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REPORT on the implementation of Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims
Amendments (33)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
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Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas women and girls form the majority of THB victims; 78% of all children trafficked are girls and 68% of adults trafficked are women
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of the funding of the AsylumCitizens, Equality, MRigration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and Internal Security Fund (ISF) programmeshts and Values programme including the Daphne fund to continue to be used for projects tackling THB, as well as using other available instruments including , Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and Internal Security Fund (ISF)programmes;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights that the lack of consistent and detailed data continues to hamper the adequate assessment of trends in THB; calls on the Member States to collect more up-to-date data disaggregated by age and gender, gender and racial and ethnic origin and including internally trafficked people, by compiling statistical information in cooperation with civil society in due respect for the rights of trafficked persons to privacy and autonomy and to protect their personal data;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to monitor the use of digital technologies for THB as the predominant tools used to recruit trafficking victims; while ensuring individuals’ fundamental rights and data protection, as well as victims’ right to privacy;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that the gender dimension must be consistently monitored in the implementation of EU anti-trafficking legislation, and urges the Commission to continue to monitor this in its assessment of Member States’ compliance and implementation of the Directive;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on all Member States to effectively guarantee the rights of victims and to support them with a gender- sensitive approach while ensuring complementarity with the Victims’ Rights Directive; notwelcomes that the Anti- Trafficking Directive prohibits the criminalisation of victims of THB;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Laments that in certain member states access to services and protections including the right to residence for victims of human trafficking are contingent upon participation in criminal proceedings; calls on member states to offer unconditional protection to all victims of human trafficking including women and girls
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on all Member States to ensure that early expert legal intervention and advice is provided to potential victims of THB at the earliest possible moment, including accessible information about their legal rights and options;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights that while the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is not yet measureable, it is nevertheless clear that the crisis disproportionately affects the most vulnerable victims of THB, especially those in precarious situations including women and children;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Highlights the need to provide protection and effective and adequate gender-responsive and multidisciplinary assistance to victims of trafficking and considering also their direct dependants, on the basis of the specific needs of those persons, including child-appropriate measures and the use of multilingual staff, which must not be made conditional on their cooperation with law enforcement authorities; urges the Member States to step up efforts in this direction;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Regrets that the trafficking of individuals in vulnerable situations such as women, children, LGBTI people and people with disabilities and people from racialized groups, is often overlooked; stresses the importance of improved data collection to enhance victim identification efforts with regard to these groups and developing best practice in dealing with the specific needs of these victims;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Notes that victims of THB require specialised services, including access to safe short- and long-term accommodation, witness protection schemes, healthcare and counselling, translation and interpretation services, legal redress, compensation, access to education and training, including teaching of the language of their country of residence, job placement, (re)integration, family mediation and resettlement assistance, and that these services should be further individualised case by case, with specific consideration given to the gender perspective; urges the Member States to ensure gender-specific provision of services to victims of THB that is appropriate to their needs, recognising any needs that may be specific to the form of trafficking to which they have been subjected;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to monitor and assess the situation of compensation to victims in the Member States and across borders in terms of access, enforcement and actual payments, and to come forward with specific measures to ensure better access to compensation;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Is concerned that victims of THB are often not adequately informed of their rights, the assistance and support measures that are available to them; underlines the importance of having clear and consistent information for victims and for frontline staff who may come into contact with victims, such as security forces, judicial authorities, police and social services, including information on rights with regard to emergency assistance, medical treatment and healthcare, residence permits, employment rights, access to the courts and to a lawyer, the possibilities for seeking redress and the specific rights of children; stresses that there must be no discrimination in access to services;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Highlights the effectiveness of awareness-raising schemes in educating consumers to select products from corporations that ensure a slavery-free supply chain, but notes that this in itself is not enough to reduce demand for THB; calls on Member States to take more proactive preventative actions such as information and awareness-raising campaigns, training, including training specifically designed for men, targeted workshops with people in vulnerable situation and education activities in schools, including promoting equality, combating sexist stereotypes and gender- based violence;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights that sexual exploitation remains the most prevalentreported form of trafficking in the EU since 2008, as 60 % of victims are trafficked for sexual exploitation; notes that more than 90 % of these victims are women and girls, and that more than 70 % of traffickers are male;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Notes that despite recent reports of criminal networks trafficking people across the EU for the purpose of labour exploitation, forced sham marriages and in some cases benefit fraud, there is a lack of adequate data, legislation and access to support services for victims of these forms of exploitation
