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90 The Belgian Counter-trafficking Policy
prepared for independent living and they are followed up closely as
some experience difficulties when leaving a communal life.
After leaving the residential setting the victims are referred to the
ambulatory service of Payoke where a long-term assistance plan is
designed with the client. As the assistance of victims varies in each case,
it is difficult to give a general overview of the support. But in general,
a simplified model of the evolution that most clients go through is
shown in Figure 4.1.
Notes
1. Federaal veiligheids- en detentieplan (Government safety and detention
plan), URL: just.fgov.be/index_ nl.htm.
2. Coalition Agreement of 7 July 1999: The way to the 21st century. URL:
premier.fgov.be/e_html_index_image_swap.html.
3. Parlementaire Commissie van onderzoek naar een structureel beleid met het
oog op de bestraffing en de uitroeiing van de mensenhandel, Parl. St. Kamer,
1993–4, no. 673/7 – 91/92, 1–369.
4. Wet van 13 April 1995 houdende bepalingen tot bestrijding van mensenhandel
en van de kinderpornografie (Law of 13 April 1995 on trafficking in
human beings and child pornography), Belgian Statute Book, 25 April 1995.
5. With the coming into force of the Council Directive of 28 June 2001 supplementing
the provisions of Article 26 of the Convention implementing the Schengen
Agreement of 14 June 1985 (OJ, 10 July 2001, L 187) the EU member states
are obliged to take the necessary steps in order to ensure that under their
national laws, regulations and administrative provisions, carriers must ensure
that third-country nationals who intend to enter member states possess the
necessary travel documents and, where appropriate, visas.
6. Council Framework Decision of 19 July 2002 on combating trafficking in
human beings: OJ, 1 August 2002, L 203, 1–4.
7. Wetsvoorstel tot invoeging van een artikel 380quater in het Strafwetboek
met betrekking tot het gebruiken van diensten van seksuele aard geleverd
door een slachtoffer van mensenhandel (Proposal for new legislation on the
use of sexual services provided by a victim of trafficking in human beings),
submitted by Marc Hordies, Paul Galand, Magdeleine Willame-Boonen, Jean-
Pierre Malmendier, Parl. St., Senaat 2001–02, no. 2–1146/1.
8. For a comprehensive review on the Belgian victim support, see Moens, 2002.
9. An intake is a conversation where both parties (client and organization)
exchange information and where they try to get a global view of the assessment
of the client’s needs and the options available to the organization to
fulfil these needs.