Activities of Bernd LUCKE related to 2015/2095(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration (A8-0066/2016 - Roberta Metsola, Kashetu Kyenge) DE
Amendments (8)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the migration crisis can be addressed only within the context of a European approach and not by bilateral meetings among Members States; calls for a new European agenda on migration under the leadership of the Commission and the European Council, underpinned by solidarity among the Member States. This agenda might include the replacement of the Dublin regulation with a centralised European asylum system; calls for compliance with the Schengen acquis and the Dublin Regulation by all Member States as well as solidarity among the Member States; reaffirms the need, in reorienting EU migration policy, to take account of the absorption capacity of Member States and to distinguish clearly between those entitled to asylum and refugees on the one hand and economic migrants on the other; considers it essential to respect both the rights of those entitled to asylum and refugees and economic migrants and to insist that they comply with their obligations; stresses the need not to impede Member States in the application of existing national and EU law, even when it comes to immigration control measures or demanding that those entitled to asylum and refugees meet their obligations;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers it essential, as a long-term measure, to improve living conditions in developing countries; considers it necessary that EU Member States conduct development cooperation in a more focused manner than in the past ; considers it useful to hold consultations about the possibility of sponsoring individual countries, whereby one EU Member State would be responsible for at least one developing country and provide model and comprehensive development aid for infrastructure, agriculture, education, health, justice and administration; considers that, given the current political situation, country sponsorships of this kind should focus on the Middle East and Africa as a matter of priority;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to take measures that are effective both immediately and in the long term to combat people-trafficking in the countries of origin, transit and destination; calls on Member States to apply existing laws consistently and, where necessary, to adjust their national laws accordingly; considers it necessary for this purpose to enter into cooperation with the countries of North Africa and the Middle East, which will make it possible to completely prevent the illegal landing of boats through the use of naval forces; notes that migrants who wish to go illegally to Europe by boat and ship should be returned to their countries of departure, provided they are not subject to persecution in these countries; notes, furthermore, that all other migrants who cannot be returned to their country of origin, should be brought to a UN protection area or a third country willing to accept them, in which they are not subject to persecution; stresses that asylum applications should also be lodged outside the EU;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Stresses that asylum seekers and refugees should make their applications, as a matter of principle, in the diplomatic representation of an EU Member State outside the European Union, so as to avoid the costs, deprivation and danger of illegal entry; stresses the need to increase the staff in the representations of EU Member States accordingly; considers it essential to agree with countries in North Africa and the Middle East to establish safe initial reception centres, where asylum and refugee procedures can be operated; advocates that the Commission and Member States should in return pay financial compensation or commit significantly more resources to development cooperation;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Calls on Member States and the Commission to support the establishment and robust enforcement of UN protection zones and provide sufficient financial resources and staff to this end; recalls that in civil wars the United Nations should create protection zones where people can find refuge; stresses the need to apply the United Nations‘ right of intervention provided for by international law if a State is manifestly unable to exercise its State authority; considers it vital that the protection zones should be militarily protected by the international community and equipped with the necessary infrastructure to enable people to remain in their home region;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to maximise the positive contribution of migration and human mobility in global development, as recognised objectively to analyse positive, negative and problematic aspects of migration and ensure that the findings of this analysis inform the first time in the post- 2015 development agenda and the proposed Sustainable Development Goals and their migration targetsir policy in all relevant areas (development, integration, education, social affairs, labour market, housing, etc.);
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take action and, where necessary, to adjust the legal framework accordingly so as to allow asylum seekers apprehended without identity cards in a Member State to be transferred forthwith firstly to a safe third country outside the EU, where asylum seekers can seek to obtain substitute documents; considers it necessary that the Commission and Member States conclude agreements to this effect with any third countries that declare themselves ready to receive and treat in a humane manner asylum-seekers without papers in return for financial aid and staff support; considers it reasonable to expect asylum seekers who receive hospitality to earn a living themselves after an appropriate transition period;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to use existing readmission agreements with safe countries of origin to allow the voluntary departure or deportation of rejected asylum seekers and, where necessary, swiftly to conclude further readmission agreements;