Subject Area
Gender/Sex
Human Rights
Refugee/Asylum
Source
NGOs
Type
Other
Location
Europe
Year Published
2025
Summary
ECRE Policy Note: A Gender-sensitive Approach to Combating Human Trafficking and Support Asylum-seeking Survivors in the EU, 2025
Abstract
This policy note explores how EU asylum and anti-trafficking frameworks can better protect refugee women and girls who are at risk of or have survived human trafficking. Drawing on EU and international legal standards – as well as national-level assessments – ECRE provides a gender-sensitive analysis of the revised EU Anti-Trafficking Directive (ATD) and its intersection with the proposed Facilitators Directive.
The note also provides concrete recommendations for Member States on adopting gender-sensitive strategies for prevention, victim protection and survivor support.
