Migrant smugglers could face up to 15 years in prison under proposed new EU rules

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The European Commission is seeking to toughen penalties for human traffickers as the bloc struggles to bring down the number of migrants lured in by networks of smugglers.

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00:00 The EU is calling for a global alliance against migrant trafficking.

00:08 On Tuesday, the Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urged international partners

00:12 to get together to prevent and dissuade both migrants and smugglers.

00:17 She insisted crisis management was not enough.

00:20 We also need a global alliance, a global alliance with a common governance and shared goals.

00:29 It should be global not only in geographical sense but also in its scope by focusing on

00:37 prevention, on response and on legal alternatives to the deadly smuggling routes.

00:46 And this is the spirit that has driven us in organizing this conference.

00:54 Her comments come days after the military janta now in power in Niger reversed a 2015

01:00 EU-backed law that criminalized migrant trafficking in the country.

01:06 The decision is seen as a response to European calls for the ousted president to be reinstated.

01:11 [INTERPOSING VOICES]

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