as a victimless crime;

Amendment 58 #

Bodil VALERO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Encourages the Commission and the Member States law enforcement agencies to explore other ways, such as special technical devices allowing victims to testify from secure locations, or concealing their identity when necessary. This would encourage victims to testify and thus secure increased prosecutions and lawful convictions.

Amendment 59 #

Louis MICHEL, Gérard DEPREZ, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Angelika MLINAR, Petr JEŽEK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Takes the view that trafficking victims have an essential role to play as witnesses in dismantling networks; stresses the importance of ensuring the effective protection of victims so that they can testify safely;

Amendment 6 #

Barbara SPINELLI, Kostas CHRYSOGONOS, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY

Draft opinion
Recital A (new)

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 %; whereas different forms of trafficking need to be addressed with specific and tailored policy measures;

Amendment 60 #

Bodil VALERO, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Louis MICHEL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Notes, following UNHCR's guidelines on international protection, that the status of victims of THB and of refugees are closely linked since inherent in the trafficking experience are such forms of severe exploitation as abduction, incarceration, rape, sexual enslavement, enforced prostitution, forced labour, removal of organs, physical beatings, starvation, deprivation of medical treatment. Since such acts constitute serious violations of human rights which generally amount to persecution, said victims of trafficking should benefit from the same guarantees provided by the Qualifications Directive (2011/95/EU);

Amendment 61 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Denounces the recent disappearance of 10.000 unaccompanied child refugees recently disappeared who, according to Europol, might be now victims of organised trafficking mafias and forced into sex and labour slavery;

Amendment 62 #

Barbara SPINELLI, Kostas CHRYSOGONOS, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. 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 63 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Notes that, according to IOM, return of migrants and refugees carries inherent security risks of re-trafficking that must be identified, assessed and mitigated since the risk posed to trafficked migrants by their exploiters often increases when they have managed to escape, interacted with law enforcement officials, or have testified in court 1a ; __________________ 1aSee p.23 of International Organization for Migration (IOM), "Counter Trafficking and Assistance to Vulnerable Migrants Annual Report of Activities 2011"

Amendment 64 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Member States to ensure that victims of THB and their family members have access to ~~free~~ legal aid and counselling, including in criminal, and civil ~~or migration~~ proceedings; underlines the need for a special and focused THB approach and protection for vulnerable groups such as ~~refugees,~~ people with disabilities and children, including unaccompanied minors from third countries.

Amendment 65 #

Soraya POST, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Member States to ensure that victims of THB and their family members have access to free legal aid and counselling, including in criminal, civil or migration proceedings; underlines the need for a special and focused THB approach and protection for groups in vulnerable ~~group~~situations such as refugees, pe~~ople~~rsons with disabilities, Roma and children, including unaccompanied minors from third countries.

Amendment 66 #

Bodil VALERO, Louis MICHEL, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Barbara SPINELLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Calls on the Member States to ensure that victims of THB and their family members have access to free legal aid and counselling, including in criminal, civil or migration proceedings; u~~Underlines the need for a special and focused THB approach and protection for vulnerable groups such as refugees, people with disabilities and children, including unaccompanied minors from third countries.

Amendment 67 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Caterina CHINNICI, Ana GOMES, Emilian PAVEL, Anna HEDH, Soraya POST, Marju LAURISTIN, Barbara SPINELLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Recommends that, when Member States conduct individual risk assessment so as to ensure victims of trafficking receive appropriate protection, including through witness protection programmes, they should take into account vulnerability factors, such as gender, pregnancy, health conditions, disability, sexual orientation, age, and the status of refugee, asylum seeker or a person in need of international protection;

Amendment 68 #

Louis MICHEL, Gérard DEPREZ, Angelika MLINAR, Petr JEŽEK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Recalls that before concluding a visa liberalization agreement, the Commission assesses the risks posed by the third country concerned particularly with regard to illegal immigration; emphasises that the trafficking networks may also use legal channels for migration; asks the Commission therefore to include the effective cooperation of the relevant third countries with regard to trafficking among the criteria to be met for any visa liberalization agreement;

Amendment 69 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Encourages Member States to strengthen the protection and rights of victims of THB before, during and after the criminal proceedings; Urges the Members States to take into account specific needs, cultural context and other relevant factors when determining assistance; calls for Member States to strengthen their family reunification policy for victims of THB, particularly where this is required for their protection;

Amendment 7 #

Barbara SPINELLI, Kostas CHRYSOGONOS, Bodil VALERO

Draft opinion
Recital B (new)

B. Whereas the closing of the external borders of the European Union makes people more vulnerable to traffickers and exploitation;

Amendment 70 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Member States to increase cooperation with third countries to prevent and combat trafficking in Human beings; calls in particular to assist third countries in adopting legislation criminalising THB and combating the culture of impunity;

Amendment 71 #

Barbara SPINELLI, Kostas CHRYSOGONOS, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls Member States in this regard to facilitate family reunification for victims of trafficking to extended family members and to remove discriminatory requirements and limitations (e.g. age or time limitations, minimum income requirements above minimum wage);

Amendment 72 #

Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Monika HOHLMEIER, Barbara MATERA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Points out that the Union needs a binding and mandatory legislative approach to resettlement, as set out in the Commission's agenda for migration; Points out that humanitarian admission can be used as a complement to resettlement in order to give urgent protection, often on a temporary basis, to the most vulnerable where needed, e.g. unaccompanied minors or refugees with disabilities, or those in need of urgent medical evacuation;

Amendment 73 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls on the EU and on the Member States to support international organisations and NGOs in promoting raising awareness and information campaigns to alert potential victims of trafficking in HB in third countries;

