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Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Charlie WEIMERS, Jessica STEGRUD

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)

- Having regard to Council Directive 2002/90/EC defining the facilitation of unauthorised entry, transit and residence and Council Framework Decision 2002/946/JHA on the strengthening of the penal framework to prevent the facilitation of unauthorised entry, transit and residence.

2020/11/12
Committee: LIBE FEMM

Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. Whereas migrant smuggling can lead to human trafficking, since exploitation and abuse may emerge during transit or at destination, even in the presence of initial consensus. Whereas girls and adult women are overwhelmingly targeted and trafficked for sexual exploitation. Whereas the "Facilitators Package" (Council Directive 2002/90/EC and Council Framework Decision 2002/946/JHA) is an important instrument adopted to combat trafficking in human beings and sexual exploitation.

2020/11/12
Committee: LIBE FEMM

Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure differentiation between trafficking and smuggling, which require different responses in law; highlights that the confusion between them often leads to failings in correctly identifying victims and in ensuring that they can access protection measures and avoid secondary victimisation; 5. Urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure differentiation between trafficking and smuggling, which require different responses in law; highlights that the confusion between them often leads to failings in correctly identifying victims and in ensuring that they can access protection measures and avoid secondary victimisation; 5.deleted

2020/11/12
Committee: LIBE FEMM

Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Takes into account Europol's report "Pandemic profiteering" of March 2020, which highlights that criminals are adapting their modus operandi to COVID- 19 pandemic; Calls on the Member States for a more efficient strategy on tackling human trafficking in the current pandemic the crisis, taking into account that there is a higher risk for traffickers and mafias of human beings of taking advantage from the most vulnerable people.

2020/11/12
Committee: LIBE FEMM

Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Charlie WEIMERS, Jessica STEGRUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to step up their efforts to combat human trafficking and migrant smuggling and to effectively implement the "Facilitators Package" (Council Directive 2002/90/EC and Council Framework Decision 2002/946) to combat the human smugglers' business model, preventing children, girls, and other vulnerable groups from sexual exploitation and abuse.

2020/11/12
Committee: LIBE FEMM

Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to pay particular attention to the fact that some actions, such as offering financial aid to victims of trafficking, may be used as an incentive by the mafias in order to attract their victims with the unintentional effect of encouraging human trafficking.

2020/11/12
Committee: LIBE FEMM

Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Notes the low number of prosecutions and convictions for the crime of trafficking; urges the Member States to take measures to improve the investigation of trafficking cases and to put in place strong criminal sanctions for crimes of human trafficking and migrant smuggling;

2020/11/12
Committee: LIBE FEMM

Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ~~monitor and assess~~enhance control measures so that to avoid the risk for the persons being smuggled of becoming victims of trafficking, with a particular focus on the situation of unaccompanied minors and women; underlines, in this context, the need for meffectively enforce l~~egal~~aws and ~~safe routes for migration in order to prevent the exploitation of vulnerable people with irregular status;~~enacting stronger sanctions to human traffickers and migrant smugglers.

2020/11/12
Committee: LIBE FEMM

8 Amendments of Charlie WEIMERS related to 2020/2029(INI)

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