{"id":3893,"date":"2007-02-26T13:32:02","date_gmt":"2007-02-26T13:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jeanlambertmep.org.uk\/?p=3893"},"modified":"2015-04-02T13:33:37","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T13:33:37","slug":"green-mep-calls-for-action-to-combat-human-trafficking-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeanlambertmep.org.uk\/2007\/02\/26\/green-mep-calls-for-action-to-combat-human-trafficking-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Green MEP Calls For Action To Combat Human Trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOne of the greatest Human Rights abuses is having your freedom taken away and Government policy has to change now to stop this happening to the victims of trafficking\u201d warned UK Euro MP Jean Lambert today as the Joseph Rowntree Foundation launched its new report on slavery in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Jean, who is London\u2019s Green MEP and has been awarded for her work on Justice and Human Rights welcomed today\u2019s report and said that even though the UK Government previously vowed to sign the European Convention against trafficking nothing has been done and their appaling approach continues.<\/p>\n<p>Jean commented; \u201cIt is deeply regratable that victims of trafficking are more likely to be treated as perpertrators of a crime rather than victims.\u00a0 You simply can not claim that a 15 year old, sold into a brothel, understands what they are getting into.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe UK Government have previously promised to change their apporach and yet we have seen little action.\u00a0 Human trafficking is a violation of human rights, an organised crime that recognises no boundaries and an exploitative issue that should be reflected as such in the Government\u2019s policies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmployers who collude to take on victims of trafficking in the hope that a docile work force, who don\u2019t complain or ask questions, will be cheap continue to support trafficking networks and it is vital that these are brought to an end. Not only is trafficking an issue of Human Rights but also good police work.\u00a0 By prosecuting the \u2018vcitims\u2019, we are depriving police of the necessary information they need to end this modern day slavery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOne of the greatest Human Rights abuses is having your freedom taken away and Government policy has to change now to stop this happening to the victims of trafficking\u201d warned UK Euro MP Jean Lambert today as the Joseph Rowntree Foundation launched its new report on slavery in the UK. Jean, who is London\u2019s Green [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[96],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"One of the greatest Human Rights abuses is having your freedom taken away. 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