Research has shown that smuggling of migrants is associated with human trafficking. Hence, victims of human traffickingudamongst smuggled migrants should be identified by EU Member States at hotspots established by the European Commission,udto overcome the migrant and refugee crisis. Identified victims should be given a visa and a programme of protectionudto escape their traffickers. In order to achieve these objectives, research suggests that EU law on migrant smuggling shouldudbe amended and the Temporary Protection Directive should be applied to smuggled persons when there is an indicationudthat they may be victims of human trafficking. This approach should be adopted by the EASO in cooperation with policeudforces investigating smuggling and trafficking at hotspots.
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