Activities of Péter NIEDERMÜLLER related to 2015/2118(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Preventing and combating trafficking in human beings (A8-0144/2016 - Catherine Bearder) HU
Amendments (17)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 a (new)
Citation 28 a (new)
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas differences between the legislation of Member States greatly facilitate the activities of organised crime groups involved in trafficking in human beings;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas in 2014, 69% of suspects registered at Europol were EU nationals from Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia. Chinese and Nigerian groups are also considerably active in Europe;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom are the most targeted countries by human traffickers, due to high demand for cheap sexual and labour services in these countries;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas trafficking in human beings harms human dignity and physical and psychological integrity. It first and foremost affects the victims of trafficking, but it also has a vast impact on society overall;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas current trends in sexual and labour exploitation are expected to increase;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas 70% of the identified victims and suspects in the EU are EU nationals;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas minority groups, such as Roma people, make up a disproportionate number of victims of THB as a result of being socially and economically marginalised;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the majority of victims of labour exploitation are male EU nationals from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas especially in case of underage victims, the risk of re-victimisation and re- trafficking is high;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas most reported victims for sexual exploitation are female EU nationals from Central and Eastern Europe;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)
Recital J b (new)
Jb. whereas Austria is a transit country for sexual exploitation victims coming from Central and Eastern Europe, and Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom are transit countries for non-EU victims;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the current migration crisis occurring in North Africa and the Middle East will have a major impact on trafficking in human beings;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas the global development of online infrastructures has made the Internet a crucial tool for human traffickers, and it is likely to become more significant in the future;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K c (new)
Recital K c (new)
Kc. whereas victims often lack information about their rights and how to effectively exercise them;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Regrets that Europol's capabilities are not fully utilised among Member State law enforcement authorities, in order to increase information sharing with Europol so that links can be made between investigations in different Member States and a broader intelligence picture on the most threatening organised crime networks active in the EU can be drawn;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Notes that data collection on child trafficking should be based on a common definition of this crime phenomenon. Some Member States consider child trafficking a separate form of exploitation and others include child victims with adults hindering the possibility of creating a comprehensive intelligence picture and of defining the best investigative responses at the EU level;