Human trafficking in Belgium

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

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Wednesday, February 10, 2021

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.

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.