Traduction de «Smuggler » (Anglais → Français) :

Until June 2017, Operation Sophia had apprehended 109 suspected smugglers and neutralised 444 boats used by smugglers.

16. Objects to the EUNAVFOR Med operation against smugglers and traffickers in the Mediterranean; rejects the High Representative’s initiative to launch phase two of the operation, which could lead to the unintentional use of lethal force against unarmed migrants and refugees; reiterates its call to refrain from any action which is not covered by international law; regrets the excessive militarisation of efforts to resolve the refugee crisis by some Member States; believes that the focus on the military fight against smugglers, the destruction of their vessels, the enhanced patrolling and the building of walls and fences at external ...[+++]borders makes it even more dangerous for people fleeing war and persecution to reach Europe and forces them even more to resort to smugglers; considers, in addition, that this sends the wrong signal, i.e. that asylum seekers represent a security threat, which can be countered by military means; stresses that Member States have an obligation to ensure access to the EU territory for people in need of international protection;

14. Recalls that the Member States should lay down strong criminal sanctions against human trafficking and smuggling, both into and across the EU; calls on the Member States to combat criminal networks of smugglers, but in the meantime not to penalise those who voluntarily help migrants on humanitarian grounds, including carriers, by asking the Commission to consider revising Council Directive 2001/51/EC; takes note of the EUNAVFOR Med operation against smugglers and traffickers in the Mediterranean;

– having regard to Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/972 of 22 June 2015 launching the European Union military operation in the southern Central Mediterranean against human smugglers and traffickers with the mission of identifying, capturing and disposing of vessels and the enabling assets used by migrant smugglers or traffickers,

14. Takes note of the launch of the EUNAVFOR Med operation to combat smugglers and traffickers in the Mediterranean within the framework of broader efforts to tackle the crisis and save lives at sea, and of the proposal made by the VP/HR at the informal meeting of defence ministers of 3 September 2015 with a view to increasing the operation’s capacity to operate in high seas in order to capture and dispose of the vessels used and to help arrest smugglers;

14. Calls for the tightening-up of sanctions against smugglers and traffickers in human beings and for wide-ranging information campaigns to raise awareness of the kinds of risk faced by those who put their lives into the hands of traffickers and smugglers;