1 Amendments of Lívia JÁRÓKA related to 2022/0269(COD)
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The use of forced labour is widespread in the world. It is estimated that about 27.6 million people were in forced labour in 2021.18 Vulnerable and marginalised groups in a societyPeople living in poverty and extreme poverty on the margins of society, vulnerable and marginalised groups and other protected communities and groups, such as persons with disabilities, children, minors, women and the elderly and those with different ethnic and cultural backgrounds and disadvantages, such as the Roma, are particularly susceptible to be pressured into performing forced labour. Even when it is not state imposed, fForced labour is very often a consequence of a lack of good governance of certain economic operators. linked to poverty, exclusion, cases of discrimination and various other forms of discrimination, particularly if exacted in the private sector. _________________ 18 The 2021 Global Estimates of Modern Slavery, https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public /---ed_norm/--- ipec/documents/publication/wcms_854733. pdf.