THE VICTIM OUTSIDE THE TRIAL: ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND THE RESIDENCE PERMIT
THE VICTIM OUTSIDE THE TRIAL: ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND THE RESIDENCE PERMIT

Summary/Abstract: The European Council Directive 2004/81/EC concerning residence permit issued to Non-European Union Member Country nationals who are victims of trafficking in human beings or who have been the subject of an action to facilitate illegal immigration and who cooperate with the competent authorities. The Council of Europe Convention on action against trafficking in Human Beings (Warsaw 2005), so-called the Convention of the Council of Europe on the slave trade, outlines the rules on the identification of victim, which represent one of the first step. The trafficked person must be ensured protection of her private life both in order to guarantee her safety and to help her be reintegrated into her country of origin or host country. The Special Italian Program for Social Assistance and Protection on the subject of immigration (Law no. 286 of 1998) represents for Italy a true source of pride, because offers a highly valid means for guaranteeing that the victims of the slave trade and forced prostitution receive real and valid assistance in freeing themselves from the inhumane conditions in which they find themselves.

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