Document: EU measures against transport operators involved in migrant smuggling
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17 June 2025
The latest Polish Council Presidency draft of the proposed Regulation "on measures against transport operators that facilitate or engage in trafficking in persons or smuggling of migrants". If a company were deemed to be engaged in those activities, the EU would be able to suspend port visitation rights, road or rail transportation licences, or to limit the scope of existing licences.
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The document (pdf) is a result of discussions that took place at the end of May:
"Following the discussion in the JHA Counsellors meeting of 28 May and the comments submitted by Member States, delegations will find attached a third draft of the Presidency compromise text for the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on measures against transport operators that facilitate or engage in trafficking in persons or smuggling of migrants in relation to illegal entry into the tenitory of the European Union."
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- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on measures against transport operators that facilitate or engage in trafficking in persons or smuggling of migrants in relation to illegal entry into the territory of the European Union - Third Presidency compromise text (Council doc. 10108/25, LIMITE, 12 June 2025, pdf)
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