Citation:
Askola H. Violence against Women, Trafficking, and Migration in the European Union. European Law Journal; 2007.
Abstract:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-0386.2007.00364.x/abst...
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This article examines the evolving EU policy against human trafficking, especially trafficking that targets migrant women for sexual exploitation. It maintains that even though action against trafficking is now firmly on the EU agenda, current policies excessively focus on repressive measures and lack attention to the broader setting in which the exploitation of migrants takes place. This means that current EU anti-trafficking policy remains ineffectual, and may in some cases even be counterproductive.