22/09/2010 Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Strasbourg, 21.09.2010 – “We are just beginning to scratch the surface of the problem of smuggling people for forced labour, be it in domestic service, agriculture, sweatshops or construction,” said the Chair of PACE’s Migration Committee John Greenway (United Kingdom, EDG), speaking today at the end of a hearing on the subject in Skopje.
“There is a huge need for information, statics and research on this,” he added, pledging that his committee would seek to prepare a report on the issue. “The core features of trafficking are always the same: control and exploitation of a human being by use of force, threats or the vulnerability of the victim.”
“What we have heard during the hearing made clear that forced labour exs in every country. We are convinced that member states should invest more resources in fighting against smuggling and trafficking for labour exploitation purposes.”