Activities of Heinz K. BECKER related to 2017/2270(INL)
Plenary speeches (1)
Humanitarian visas (debate) DE
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT with recommendations to the Commission on Humanitarian Visas PDF (464 KB) DOC (81 KB)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Requests that Commission submit, by 31 March 2019, on the basis of Articles 77(2)(b) and 78(2)(g) of the Treaty on the Functioning ofStates that, following the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 9 March 2017 in Case C-638/16 PPU, X. and X. v. État Belge1a, there is no legal basis for a binding legal act of the Union on long-term residence permits entitled "humanitarian visas"; draws attention to the Ecuropean Union, a proposal for a Regulation on establishing a Europearent legal acts of the Union which allow Member States to issue short-term residence permits with limited territorial validity on Hhumanitarian Visa, following the recommendations set out in the Annex to this resolution;grounds; does not, therefore, see a reason to create an additional type of residence permit; _________________ 1aJudgment of the Court of Justice of 9 March 2017, X. and X. v. État Belge, C- 638/16 PPU, ECLI:EU:C:2017:173.
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. States that this new and misleading interpretation of humanitarian visas could create more problems than it solves: a pull factor for third-country nationals, mass influx at embassies and consulates that would possibly lead to their closure, an increasing number of illegally staying third-country nationals in Member States due to the fact that there will continue to be negative asylum decisions;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Expresses serious doubts that such an instrument establishing a European Humanitarian Visa would be able to stop the problems of smugglers, illegal immigration or attempts to cross the Mediterranean;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Aims to stop migration as close to its origin as possible by, on the one hand, tackling the root causes of migration and by, on the other hand, establishing reception centres in third countries for those who are already on their way;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Expresses the objective that asylum applications be dealt with outside the Union in third countries, in particular in Union-led reception centres, in order to prevent people from embarking on dangerous immigration routes such as the Mediterranean;