EMN Study on measures in the EU Member States, Norway and Georgia to detect, identify, and protect victims of trafficking in human beings from outside Europe (EU/EEA*). The research provides insights into recent policy developments for protecting victims and combating trafficking in human beings.
EMN Study | Human trafficking Europe
Study: Detection, identification and protection of victims of trafficking in human beings
31 March 2022
EMN Study: 'Third-country national victims of trafficking in human beings: detection, identification and protection'
Research period - January 2015 - December 2020
Participating countries - Belgium (BE), Bulgaria (BG), Cyprus (CY), Denmark (DE), Germany (DE), Estonia (EE), Finland (FI), France (FR), Greece (EL), Hungary (HU), Ireland (IE), Italy (IT), Croatia (HR), Latvia (LV), Lithuania (LT), Luxembourg (LU), Malta (MT), The Netherlands (NL), Austria (AT), Poland (PL), Portugal (PT), Slovenia (SI), Slovakia (SK), Spain (ES), Czech Republic (CZ), Sweden (SE); Georgia (GE), Norway (NO)
Motivation and scope of research
- One of the priorities of the EU Strategy on Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings 2021-2025 is to protect, support and empower victims. Previously, victims from outside the European Union have not been looked at specifically in relation to migration flows. This research provides an overview of current measures in EU Member States, Norway and Georgia to detect, identify, and protect victims of human trafficking (from outside the EU/EEA).
- The research contributes to the European Commission's (EC) evaluation of the Anti-Trafficking Directive.
Content
The research findings provide an overview of:
- the legal context and measures at an EU level for protecting victims of trafficking in human beings;
- national measures in EU Member States for detecting, identifying, and protecting victims;
- human trafficking cooperation mechanisms between EU Member States, EU agencies, international organisations, countries of origin and transit countries, and;
- challenges and good practices for detecting, identifying and protecting victims of trafficking, focusing on the specific challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Publications EMN Study ‘Third-country national victims of trafficking in human beings: detection, identification and protection’
- EMN Study, 31 March 2022
- EMN Inform (summary EMN Study), 31 March 2022
- EMN Flash (introduction EMN Study), 31 March 2022
Publications EMN Netherlands ‘Third-country national victims of trafficking in human beings: detection, identification and protection'
- News item: 'Identifying victims of human trafficking in Europe is a serious challenge', 31 March 2022
* European Economic Area (EU countries including Liechtenstein, Norway, Iceland)
