30 Amendments of Malin BJÖRK related to 2015/2325(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas women as well as LGBTQI persons are subject to specific forms of gender based persecution, still too often not recognised in the asylum procedures;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas there is a great degree of gender inequality for asylum applicants across the European Union; whereas women constitute on average one third of people who apply for asylum;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the integration process and rights of migrant women are undermined when their legal status is dependent upon their spouse;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas criminal networks are taking advantage of regional instability and conflict and the vulnerability of women and girls trying to flee in order to exploit them through trafficking, prostitution and sexual exploitation; whereas the current EU policies on closing borders further exacerbates this situation, and in extension supports the criminal networks;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the most basic needs to prevent gender based violence, which are separate bathrooms, showers and sleeping arrangements for women, are not met in reception nor transit facilities across the European Union;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas separation from family members, including when detained, exposes women and children to greater risks;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas family reunification, although a basic human right, is systematically delayed and even violated, and whereas women and children are the first victims of this right being denied or delayed;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas deportation, including the threat of deportation for undocumented migrants, is extremely traumatising and further exacerbates the vulnerability of women refugees;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas Fortress Europe policies, such as the ever increasing border controls, the building of fences and walls, make the border crossings and attempts to seek refuge in Europe increasingly dangerous and even deadly, and whereas women and children, elderly, and persons with disabilities, consequently often are left behind;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K c (new)
Recital K c (new)
Kc. whereas climate change is currently, and will continuously be, responsible for migration; whereas women who are employed within climate sensitive sectors, i.e. the agricultural sector are severely vulnerable;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises the urgent need to open immediate legal, safe asylum routes, in order to avoid smuggling networks as well as to increasingly enable women, children, elderly and persons with disabilities to seek refuge without risking their lives;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Expresses its deep concern at reports that women and children are engaging in survival sex to pay smugglers to continue their journey to seek asylum in the EU; reemphasises that safe and legal routes to Europe is key to effectively prevent this reality;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that all EU migration and asylum policies and measures should take into account gender in their design, implementation and evaluation;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Notes with the utmost distress that current EU responses relating to refugees focuses on more militarized and closed borders; demands a stop to these policies, and shifting the policy focus on how the EU can ensure the reception and integration of the increasing number of person fleeing persecution and war;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for a new, comprehensive set of EU-wide gender guidelines to be adopted as part of wider reforms to migration and asylum policy that also includes reception and integration measures;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes the Commission’s proposal to establish a common EU list of safe countries of origin; stresses that these lists breaches Article 14 of the Human Rights, namely the right to seek asylum, since in practice these lists overrules every individuals right to an asylum case; demands that all appropriate steps be taken to ensure that this approach is consistent with the principle of non-refoulement and that the rights of women, children and other vulnerable groups are not undermined; calls for gender differentiation to be applied; believes that claims based on fear of gender-based violence or discrimination should never be subject to accelerated asylum procedures;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Believes that no country where gender equality is not recognized on a legislative level, and where gender based violence against women and LGBTI people is a wide spread reality, can be on any list of safe countries;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for more objective and gender- sensitive approaches to credibility assessment in all Member States, and enhanced training on credibility assessment for decision-makers which incorporates a gender dimension; highlights that credibility assessments cannot be fully nor always accurate, and should not be used as a base for a negative asylum decision;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the EU Member States to ensure that asylum procedures at borders comply with the UNHCR Guidelines on International Protection, in particular with regard to gender-related persecution;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Calls for women asylum seekers and migrants to be granted an independent legal status from that of their spouse, in order to avoid exploitation, decrease vulnerability, and achieve greater equality;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Stresses that undocumented migrant women and girls should have full access to their basic fundamental rights and channels for legal migration should be developed;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 d (new)
Paragraph 11 d (new)
11d. Considers that exploitation in prostitution in the host country should be considered as a ground for granting asylum on humanitarian grounds;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls onDemands that the Commission and the Member States to take immediate measures to ensure that reception, transit and detention conditions are safe and adequate, with separate accommodation and sanitation facilities for women and families;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Urges all Member States to reduce maximum limits to the duration of detention prior to removal to below the limit stipulated in the Return Directiveclose all detention centres; considers that prolonged detention disproportionately harms vulnerable groups;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Stresses the need for LGBTQI sensitive reception facilities across all Member States; highlights that violence against LGBTQI individuals is common in reception facilities;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Calls for all detention of children in the EU to stop, and for parents to be able to live with their children in appropriate tailored facilities awaiting their asylum decision;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on all Member States and the Commission to allocate economic resources to tackle structural discrimination in the labour and housing market, and to secure the right to work, regardless of legal status, including for asylum seekers awaiting the outcome of their asylum claims; stresses that social inclusion and integration is hindered by the widespread structural discrimination against women and girls of colour across all Member States;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for swifter, more efficient family reunification procedures, without financial or maintenance requirements, and without the requirement of permanent residency, and the collection of gender- disaggregated data on decisions relating to family reunification; stresses the importance of access to legal aid in family reunification cases; emphasises that without family reunification there is no possibility for integration, since ones family is left behind in distress;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Stresses that full access to the right to free public quality education, health care services, especially sexual and reproductive health and rights, employment and housing that meets the needs and abilities of migrant and refugee women and girls should be guaranteed by the hosting countries; emphasises that welfare policies are key to integration;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Encourages the sharing of best practice amongst Member States on the involvement of community-based organisations as well as refugees themselves in representing the views of refugee and asylum-seeking women to policymakers;