Report on the progress made in the fight against trafficking in human beings (2016)

Summary:

First progress report on the implementation of Directive 2011/36/EU - also known as the Anti-Trafficking Directive. It was published by the European Commission on 19 May 2016.

Further information:

Directive 2011/36/EU lays down minimum common rules for determining offences of trafficking in human beings and punishing offenders. It also provides for measures to better prevent this phenomenon and to strengthen the protection of victims.

This is the first Commission report since the adoption of the Anti-Trafficking Directive. The report is divided into three main sections: trends in trafficking in human beings, results of specific anti-trafficking actions, and statistics provided by the Member States. It is accompanied by a staff working document that provides detailed and comprehensive factual information complementing information included in this report.

Furthermore, the report examines action taken by the Commission and any other relevant stakeholders under the EU strategy towards the eradication of trafficking in human beings 2012-2016. The findings of this report are used to highlight the Commission's policy orientation and will feed into the development of a post-2016 strategy on trafficking in human beings to be published later in the year.

• Primary Source

Commentary and Analysis

EU Law Analysis, 01/07/2016: How Many Victims of Human Trafficking in the EU? A Statistical Quagmire http://eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2016/07/how-many-victims-of-human-trafficking.html

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News

EUObserver, 19/05/2016: Child trafficking in EU on the rise https://euobserver.com/justice/133482

The Guardian, 19/05/2016: Human traffickers 'using migration crisis' to force more people into slavery https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/19/human-traffickers-using-migration-crisis-to-force-more-people-into-slavery

Deutsche Welle, 19/05/2016: Brussels warns that mass migration to EU may exacerbate human trafficking https://p.dw.com/p/1IqsW

RFI News, 19/05/2016: Migrants at risk from human traffickers, says EU report https://www.rfi.fr/en/europe/20160519-migrant-risk-human-traffickers-says-eu-report

BBC News, 19/05/2016: Migrant crisis: Child trafficking on rise in EU https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36338022

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Official

EUR-Lex: SWD(2016)159: Commission Staff Working Document accompanying the report http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2016:159:FIN

European Commission: Press Release, 19/05/2016: Commission adopts first Report on progress in the fight against trafficking in human beings https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_16_1757

European Commission: Remarks by Commissioner Avramopoulos and EU Anti-trafficking coordinator Myria Vassiliadou on the occasion of the presentation of the first progress report on trafficking in human beings (19 May 2016) https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/SPEECH_16_1849

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