Activities of Cécile Kashetu KYENGE related to 2018/0248(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Asylum and Migration Fund (debate) IT
Amendments (38)
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The Fund should comply with the UN Agenda 2030 and the commitments at the international level in relation to migration and asylum, notably the Global Compact on Refugees and the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) The scope of the integration measures should also include beneficiaries of international protection in order to ensure a comprehensive approach to integration, taking into account the specificities of these target groups. Where integration measures are combined with reception, actions should, where appropriate, also allow asylum seekers to be included.
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) An efficient return policy is an integral part of the comprehensive migration approach the Union and its Member States pursue. The Fund should support and encourage efforts by the Member States with a view to the effective implementation and further development of common standards on return, in particular as set out in Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council15 , and of an integrated and coordinated approach to return management. For sustainable return policies, tThe Fund should equally support related measures in third countries, such as the reintegration of returnees to facilitate and guarantee safe and dignified return and readmission as well as sustainable reintegration. _________________ 15 Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals (OJ L 348, 24.12.2008, p. 98).
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26 a (new)
Recital 26 a (new)
(26a) Calls on the Member States to support the requests of civil society and workers' associations, such as that concerning the establishment of a European network of reception workers of both genders, in order to connect all workers in Europe operating in the field of migration, to foster a decent welcome and an approach to migration based on human rights and the exchange of good practices in terms of reception and employment opportunities for migrants.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Measures in and in relation to third countries supported through the Fund should complement other actions outside the Union supported through the Union’s external financing instruments. In particular, in implementing such actions,taken under the Fund in relation with Third countries should be fully coherence should be sought with the principles and general objectives of the Union’s external action and foreign policy in respect of the country or region in question and the Union international commitments. In relation to the external dimension, the Fund should target support to enhance cooperation with third countries and to reinforce key aspects of migration management in areas of interest to the Union's migration policyCooperation with Third countries should not be intended to support actions that are directly oriented towards development and should not undermine the principle of policy coherence for development, as set out in Article 208 of the TFEU.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 53 a (new)
Recital 53 a (new)
(53a) Civil society organisations, local and regional authorities and national parliaments in the Member States and in third countries will have to be consulted during the process of programming, implementing and evaluating the programmes financed through the Fund.
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) to promote the genuine integration of third-country nationals and enhance respect for the fundamental rights of migrants, including asylum applicants and beneficiaries of international protection.
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission and the Member States shall ensure that actions in relation with third countries are taken in coherence with other actions implemented through Union instruments, respect the principle of policy coherence for development and focus on non- development-oriented measures.
Amendment 127 #
8. Whenever a Member State decides to implement projects with or in a third country with the support of the Fund, the Member State concerned shall consultrequest the approval of the Commission prior to the start of the project.
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) heavy migratory pressure in third countries, including where persons in need of protection may be stranded due to political developments or conflicts, notably where it might have an impact on migration flows towards the EU.
Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Member States should give preference to voluntary return. In order to promote voluntary return, Member States should envisage incentives such as preferential treatment in the form of enhanced return assistance should be envisaged for the voluntary return of persons. This kind of voluntary return is in the interests of both returnees and the authorities in terms of its cost- effectiveness. The principle of best interests of the child must bethe primary consideration in all actions or decisions concerning children in migration, including returns. These efforts should also take full account of the right of the child to express his or her views.
Amendment 270 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) As challenges in the area of migration are constantly evolving, there is a need to adapt the allocation of funding to the changes in migration flows. To respond to pressing needs and changes in policy and Union priorities, and to steer funding towards actions with a high level of Union added value, part of the funding will be periodically allocated to specific actions, Union actions, emergency assistance, resettlement, the support of vulnerable groups including children and to provide additional support for Member States contributing to solidarity and responsibility efforts via a thematic facility.
Amendment 308 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) to support legal migration to the Member States including to contribute to the integration of third-country nationals in close cooperation with civil society as well as with local and regional governments and their representative associations;
Amendment 316 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) to contribute to countering irregular migration and ensuring effectiveness of return and readmission in third countries., putting in place a child-rights based compliant mechanism if the return is in the best interest of the child;
Amendment 373 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
e) support to Member States and local and regional governments contributing to solidarity and responsibility efforts; and
Amendment 450 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. National contact points established in each Member States shall be composed of independent and qualified experts providing up-to-date, objective, reliable and comparable information on migration, integration and asylum and facilitating the access to relevant documents and information as well as accessibility of the Programme funds to potential beneficiaries.
Amendment 486 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)
(h a) the number of vulnerable persons assisted through the programme, including children;
Amendment 539 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 5
Annex I – point 5
5. For initial allocation the reference figures shall be the latest annual statistical data produced by the Commission (Eurostat) covering the preceding three calendar years on the basis of data provided by Member States on the date of the applicability of this Regulation in accordance with Union law. Data on children in migration should be disaggregated by age and sex, by specific vulnerabilities and by asylum status. For the mid- term review, the reference figures shall be the latest annual statistical data produced by the Commission (Eurostat) covering the preceding three calendar years available at the time of the mid-term review in 2024 on the basis of data provided by Member States in accordance with Union law. Where Member States have not supplied the Commission (Eurostat) with the statistics concerned, they shall provide provisional data as soon as possible.
