Contemporary Slavery –The Hu-Man Tool For Validating Political And Economic Enterests In Europe

Abstract

This article is meant to study the situation of refugees fleeing armed conflicts and persecutions in their homeland, based on racial, religious or ethnical factors. It also deals with migrants who are not threatened by death or persecutions – but because of the poverty, lack of employment, healthcare or any other reason – choose to move to a Western country by any means. Tempted by dreams about freedom of life, dignity, equality and conscience, they fall prey to human-traffickers, who exploit vulnerable people for financial gain, by forcing them to labour. Human trafficking can be considered as an “investment” that entails one of the lowest risks and highest profits. Following this statement, I shall present a general overview including the presentation of the main migration routes towards Europe and the emergencies occurring in the African continent. I shall highlight the European legislation and preparation tradition in order to combat this phenomenon