{"id":119032,"date":"2023-11-29T07:30:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T05:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/migrant-smugglers-could-face-up-to-15-years-in-prison-under-proposed-new-eu-rules\/"},"modified":"2023-11-29T07:30:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T05:30:38","slug":"migrant-smugglers-could-face-up-to-15-years-in-prison-under-proposed-new-eu-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/migrant-smugglers-could-face-up-to-15-years-in-prison-under-proposed-new-eu-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Migrant smugglers could face up to 15 years in prison under proposed new EU rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119032\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nThe European Commission has unveiled new legislation to toughen punishments for migrant smugglers. The European Commission is seeking to toughen penalties for human traffickers as the bloc struggles to bring down the number of migrants lured in by networks of smugglers.<\/p>\n<p>In the first ten months of 2023, the European Union saw nearly 331,000 irregular border crossings, with the Central Mediterranean route accounting for the vast majority of incidents. The figures represent the highest level for that period since 2015 and have led to calls from member states to harden the common migration policy. As part of its response, the European Commission unveiled on Tuesday two draft laws that toughen the punishment for the crime of human trafficking and expand the role of Europol, the bloc&#8217;s law enforcement agency.<\/p>\n<p>Under a new directive that updates the 2002 framework, the EU&#8217;s executive proposes a wider definition of the smuggling offense, which now includes advertising on websites and social media designed to entice people to come to Europe. The definition also covers instances where there is a &#8220;high likelihood&#8221; of causing harm to an asylum seeker, even if this is done without obtaining any financial profit.<\/p>\n<p>The directive introduces a series of aggravating circumstances, such as the use of violence and the trafficking of unaccompanied minors, that prolong imprisonment for those found guilty of smuggling. Causing the death of a migrant could lead to a maximum of 15 years in prison \u2013 up from 8 years foreseen in the current legislation. State actors, however, will be excluded from penalties, even if they are sometimes behind irregular migration, as was the case during the 2021 border crisis orchestrated by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Most recently, Finland has accused Russia of instigating a surge in migration flows.<\/p>\n<p>Humanitarian organisations that conduct search-and-rescue operations, which Italy has blamed for acting as a &#8220;pull factor&#8221; but Germany defends as carrying out a moral duty, will be protected from criminal charges. Another novelty lies in the principle of jurisdiction, which the directive extends to crimes committed in international waters. Incidents involving migrant vessels in the Mediterranean Sea regularly take place in high waters, like this year&#8217;s shipwreck near Messenia, Greece, that left more than 500 people presumed dead. This opens a legal void when it comes to determining the country entitled to prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>The two pieces of legislation presented on Tuesday still need to undergo negotiations between the European Parliament and member states. Due to the timing of the announcement, talks are not expected to conclude in this mandate and will have to wait until after the June elections to reach the finish line.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2023\/11\/28\/migrant-smugglers-could-face-up-to-15-years-in-prison-under-proposed-new-eu-rules\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2023\/11\/28\/migrant-smugglers-could-face-up-to-15-years-in-prison-under-proposed-new-eu-rules\">Euronews<\/a> <\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/csr-news-en\/121454\/\">Migrant smugglers could face up to 15 years in prison under proposed new EU rules<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[555,274,1330,4720,1308,4056],"class_list":["post-119032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-csr-news-en","tag-eu","tag-migrant","tag-prison","tag-rules","tag-smuggler"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119032\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}