- The G7 ministers committed to collaborating in the fight against mafias that enrich themselves with immigration
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, highlighted at the G7 meeting on October 4 the need to create “serious and credible” alternatives in migrant-receiving countries for those fleeing their host nations. origin.
The interior ministers of the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Canada and Japan addressed migratory flows and strategies to combat human trafficking on the last day of the meeting held in Italy.
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It is an intergovernmental political and economic forum made up of seven of the most industrialized economies in the world in which issues of common interest are debated.
“It is necessary to have a general and panoramic vision of the phenomenon, and a recognition of the fundamental causes of forced migration with renewed political and economic investments to provide a global response,” UNHCR said in a subsequent statement.
In addition, the entity highlighted that countries of first asylum and transit need more support to provide effective access to quality national services to people forced to flee.
“Human trafficking is a serious violation of human rights and dignity, however, in the fight against human trafficking, attention must be paid to the protection of victims along with efforts to combat the crime,” stressed the representative of the UNHCR.
The UNHCR high commissioner added that refugees have no choice but to flee but the lack of alternatives, in terms of security, means that traffickers prosper in their plans.
“If we want to defeat traffickers, we must also offer serious and credible alternatives to those fleeing, addressing the root causes of forced displacement and strengthening safe and regular migration routes,” Grandi said.
Before the G7 meeting, the UNHCR representative spoke with Italian legislators and authorities to underline the need for greater international solidarity in managing migration and safeguarding vulnerable populations.
Surveillance of migration mafias on social networks
The G7 Interior Ministers agreed on October 4 to collaborate in the fight against mafias that get rich from migration and committed to monitoring their promotion on the Internet.
“We must pay attention to the virtual dimension of the trips offered by human traffickers and which are often advertised on social networks,” said the host minister, the Italian Matteo Piantedosi, at the final press conference.
The summit ended with a joint declaration and an attached Action Plan to prevent and counter irregular migrant trafficking.
The G7 Plan focuses on the migration issue, with emphasis on the central Mediterranean route in which North African mafias operate.
Firstly, the foreign ministers committed to strengthening their operations against these human traffickers, collaborating and sharing information between countries that are considered affected, but also controlling the presence of these mafias on the internet.
Specifically, the G7 wants to work with social networks to prevent them from being used for the purposes of migrant smuggling and human trafficking, so they will ask these platforms to “do more” to respond to possible promotional content.
“We call for the rapid elimination of online activity by smugglers who promote irregular migration and offer illegal transportation services to migrants,” the G7 Action Plan states.
They also pointed out the need to promote greater collaboration between police and judicial officials at the borders to confront these gangs.
The final communiqué of the summit also proposes actions for the challenges arising from international crises such as the war in Ukraine, among which the priority of protecting the displaced stands out.
With information from EFE.
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2024-10-04 21:25:29
