site.btaWe Must Not Allow Labour Migration to Be Exploitation Trap, MEP Emil Radev Says

Let us not allow labour migration to be a trap for exploitation, said Emil Radev, Member of the European Parliament from GERB/EPP and Vice-Chair of the Committee on Legal Affairs, who took part in the international conference Human Trafficking: The Route of Labour Migration – Pitfalls and Opportunities for Third-Country Nationals on Thursday in Sofia.

In his view, labour migration is a reality that cannot be ignored, especially at a time when Europe is experiencing labour shortages in certain sectors.

"In today's world, looking for work increasingly means crossing borders, but this should not be at the expense of violating human rights", the MEP stressed. 

Participants from various institutions, intergovernmental organizations, migration experts, law enforcement representatives, national trade unions and NGOs discussed the practicalities of policies in the field and the links between legal employment opportunities and the risks of being drawn into human trafficking faced by third-country nationals.