Amendment 74 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Ana GOMES, Emilian PAVEL, Anna HEDH, Soraya POST, Marju LAURISTIN, Barbara SPINELLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Believes that Member States should develop systems of protection and assistance for victims so as to help them finding a way out of exploitation, by providing first and foremost adequate housing, which shouldn't be conditional on the lawful stay of the victim, but also counselling and information, social, educational and professional support, reintegration programmes, therapeutic and psychological care, in conjunction with social and educational actors;

Amendment 75 #

Bodil VALERO, Louis MICHEL, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls for Member States to pay special attention to vulnerable groups exposed to forced begging, such as Roma, and take this into consideration in the national context of the Roma integration strategies;

Amendment 76 #

Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Reiterates its call for the systematic inclusion of binding, enforceable and non-negotiable human rights clauses in the EU's international agreements, including trade and investment agreements concluded or to be concluded with third countries;

Amendment 77 #

Louis MICHEL, Gérard DEPREZ, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Angelika MLINAR, Petr JEŽEK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls on the Commission to evaluate the use of internet in the context of human trafficking, particularly as regards online sexual exploitation; requests that the fight against online trafficking be enhanced by Europol within the framework of the EU IRU (Internet Referral Unit) to detect, report and remove online material on trafficking;

Amendment 78 #

Louis MICHEL, Gérard DEPREZ, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Angelika MLINAR, Petr JEŽEK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Asks the Commission to adjust its cooperation with third countries to the new development of trafficking via the Internet; calls on the Commission and Europol to consider the possibilities of cooperation between the European anti- cybercrime bodies (especially in the framework of Europol) and those of third countries; requests also the Commission to consider all useful means of cooperation with Internet service providers to detect and combat trafficking-related online content; requests the Commission to keep Parliament duly informed;

Amendment 79 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Calls on the EU and the Member States to keep the fight of trafficking in Human beings, which is a serious breach of human rights, as a priority in their external relations and dialogue with third countries;

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Recital C (new)

C. Whereas a new form of trafficking for ransom emerged in the Sinai, especially involving Eritrean refugees, and has, according to estimates by the study "The Human Trafficking Cycle: Sinai and Beyond" by Wolf Legal Publisher, affected 25.000-30.000 people, causing the death of 5.000-10.000 persons, and whereas the torture for extortion has deeply traumatised those directly affected and their families and communities;

Amendment 80 #

Bodil VALERO, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Barbara SPINELLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Reiterates that the Generalised System of Preferences was aimed at ensuring that beneficiary countries respect the principles of international human rights conventions and core labour standards, and includes a special scheme of supplementary tariff preferences to promote the ratification and effective implementation of core international conventions on human and labour rights, environmental protection and good governance; reiterates that failure to comply with these conditions can lead to a trading arrangement being suspended; stresses the importance of regular monitoring and assessment of the implementation of international conventions by countries benefiting from GSP+;

Amendment 81 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Stresses that NGOs and individuals working to protect and help victims of THB should not be held responsible of any crime;

Amendment 82 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Ana GOMES, Emilian PAVEL, Anna HEDH, Soraya POST, Marju LAURISTIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Calls on the Member States to develop awareness and educational programs on the reality of trafficking in human beings and exploitation, including at school;

Amendment 83 #

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Ana GOMES, Emilian PAVEL, Anna HEDH, Soraya POST, Marju LAURISTIN, Barbara SPINELLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6d. Calls on the Member States to support NGOs active in the fight against trafficking in human beings, including by means of material and financial support, but especially by ensuring they are protected from retaliations, threats, and intimidations and even more that they are exempted from criminal prosecutions when they assist victims of trafficking who are in an irregular situation;

Amendment 84 #

Bodil VALERO, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6d. Calls for Member States to educate their citizens on THB and victim identification through information campaigns, including raising awareness on the impact and consequences of "sex tourism" and the fact that many of the women and children who serve the sex tourism industry engage in "survival sex";

Amendment 85 #

Barbara SPINELLI, Kostas CHRYSOGONOS, Bodil VALERO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6d. Deems it necessary to harmonise and strengthen guardianship system in EU Member States to prevent unaccompanied and separated children from falling into the hands of organised trafficking organisations; calls the Commission to fully implement the action plan on unaccompanied minors for 2010-2014 and to propose specific tools in collaboration with Member States to introduce minimum common standards based on best practices regarding the mandate, functions, quality and skills of the guardians;

Amendment 86 #

Louis MICHEL, Gérard DEPREZ, Nathalie GRIESBECK, Angelika MLINAR, Petr JEŽEK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6d. 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); recalls the potential transnational character of forced marriage; calls therefore on Member States to ensure that the national authorities in charge of migration are adequately trained in the issue of forced marriage in the context of trafficking; calls on the Commission also to strengthen the exchange of best practices in this regard;

Amendment 87 #

Louis MICHEL, Gérard DEPREZ, Angelika MLINAR, Petr JEŽEK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)

6e Commends the work of Europol, in particular through the Focal Point Twins to detect people travelling to third countries in order to commit child abuse; calls on Member States to cooperate with Europol by ensuring a systematic and rapid exchange of data;

Amendment 88 #

Bodil VALERO, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Louis MICHEL, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)

6e. Calls on the Commission and Member States to take targeted and appropriate prevention measures aimed at reducing the risk of people becoming victims on trafficking, such as education and training, awareness-raising campaigns and research programmes;

Amendment 89 #

Barbara SPINELLI, Kostas CHRYSOGONOS, Bodil VALERO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)

6e. Considers that safe and legal ways of entry to the EU would decrease vulnerability and trafficking in human beings;

Amendment 9 #