Summary
The European Parliament calls for clear guidelines to ensure that individuals and organizations providing humanitarian aid to migrants are not prosecuted under laws designed to combat migrant smuggling. 10 05.07.2018
Other
human rights
criminal law
social policy
european union
public administration
Key points
- The Parliament expresses concern that current EU laws are unintentionally leading to the criminalization of citizens and NGOs providing aid to migrants.
- Humanitarian acts should not be treated as crimes, in accordance with international protocols against migrant smuggling.
- Member States should fully implement existing legal exemptions that allow them to avoid criminalizing humanitarian assistance.
- The European Commission is urged to adopt clear guidelines specifying which types of assistance are considered humanitarian and should remain exempt from prosecution.
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