The European Union and the Fight against Human Trafficking: Comprehensive or Contradicting?
- Document number
- 2803
- Date
- 2008
- Title
- The European Union and the Fight against Human Trafficking: Comprehensive or Contradicting?
- Author/publisher
- Meng-Hsuan Chou
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Human Rights approach, Integrated approach; EU instruments; International Human Rights Law, International cooperation; Inter-organisational co-operation, Multi-agency approach, International law; Holistic approach, National Rapporteurs;
- Summary
- This overview starts by identifying the nexus between illegal migration and human trafficking within the political discourse of eu migration co-operation. The institutional framework of eu migration co-operation has been such that whilst the eu advocates a comprehensive approach for such co-operation, in practice the institutional framework lends itself towards implementing the securitymaintenance aspect of this approach rather than victim protection and rehabilitation. Yet recent developments reveal that there is a concerted effort on the part of the European institutions to advance beyond this impasse. The final section of this paper addresses this development by considering how the Commission proposal for circular migration might potentially serve as part of a wider eu strategy against future human trafficking.
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