Amendment 544 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 1 – point b
Annex II – point 1 – point b
(b) supporting the capacity of Member States’ asylum systems as well as local and regional authorities as regards infrastructures and services where necessary;
Amendment 545 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 1 – point c
Annex II – point 1 – point c
(c) enhancing solidarity and responsibility-sharing between the Member States, in particular towards those most affected by migratory flows, as well as providing support to Member States as well as local and regional authorities contributing to solidarity efforts;
Amendment 549 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 1 – point d
Annex II – point 1 – point d
(d) enhancing solidarity and cooperation with third countries affected by migratory flows, including through resettlement and other legal avenues towith prioritisation of vulnerable groups such as children and adolescents facing protection risks in the Union as well as partnership and cooperation with third countries for the purpose of managing migration.
Amendment 554 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2 – point a
Annex II – point 2 – point a
(a) supporting the development and implementation of policies promoting legal migration and the implementation of the Union legal migration acquis, ensuring effective protection of children in migration;
Amendment 571 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 1 – point a
Annex III – point 1 – point a
(a) the establishment and development of national strategies in asylum, legal migration, integration, return and irregular migration;, which include all measures listed in the EC Communication on the Protection of Children in Migration of 12 April 2017 (COM(2017) 211
Amendment 576 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 1 – point c
Annex III – point 1 – point c
(c) the development, monitoring and evaluation of policies and procedures including onthe development, collection, and exchange of information and data,alysis, dissemination of qualitative and quantitative data and statistics on migration and international protection and the development and application of common statistical tools, methods and indicators for measuring progress and assessing policy developments;
Amendment 577 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 1 – point c
Annex III – point 1 – point c
(c) the development, monitoring and evaluation of policies and procedures with a specific focus on child safeguarding policies, including on collection and exchange of disaggregated information and data, development and application of common statistical tools, methods and indicators for measuring progress and assessing policy developments;
Amendment 580 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 1 – point e
Annex III – point 1 – point e
(e) assistance and support services consistent with the status and the needs of the person concerned, in particular the vulnerable groups including a timely assignment of guardians to all unaccompanied children;
Amendment 582 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 1 – point f
Annex III – point 1 – point f
(f) actions aimed at enhancing awareness of asylum, integration, legal migration and return policies with specific attention to vulnerable groups, including children, among stakeholders and the general public;
Amendment 585 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2 – point a
Annex III – point 2 – point a
(a) providing material aid, including assistance at the border and emergency services provided by local authorities;
Amendment 589 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2 – point c
Annex III – point 2 – point c
(c) identifying applicants with special procedural or reception needs; in particular, child applicants by providing them with specialised support immediately upon arrival;
Amendment 593 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2 – point d
Annex III – point 2 – point d
(d) establishing or improving community-based reception accommodation infrastructure, including the possible joint use of such facilities by more than one Member State;
Amendment 595 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2 – point d a (new)
Annex III – point 2 – point d a (new)
(d a) alternative forms of care for unaccompanied children and children with families, in line with international standards and integrated into existing national child protection systems;
Amendment 600 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2 – point h
Annex III – point 2 – point h
(h) enhancing capacities of third countries to improve the protection of persons in need of protection, including through supporting the development of child protection mechanisms in third countries, by promoting new initiatives to build stronger child protection systems, ensuring that children are protected in all areas from violence, abuses and neglect;
Amendment 604 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2 – point i
Annex III – point 2 – point i
(i) establishing, developing and improving effective alternatives to detention, in particular in relation to unaccompanied minors and familieschildren and children with families in compliance with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Amendment 639 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 4 – point a
Annex III – point 4 – point a
(a) infrastructure for reception or detention, including the possible joint use of such facilities by more than one Member State; Detention for children shall be used as a measure of last resort in line with existing EU law, for the shortest time possible and never in prison accommodation;
Amendment 643 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 4 – point b
Annex III – point 4 – point b
(b) introduction, development and improvement of effective alternative measures to detention, in particular in relation to unaccompanied minorschildren and families;
Amendment 648 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 4 – point e
Annex III – point 4 – point e
(e) preparation of return, including measures leading to the issuing of return decisions, the identification of third- country nationals, best interests assessments of children, the issuing of travel documents and family tracing and family reunification;
Amendment 650 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 4 – point g
Annex III – point 4 – point g
(g) return assistance and child rights- based compliant mechanisms, in particular assisted voluntary return and information about assisted voluntary return programmes, including by providing specific guidance for children in returns procedures;
Amendment 654 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 4 – point j
Annex III – point 4 – point j
(j) facilities and services in third countries ensuring appropriate temporary accommodation and reception upon arrival, including; Alternative forms of care should be provided for unaccompanied minorschildren and other vulnerable groups in line with international standards, as well as integrated into existing national child protection systems;