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Member States to adopt specific measures to address gender based violence including violence against women and gender inequalities as well as other root causes of trafficking; recommends that the Commission strengthen and develop the gender dimension in the monitoring of the implementation of EU anti-trafficking legislation;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Underlines that THB is fuelled by high profits for traffickers and demand that fosters all forms of exploitation; recalls that MS have a legal obligation to discourage and reduce the demand that fosters all forms of exploitation;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to implement a human rights based approach to the prevention of trafficking centring the rights of the victim; recommends that the Commission and Member states work together with civil society to provide necessary services and assistance to victims of trafficking free from judgement and stigmatisation
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges the Member States to focus on the recurring and emerging patterns of THBall forms of THB including for sexual exploitation, such as the increasing exploitation of children and the use of the ‘lover boy’ method as the most frequentnd other means of recruiting victims by using online technologies;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Highlights the importance of gender-sensitive training programmes for officials attending victims to enhance the early identification of those who are victims of trafficking for forced labour and sexual exploitation and encourages Member States to adopt measures to support victims, such as exit programmes, social and professional reintegration, education or sexual health services;
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. recalls that women and children may be compelled to exchange sex for protection, in order to survive, to advance along their migratory route, and for basic sustenance; underlines that women and children engaging in survival sex are not considered trafficking victims, and thus cannot receive the required assistance;
Amendment 348 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Member States to step up their efforts to early identify potential victims, in particularcluding within migration flows and hotspots; calls on the Member States to provide adequate resources for specialised facilities for unaccompanied minors and female victims of traffickingvictims of trafficking including women and unaccompanied minors;
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Highlights the vulnerable position of refugee and migrant women and girls particularly upon arrival to the European Union and their increased chances of becoming victims of trafficking; calls upon the Commission and Member States to provide safe and legal routes for migration, to ensure the presence of gender trained staff in reception facilities and to provide adequate support and funding to civil society organisations;
Amendment 369 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Notes that informal and unregulated work should be brought within the protection of labour laws and it should be ensured that labour rights are applied to all workers irrespective of their gender, migration and residence status. Control mechanisms should be set up to monitor businesses compliance with labour standards and human rights and sanctions for businesses that do not respect human rights and the law should be enacted.
Amendment 373 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Notes that children constitute nearly a quarter of all victims in the EU, with girls (78 %) making up the vast majority of child victims in the EU; points out that nearly 75 % of all child victims in the EU were EU citizens; is particularly concerned about the violence, abuse and exploitation faced by child victims in the EU especially those trafficked for sexual exploitation25 ; _________________ 25Europol, EMSC, 4th Annual Activity Report, 2020.
Amendment 403 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Amendment 425 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Notes that women are disproportionately criminalised due to their situation or status and are prevented from equal access to justice as a result of gender stereotyping, discriminatory laws, intersecting or compounded discrimination, procedural and evidentiary requirements and practices; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that access to justice is physically, economically, socially and culturally available to all women
Amendment 459 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Is concerned that the gender perspective remains unevenly embraced within JHA agencies; calls on the JHA agencies to ensure that a sustained programme of ensuring gender balance is in place, particularly in decision-making relevant to THB;
Amendment 473 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls on the Commission to amend the Anti-Trafficking Directive with a view to updating its provisions, including the establishment of specific measures for the prevention and prosecution of trafficking for sexual exploitation as the largest area of THB, to address the use of online technologies in both the proliferation and the prevention of THB, to improve measures for prevention and the early identification and protection of victims, and to strengthen a horizontal gender perspective across all forms of trafficking, as well as to ensure that Member States explicitly criminalise the use of all services which involve exploitation;
Amendment 504 #
37. Calls on the Commission to include in the new strategy on trafficking in human beings and clear steps as regards the appointment of the EU ATC;