Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-03-09-Speech-2-137"
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I support the idea of helping victims of human trafficking. However, this is not at all what this directive is about. It simply forces victims to co-operate with police authorities by means of the threat of expulsion. Instead, comprehensive victim protection must ensure a permanent residence permit, thus granting full access to medical and social support without preconditions.
A clear distinction must be made between 'trafficking in human beings' and the smuggling of migrants. Trafficking simply means helping immigrants to illegally enter Fortress Europe – for profit or as a benevolent activity. Trafficking is based on a decision to migrate, but it often ends in exceptionally exploitative capitalist conditions of work later. 'Illegal immigration' is nothing more than the understandable reaction to EU-efforts to fence itself off from migratory flows resulting from global poverty, war and capitalist exploitation. 'Illegal immigration' is usually the only way to reach EU-territory at all.
If you really want to help victims of trafficking and exploitation, you should not hide behind the interests of European law enforcement authorities and fob victims off with short-term residence permits.
Instead, free access to the EU must be part of a free world so that people can move freely."@en1
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"Schröder, Ilka (GUE/NGL ),"1
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