18 Amendments of Janice ATKINSON related to 2017/2256(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Schengen area is a unique arrangement and one of the greatest achievementfailures of the European Union, allowing free movement of people within the Schengen area without controls at internal borders; whereas this has been made possible through a variety of compensating measures, such as re- enforcing the exchange of information through the establishment of the Schengen Information System (SIS) and creating an evaluation mechanism to verify the implementation of the Schengen acquis by Member States and foster mutual trust in the functioning of the Schengen areaterrorists, drugs, illegal weapons and illegal migrants within the Schengen area without controls at internal borders; whereas mutual trust also demands solidarity, judicial and police cooperation in criminal matters and common views on migration, visa and asylum policierespected boundaries such as national borders;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas in recent years several factors have impacted the functioning of the Schengen area; whereas these factors include a significant numbers of asylum seekers and irregularillegal migrants with related secondary movements; whereas these factors also include terrorism and a heightened threat to public policy and the internal security of the Member States; whereas several Member States have also reintroduced and subsequently prolonged controls at internal borders since 2014;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the permanent reintroduction of border controls would have serious beneficial impacts on citizens’ lives and seriously undermine their trust in European integration; whereas Schengen countries would face tremendous direct operational and investment costs, with crippling effects on their economies; whereas the estimations of those costs alone amount to more than EUR 18 billion per year for cross-border workers, tourists, road freight transporters and public administeveryday security and be the natural consequence of their lack of trust in European integrations;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. Whereas the collusion between some NGOs and smuggler networks have been documented, encouraging illegal migration toward Member States;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the effectiveness of the measures taken at the external borders, such as Hungary’s fence, and the creation of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex); notes the efforts of the Agency in implementing the new regulation, especially through joint operations in the field of border surveillance and return, and by supporting the Member States particularly affected by migratory pressure; sees the importance of the newly introduced vulnerability assessment mechanism in uncovering weaknesses at the common external borders and preventing crises; emphasises the concerted efforts and cooperation between agencies and oasks the Commission to fully use Frontex’s capacities, especially in helping Member States to send back all illegal migrants to their stakeholders in organising the ‘Hotspot’ approachhome countries or partnered third countries which agreed to accept them, based on the Australian “No Way” policy;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the support and capacity-building measures taken in the countries of origin to address the root causes of irregular migration; considers it crucial that adequate maritime search-and- rescue-and-send-back aspects and capabilities are embedded into all operational planning and execution, as provided for in Regulation (EU) No 656/2014;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that the current state of Schengen and the issues it has encountered are not due to problems in the structure and construction of Schengen itself but ratherand also to the connected fields of the acquis, such as shortcomingirresponsabilities in the area of the Common European Asylum System, including the Dublin Regulation, and especially the lack of control of the external borders;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. CondemnWelcomes the continued reintroduction of internal border checks as this undermines the basic principles of the Schengen area, and expresses doubts about the lawfulness of some prolongations of controls; is also of the opinion that Member States have not taken the proper measures to ensure cooperation with other affected Member States to minimise the effects of these measures, nor have they provided enough information on the results of such controls, therefore hindering the analysis by the Commission and scrutiny by Parliament; considers the economic, political and social impacts of this practice to be detrimental to the unity of the Schengen area and harmful to the prosperity of European citizenallow Member States to protect their citizens with effectiveness; recalls that Member States have’ other tools available, namely targeted police controls, as recommended by the Commissionre not sufficient as demonstrated by the recent wave of islamic terror strikes;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. AppreciatDeplores, as part of efforts to restore the normal functioning of Schengen, the proposal to amend the Schengen Borders Code; recalls that these changes should merely reflectwill not be sufficient given the new challenges and diffuse threats to internal security and should notrather be a further avenue for prolonging interdefinitively restoring national border controls; considers that these steps are to be made carefully in order not to inflict irreversible damage on the basic idea of free movemen utopic idea of free movement is an obvious failure and should be put to rest;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that all the Member States should do their utmost to ensure a high level of control at their external borders, as enshrined in the Treaties, by allocating sufficient resources through staffing and, expertise, establishing the necessary command and control structures and formulating up-to-date risk analyses in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/1624 for all tiers of command to facilitate effective operationsand a border fence such as the one in Hungary or a “No Way” policy based on the Australian model;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that cooperation at national level between different law enforcement services, the military, border guards and customs is often inadequate, resulting in fragmented situational awareness and low effectivenesswithout the slightest doubt the best way to ensure both national and common security while respecting each Member States’ sovereignty;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses the urgent need to address the identified critical shortcomings without delay in order to return to the normal functioning of Schengen withoutrestore internal border controls;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Member States to ensure swift return procedures once a return decision has been issued; calls on the Member States to take specifevery time an illegal migrant is detected, as illegally crossing a border is a crime which steps to ensure adequate infrastructure, accommodation and living conditions for arriving asylum seekers, especially taking into consideration the needs of unaccompanied minors and families with minors; calls on hould not be taken lightly; recalls that because of Schengen any illegal migrant who successfully violates the external borders of the EU is then free to travel to another Member States to bring their detention facilities into line with the requirements so as to meet capacity demand, and to increase the use of alternative measures to detention, potentially with harmful intentions as it has been witnessed numerous times; stresses that every single successful illegal migrant gives hope to others and accentuate the whole migration crisis;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29