3 Amendments of Csaba MOLNÁR related to 2015/0211(COD)
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In light of the very sharp increase that has been experienced since 2014 in the number of applications for international protection made in the Union and the resulting unprecedented pressure on Member States’ asylum systems the Union acknowledged the need to strengthen the application of the safe country of origin provisions of Directive 2013/32/EU, as an essential tool to support the swift processing of applications that are likely to be unfounded. In particular, in its conclusions of 25 and 26 June 2015, the European Council referred, in relation to the need to accelerate the treatment of asylum applications, to the intention of the Commission as set out in its Communication on a European Agenda on Migration8 to strengthen these provisions, including the possible establishment of an EU common list of safe countries of origin. Moreover, the Justice and Home Affairs Council in its conclusions on safe countries of origin of 20 July 2015 welcomed the intention of the Commission to strengthen the safe countries of origin provisions in Directive 2013/32/EU, including the possible establishment of an EU common list of safe countries of origin. __________________ 8It is regrettable that some European Union Member States wish to resolve the refugee crisis by means of physical barriers erected at their common borders with third countries that are regarded as safe. __________________ 8 COM(2015) 240 final, 13.5.2015. COM(2015) 240 final, 13.5.2015.
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) However, it is necessary to point out that asylum-seekers who come from third countries which are not safe or from countries where war is raging and who arrive in an EU Member State via the aforesaid countries which are deemed safe should not be regarded as arriving from a safe country.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Following the conclusions on safe countries of origin of the Justice and Home Affairs Council of 20 July 2015, where Member States have agreed that priority should be given to an assessment by all Member States of the safety of the Western Balkans, EASO organised on 2 September 2015 an expert-level meeting with the Member States where a broad consensus was reached that Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*9, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia should be considered as safe countries of origin within the meaning of Directive 2013/32/EU. However, the safe status of these countries will continue to require regular review. __________________ 9 * This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/99 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.