Identifying victims of human trafficking at hotspots by focusing on people smuggled to Europe
Abstract
Research has shown that smuggling of migrants is associated with human trafficking. Hence, victims of human trafficking amongst smuggled migrants should be identified by EU Member States at hotspots established by the European Commission, to overcome the migrant and refugee crisis. Identified victims should be given a visa and a programme of protection to escape their traffickers. In order to achieve these objectives, research suggests that EU law on migrant smuggling should be amended and the Temporary Protection Directive should be applied to smuggled persons when there is an indication that they may be victims of human trafficking. This approach should be adopted by the EASO in cooperation with police forces investigating smuggling and trafficking at hotspots.Citation
Ventrella, M. (2017). 'Identifying Victims of Human Trafficking at Hotspots by Focusing on People Smuggled to Europe'. Social Inclusion, 5(2), pp. 69-80. doi: 10.17645/si.v5i2.896Publisher
CogitatioJournal
Social InclusionAdditional Links
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/896Type
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© Matilde Ventrella. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction of the work without further permission provided the original author(s) and source are credited.ISSN
2183–2803ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.17645/si.v5i2.896
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