IMO is joining experts on human trafficking at an EU conference (12-13 January) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The conference is focusing on the benefits of multidisciplinary cooperation to counter migrant smuggling. Chris Trelawny from IMO is a panellist on a workshop on “Engaging the private sector in the fight against migrant smuggling: transport and shipping”. The conference will also consider the European Commission’s Action Plan Against Migrant Smuggling (2015-2020) and a study by the European Migration Network on routes used to smuggle migrants. IMO will continue to monitor unsafe mixed migration by sea during 2016, including at meetings of the Sub-Committee on Navigation, Communications and Search and Rescue (in March), the Facilitation Committee (April) and the Maritime Safety Committee (May).