Child trafficking in the European Union

Priority question for written answer  P-006707/2020/rev.1
to the Commission
Rule 138
Patryk Jaki (ECR)

I would like to ask the Commission for information on child trafficking in the EU. The signs of child trafficking in the Member States are becoming increasingly serious.

• 1.There are two aspects to this problem. The first is the sale of children to brothels and criminal groups where they are sexually abused and very often killed. Is the Commission taking any action on this?
• 2.The second aspect is child trafficking in general. How can we accept the sale of children by their mothers in the EU in order to satisfy the need for third parties to possess children? This should not be happening – people should not be traded. This was one of the topics to which the recent two-day International Children’s Fair in Brussels was devoted. The media stated that the ‘Men Having Babies’ event was of an itinerant nature: it took place in Paris in September, in Taipei in October and in Tel Aviv in December. Link to the page:[1] Human dignity should be a priority for the EU – the era of slavery and human trafficking is long past. We can only imagine the kind of trauma children will go through when they find out years later that they have been purchased. Will the Commission be taking decisive action on this matter?

• [1] https://www.menhavingbabies.org/