Press release - Human trafficking: stronger measures to protect women, children and migrants

The report calls on the Commission to amend the Anti-Trafficking Directive to ensure that member states explicitly criminalise the knowing use of services provided by victims of trafficking.

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https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20210204IPR97113/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20210204IPR97113/
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Wednesday, February 10, 2021
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Articles, Child custody, Children's rights, Family law, Human migration, Social work, Human trafficking, Unaccompanied minor, Human trafficking in Belgium, Human trafficking in Greece
Summary
Key Points: 
  • The report calls on the Commission to amend the Anti-Trafficking Directive to ensure that member states explicitly criminalise the knowing use of services provided by victims of trafficking.
  • Asylum seekers, refugees and migrants, especially women and unaccompanied minors, are particularly vulnerable to trafficking, MEPs warn.
  • Human trafficking violates life, physical and mental integrity, sexual freedom and human dignity.
  • The alarming increase in the trafficking of children affects undocumented migrants in particular.
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