11 Amendments of João FERREIRA related to 2015/2340(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
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 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
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 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
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;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
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 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
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 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
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)
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 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
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 84 #
10b. Urges the Commission and Member States to respect the United Nations Charter and the principles of asylum law;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 c (new)
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 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 d (new)
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;