21 Amendments of Caterina CHINNICI related to 2018/0248(COD)
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 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 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 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 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 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;