EMN Inform: Third-country national victims of trafficking in human beings , Date: 2024.02.20, format: report, area: Authority , Detection, identification and protection

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How do EU Member States, Norway and Georgia tackle human trafficking of third-country nationals?

The EMN Inform is a short summary of the comparative EMN study on "Third-country nationals who are victims of human trafficking: detection, identification and protection". It provides an overview of measures and best practices for the detection, identification and protection of third-country nationals who are victims of trafficking in human beings in 25 EU Member States, Norway and Georgia in the period from January 2015 to December 2020.

At national level, the main trends between 2015 and 2020 included institutional, policy and legislative developments. At EU level, it ranges from mechanisms for exchanging information and good practices to joint operations that reinforce collaboration between competent authorities, as well as specific ad hoc initiatives in response to emerging needs or challenges. At international level, several Member States cooperate against human trafficking with and within the structures of several organisations, such as the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) and the International Organisation of Migration (IOM). Cooperation is also pursued with third countries in order to ensure the safe return and reintegration of victims of trafficking in human beings. In response to the COVID-19 crisis, Member States adopted practical changes to the measures against human trafficking, for instance the use of hotlines, online learning to raise awareness of the risks of online sex trafficking and child exploitation, and digitalisation of the residence permit application process.

The EMN Inform is only available in English.

The EMN Flash briefly summarises the key findings on just one page (see "Downloads" under "Further information"). The EMN Germany Paper provides a more comprehensive presentation of the results for Germany (see "Downloads" under "Further information").