15 Amendments of Emer COSTELLO related to 2012/2131(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
– having regard to Eurofound publications including: "Quality of Life in Ethnically Diverse Neighbourhoods" (2011), "Working conditions of Nationals with a Foreign Background" (2011) and "Employment and Working Conditions of Migrant Workers" (2007),
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital 12 b (new)
Recital 12 b (new)
– having regard to the research of European Network of Cities for Local Integration Policies for Migrants (CLIP) established by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, the City of Stuttgart and Eurofound,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas national immigration policy are a matter for national Governments integration strategies are largely the responsibility of local and regional authorities; whereas the authorities at the grassroots play a major role in providing access to public services and employment for migrants and also in fostering dialogue between migrants and the host community;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that the Member States' integration policies and measures must be better differentiated and tailored and of higher quality and, most importantly, that they must thus draw distinctions, for example, between the well qualified and the poorly qualified, between EU citizens and third-country nationals and between migrants with and without offers of employment; notes that the European Integration Fund is restricted to initiatives that target third country nationals only. Given that many migrant workers across the EU originate from EU Member States and have integration needs just as third country nationals but are excluded from the fund, calls on the Commission to consider a similar initiative for non- national EU citizens.
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls, therefore, for a holistic gender- mainstreaming-type approach to be adopted at local, national and European level; calls for the principle of ‘integration mainstreaming’ to be introduced, whereby account is taken of integration-related issues in all political, legislative and financial measures; calls on the Commission to set up a cross-departmental integration group to tackle the issues of integration, (labour) migration and integration into the labour market, involving all the relevant directorates- general and the European External Action Service, and to this end calls on Member States to task the National Contact Points on Integration (NCPI) to report on progress made in this area;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasises that it is important to recognise that strong cultural identities need not detract from the strength of a national identity and that national identity has to be sufficiently open and flexible to incorporate and accommodate the specific characteristics of citizens' different cultural origins and backgrounds that make up a pluralistic state;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises thatncourages countries of origin have a responsibility forto develop programmes promoting integration into the labour market by means of language and other preparatory courses, and the provision of information, and through contacts with diaspora orand/or through the relevant departments of their embassies in host countries. This can be best achieved where circular migration agreements are in place;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recognises that diverse, open and tolerant societies are more likely to attract skilled workers who possess the human and creative capital required to power knowledge economies;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for common guidelines on tackling work-related discrimination against third-country nationals;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Acknowledges that the EU Blue Card system has not worked as successfully as similar systems in non-EU countries and that this can be attributed in large part to a lack of clear pathway to citizenship in the Member States;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Notes that there is a prevalence of precarious work higher among national with a foreign background and nationals with a different ethnic affiliation and that migrant workers are often worse off;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Acknowledges that many migrants face problems in their host countries, including discrimination, long-term residency and pathways to citizenship and calls on the Member States to adopt measures to mitigate negative the impact the legislative system can have on the lives of migrants and their families;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recognises the potential of circular (labour) migration for producing a ‘triple win situation’ in which migrant, guehost country and home country all benefit, and calls on the Member States to open the door to this type of migration;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Acknowledges the role that migrants can play as entrepreneurs and employers noting that the profile of ethnic businesses is of small-scale, locally based services often operating at the margins of mainstream economic activity and calls for a policy of targeted intervention for fledgling ethnic enterprises followed by the mainstreaming of enterprise support for established ethnic enterprises. Calls on Member States to develop programmes to raise awareness among the ethnic communities of the availability to them of bespoke business training programmes, develop a 'one-stop-shop' website aimed at aspiring ethnic entrepreneurs in the Member States, and foster enhanced linkages between indigenous business representative bodies and the ethnic business communities;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on Member States to open up a route into legality for people without papers whoundocumented migrants, so that undocumented migrants living in EU Member States can eparn their living through employmentticipate fully in the social, political and economic affairs of the country where they reside;