11 Amendments of Ernest URTASUN related to 2017/2270(INL)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the UNHCR Guidelines on Gender-Related Persecution (2002) consider that the refugee definition should cover gender-related claims and urges asylum-grantors to adopt a “gender-sensitive interpretation” of the grounds of protection and ensure a non- discriminatory process;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the creation of humanitarian visa will grant vulnerable people and those individuals that face specific challenges such as ill people, people with disabilities, families, women, pregnant women, children, elderly and LGTBI access to asylum procedures and humanitarian protection, travelling in a safe way to Europe where their asylum or humanitarian claim would be processed;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas women, girls and children face high risks of being raped, suffer from sexual and physical abuse and violence and tend to be more vulnerable to all forms of exploitation including labour exploitation and forced prostitution along the routes to the EU;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for the instrument of humanitarian visa to take especially into account the gender related claims of women and to implement in the visa process the recommendations of the 2002 UNHCR gender guidelines to ensure a process without discrimination;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Points out that the instrument of humanitarian visa should also include humanitarian protection claims based on health conditions, compelling family grounds when these do not amount to grounds for family reunification, climate displacement reasons and other compelling cases of humanitarian protection needs.
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Highlights that gendered forms of violence and discrimination, including but not limited to rape and sexual violence, FGM, forced marriage, domestic violence, so-called honour crimes and state- sanctioned gender discrimination, constitute persecution and should be valid reasons for seeking asylum or humanitarian protection and therefore be reflected in the new instrument;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Calls on the Commission to issue new gender guidelines to ensure the inclusion of the gender perspective in all phases of the asylum procedure and in compliance with the 2002 UNCHR Gender guidelines processes should grant the choice of the gender of the interviewer and take country information relating to the situation of women into account;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Alerts that the new instrument of humanitarian visa cannot serve as a way to shift the responsibility to assess refugees’ claims to countries outside Europe but as a way to ensure asylum seekers and person in need of humanitarian protection travel safe to Europe where their claim then would be processed; whereas proposals such as the disembarkation platforms fundamentally undermine the core principles of international and European refugee protection;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 f (new)
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3f. Reminds that legislation and policies to combat human smuggling should never prevent access to EU asylum procedures and should seek to help migrant and refugees avoid exploitative harmful situations;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 g (new)
Paragraph 3 g (new)
3g. Criticises the designation of third countries as safe countries of origin, safe third countries and first countries of asylum and underlines that even in countries deemed safe, women may suffer gender-based persecution, while LGBTI persons may also suffer abuse, thus having a legitimate request for protection;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 h (new)
Paragraph 3 h (new)
3h. Calls for an immediate end to the detention of children, pregnant and nursing women and survivors of rape, sexual violence and trafficking, and for appropriate psychological support to be made available;