Activities of Branislav ŠKRIPEK related to 2017/2270(INL)
Plenary speeches (1)
Humanitarian visas (debate) SK
Amendments (15)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
– having regard to Article 5 TEU, and Protocol No 2 on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas despite numerous announcements and requests for safe legal pathways for persons seeking international protection there is currently no legal framework at European level for humanitarian visas, i.e. visas issued for the purpose of reaching the territory of the Member States in order to seekhumanitarian visas are one of the existing tools that sovereign Member States may decide to use in order to ensure that people in need can legally access international protection; in Europe.
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas according to recent case law 'Member States are not required, under EU law, to grant a humanitarian visa to persons who wish to enter their territory with a view to applying for asylum, but they remain free to do so on the basis of their national law' (Case C- 638/16 PPU X and X v État belge);
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the number of persons admitted on the basis of national protected entry procedurseveral EU Member States currently have or have previously had national schemes for through resettlement remain low in comparison to the need; whereas the scope of these possibilities is equally narrow and in casissuing humanitarian visas to guarantee national protected entry of people in need; whereas the scope of resettlement only includes persons who have already been recognised as refugees and who fulfil further vulnerability or geographical criteria;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas - as a result - an estimated 90% of those granted international protection have reached the Union through irregular meansaccording the UN Migration Agency (IOM), 58,158 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea through 1 August 2018. Whereas that total compares to 113,283 at this time last year, and over 261,228 at this time in 2016;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas less than half (47%) of those applying for international protection are granted it at first instance; and with poor return rates (36%) this equates to high rates of absconding from those refused;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas a Union legal framework is urgently needed as one means toin order to effectively address the intolerable death toll in the Mediterranean, and on the migration routes to the Union, to truly combat human smuggling, human trafficking, exposure to labour exploitation and violence on the black market, to manage the orderly arrival, reception and processing of asylum claims and to reduce Member States’ and Union costs for asylum, law enforcement, border control, surveillance and search and rescue activities as well as to avoid fragmentation through diverging national practices risking to undermine common policies and the Uniohe EU should act responsibly and to deter asylum seekers from arriving in its territory, risking their lives at sea. Such measures may include offshore processing, mandatory detention, and the use of turn bacquis;ks.
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas Parliament has trifailed to include provisions in this vein in Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 of the European Parliament and the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code)1 ; _________________ 1 OJ L 243, 15.9.2009, p. 1. OJ L 243, 15.9.2009, p. 1.
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas both Council and the Commission have rejected these amendments, on the ground, among others, that such provisiona Union legal framework establishing Humanitarian Visas should not be included in the Visa Code, given its scope covering short-stay visas only;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas intensive work was undertaken, including with the help of experts, to draw up the recommendations which are annexed to this motion, the result is a proposal which encourages the smugglers' business model, with a fast- track route to the EU territory provided at the expense of EU taxpayers;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Requesjects that Commission submit, by 31 March 2019, on the basis of Articles 77(2)(b) and 78(2)(g) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, a proposal for a Regulation on establishing a European Humanitarian Visa, following the recommendations set out in the Annex to this resolution;a proposal for a Regulation on establishing a European Humanitarian Visa.
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I
Annex I