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". – I understand the Member's concerns. This is a particularly pernicious and dreadful trade. Someone said earlier that it is the 21st century equivalent of slavery. It is something that belongs to the dark ages and I believe that every civilised human being would rightly criticise what is happening.
I mentioned a number of events and the response I gave was comprehensive. Other joint operations are planned and will be carried out in the near future at land, sea and air borders in Member States and the accession countries – which is the concern raised by the speaker.
Furthermore, the Council is awarding special attention to the setting-up of a European agency for the management of cooperation at external borders, which will integrate ad hoc centres into an institutional framework within the Community. That would be very much in line with the Member's thinking. On 27 November 2003, for example, the Justice and Home Affairs Council adopted a conclusion on the main elements of this agency. It was agreed that this agency would, inter alia, coordinate the operational cooperation between Member States in the management of their external borders, assist Member States in the training of border guards, carry out the type of risk analysis that I have already mentioned, and assist Member States in circumstances requiring increased technical cooperation at borders. I hope that this answers the Member's question. One of the extraordinary things about this particular pernicious trade is that its perpetrators have been extremely astute in the manner in which they have managed to smuggle their victims.
The framework decision on combating the exploitation of children and child pornography relates to this whole area. It was adopted on 22 December 2003 and requires each Member State to take the necessary measures to ensure that all conduct relating to child pornography and child exploitation at an international scale is fully punishable.
As I said, this is a pernicious trade carried out by ruthless people. It is the 21st century equivalent of slavery. However, any fair, objective analysis would suggest that the Union is addressing the issue on a significant number of fronts."@en1
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