9 Amendments of Charlie WEIMERS related to 2021/2064(INI)
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
L a. whereas organized people smuggling gangs benefit from so called rescue services by NGOs who aid illegal entry into Europe by providing de-facto taxi services from just outside the Libyan coast to European harbours and thus help violent gangs make millions in profit by offering mostly African migrants a passage to Europe; emphasizes that these so called rescuers are a significant pull factor attracting more migrants to Europe by making passage easier;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)
Recital L b (new)
L b. Whereas, migrant vessels, according to the Commission’s EPSC Strategic Notes data of SAR operations, for the years 2014, 2015, and 2016, depict an evolution of SAR operations, shifting away from the Italian coast to waters closer to Libya and from scattered to highly concentrated retrievals, indicating a degree of collusion between migrants, smugglers and SAR operators.
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m
Paragraph 1 – point m
(m) encourage the Libyan authorities to enhance cooperation with neighbourhood countries regarding the creatioturn of safe and legal pathways for migrationmigrants from Europe to Africa;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) create new safe and legal pathways for migration to the EU, including by opening new humanitarian corridors and increasing Member States’ resettlement pledges through the Emergency Traeffective means of concluding and implementing return agreements with migrants countries of origin and transit in order to reduce migration to the EU, including through new and increased efforts by Member States’ and EU instit Mechanismutions;
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point o a (new)
(o a) reassess current practice and urgently starts to finance physical barriers at the Union's external borders as requested by 16 Member States in a joint statement of January 21 2022;
Amendment 297 #
(o b) urgently launch effective and wide-reaching communication campaigns targeting diaspora communities in the European Union representing the highest proportions of illegal arrivals as well as strategic communication campaigns targeting potential illegal migrants in source and transit countries with messages deterring potential migrants from considering illegal means of arrival to the Member States of the European Union;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point o c (new)
(o c) launch effective measures to prevent illegal migration and illegal entry into the territories of Member States including by way of physically sealing the border, refusing asylum to those that enter illegally, joint Member State naval missions in the Mediterranean aimed at deterring, preventing and stopping illegal departures and arrivals from third countries as well as to provide for immediate escort to ports of origin for any vessel enabling illegal entry of migrants into a Member State of the European Union;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o d (new)
Paragraph 1 – point o d (new)
(o d) that the fact that the vast majority of migrants who are brought to European shores by NGO's are males be taken into account in policymaking; highlights that out of 466 migrants brought to European shores by MS Ocean Viking on August 28 only 21 were women;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. urgent action is taken to break the business model of organized people smuggling gangs who for the last stretch of migrants journeys to Europe, are aided by NGOs providing de-facto taxi services to harbours in Europe;