In Europe, four million people are afraid of reporting the crimes they suffer.

They are people with irregular migration status who currently live in the continent and who are afraid that their report will trigger disciplinary proceedings that could cause their expulsion. The Safe Reporting project wants to put a spotlight on this basic human rights violation, as well as promote mechanisms to guarantee equality in the access to justice in the European Union countries.Safe Reporting promotes equality in the access to justice for victims with irregular migration status by fostering a safe environment to report crimes without fear of being deported. The project gives priority to the victims’ rights and pays special attention to gender-based crimes such as gender violence and human trafficking for sexual exploitation.

OBJECTIVES

Awareness

Shared tools

Safe cities

Cooperation

Increase the understanding of what safe reporting of crime entails in the case of undocumented victims, which requirements need to be taken into account from a gender-based perspective and what kind of cooperation is needed to grant safe reporting options.Increase the knowledge of EU and national tools and measures, as well as international duties regarding the rights of undocumented victims.Due to the project’s local approach, improving the conditions for safe reporting of crime at local level in four important cities in EU.Increasing and improving the cooperation between local authorities and professionals; and between the local level and other competent tiers of government to enhance effective safe reporting.The project embraces all undocumented migrants, but also NGOs, municipal authorities, police officers and other agents such as lawyers and NGOs workers.

Developing pioneering  safe reporting strategies

Assess and deepen already existing safe reporting strategies

Building and training for professionals

PARTNERS

Safe Reporting is a participatory project that approaches the problem from a local perspective. Coordinated by the University of Barcelona, the project brings together public administrations, NGOs and research institutions. Safe Reporting is based in four EU cities and aims to promote mutual learning and the exchange of best practices, share activities to increase the awareness and to educate on the subject, and facilitate the cooperation between victims and those who have responsibility roles.

Barcelona

Milan

Gent

Utrecht

Safe Reporting

VISA RoC Victims with Irregular migration Status’ Safe Reporting of Crimes

Coordinator:
Universitat de Barcelona

Contact:
(+34) 934 024 398
safe.reporting.project@ub.edu

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VISA RoC project has received funding from the European Union’s DG Justice Programme under the call JUST-2021-JACC and grant agreement № 10105667.Disclaimer: Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or DG Justice-UE. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.