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Escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in Haiti
Resolution on a topical subject.
Summary
In this non-legislative resolution, Parliament addresses escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in Haiti, stating that the country faces a collapse of state authority with gangs controlling large areas, driving killings, kidnappings, displacement and widespread sexual violence. It strongly condemns the escalating violence, trafficking, recruitment and exploitation of children, and calls for a disarmament, dismantlement and reintegration policy, stressing that children must be treated as victims rather than criminalised. It calls on the Haitian authorities to prevent child trafficking through social protection, safe education and reintegration programmes, and to prioritise justice, fight impunity and investigate crimes committed by criminal groups, including alleged extrajudicial killings. It calls on the EU, its Member States and international partners to strengthen support for child protection, survivor services and Haitian civil society, to increase humanitarian support and provide sustained support for the Gang Suppression Force, and demands full implementation of the UN arms embargo alongside efforts to curb illicit arms and financial flows and continued targeted sanctions.
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Voted 30 Apr 2026
Full session brief →Other votes on this text · 4 votes
- ✕On amendment 8 · text to be inserted after paragraph 584 / 464 / 11↗
- ✕On amendment 3 · paragraph 699 / 427 / 40↗
- ✓On paragraph 6 (part 2 of a split vote)370 / 180 / 19↗
- ✕On amendment 4 · text to be inserted after recital B86 / 415 / 66↗
Plenary amendments9 tabled on this text
Amendments tabled for the plenary sitting on this text, in their own numbering series. This is a different set from the committee amendments tracked elsewhere on AmendEU, and is not counted in any of the site’s amendment totals.
- Amendment 1Verts/ALEJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 6Current text
6. Notes the reductions in USAID and UN funding; calls for the EU and its Member States to increase humanitarian support, including protection and healthcare for victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation; urges host countries to halt deportations to Haiti;
Amendment6. Notes with concern the reductions in USAID and UN funding; calls for the EU and its Member States to increase humanitarian support, including protection and healthcare for victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation; urges host countries to halt deportations to Haiti;
- Amendment 2ESNJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 3 a (new)Amendment
3a. Notes that limited territorial control, very weak law enforcement capabilities, corruption and widespread security threats limit the ability of the Haitian authorities to combat child trafficking; notes that official complicity in trafficking crimes remains problematic;
- Amendment 3ESNJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 6Current text
6. Notes the
reductionsinUSAIDandUNfunding;callsfortheEUanditsMemberStatestoincreasehumanitariansupport,includingprotectionandhealthcareforvictimsoftraffickingandsexualexploitation;urgeshostcountriestohaltdeportationstoHaiti;Amendment6. Notes the very limited results of the EUR 591.5 million in EU humanitarian assistance since 1994; notes that the successive massively financed UN missions and operations have been ineffective and have failed to produce stability; stresses the economic and social impact of Haitian migration on the Dominican Republic; takes note of decisions made by the United States and the Dominican Republic to tackle migration from Haiti on public safety grounds;
- Amendment 4The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph B a (new)Amendment
Ba. whereas on 1 March 2025 the Haitian authorities launched a Task Force operated by the private American military company Vectus Global, whose founder is linked to the notorious Blackwater; whereas this Task Force has been reportedly responsible for killing at least 1 243 people and injuring 738, including children, according to BINUH;
- Amendment 5The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph D a (new)Amendment
Da. whereas recent United States aid cuts have further aggravated Haiti’s humanitarian crisis by disrupting essential services, including child protection and nutrition programmes;
- Amendment 6The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph F a (new)Amendment
Fa. whereas Haiti is ranked third worldwide in the Long-Term Climate Risk Index; whereas climate change worsens food insecurity, displacement, poverty and social instability in a country already weakened by debt, foreign interference and institutional collapse;
- Amendment 7The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph F b (new)Amendment
Fb. whereas Haiti’s current crisis cannot be separated from the colonial indemnity imposed by France in 1825, which drained the country’s resources for over a century, nor from subsequent debt dependence, externally imposed economic policies and repeated foreign interference, in particular from the United States with no less than 15 years of occupation;
- Amendment 8The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 5 a (new)Amendment
5a. Joins the call made by a coalition of around 20 Haitian and international NGOs at the 2024 United Nations Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, and echoed by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, for Haiti to be reimbursed in some way for the colonial debt imposed in 1825, recognising that this historical extortion drained the country’s resources for generations, undermined its development, weakened its institutions and helped create the conditions of poverty, dependence and fragility that continue to expose Haiti to violence, criminal capture and exploitation;
- Amendment 9The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 6Current text
6.
Notesthe reductions in USAID and UN funding; calls for the EU and its Member States to increase humanitarian support, including protection and healthcare for victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation; urges host countries to halt deportations to Haiti;Amendment6. Deeply regrets the reductions in USAID and UN funding; calls for the EU and its Member States to increase humanitarian support, including protection and healthcare for victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation; urges host countries to halt deportations to Haiti;
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