Activities of Angelika MLINAR related to 2015/2325(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The situation of women refugees and asylum seekers in the EU (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the situation of women refugees and asylum seekers in the EU PDF (348 KB) DOC (141 KB)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas women seeking asylum have specific protection needs and different concerns than men which require that the implementation of all asylum policies and procedures, including the assessment of the asylum claims, be gender sensitive and individual;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that, to improve the security and safety of women refugees, safe and legal routes to the EU must be made available for those fleeing conflict and persecution; believes that legislation and policies relating to irregular migration should never prevent access to EU asylum procedures; Stresses that the right to asylum is enshrined in art 18 of the EU Charter of fundamental rights;
Amendment 111 #
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; Recommends that when assessing asylum claims from women, cultural, social and psychological profiles including cultural background, education, trauma, fear, shame and/or cultural inequalities between men and women, should be taking into account;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the Member States to guarantee and publiciseduly inform women seeking asylum about their right of women seeking asylums and in particular about the right to request a female interviewer and interpreter and to deliver comprehensive and mandatory training for interviewers and interpreters on sexual violence, trauma and memory; urges the Member States to guarantee that these rights are being respected;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Urges all Member States to sign and ratify the Council of Europe Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence and to apply Article 59 thereof, which clearly states that the Parties should take the necessary measures to suspend expulsion proceedings and/or to grant an autonomous residence permit in the event of a dissolution of marriage to those women migrants whose residence status depends on their spouse;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Recommends that officials adopt a pro-active attitude in particular towards women from Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia when assessing their asylum claims, considering that they run a higher risk of becoming a victim of sexual or gender-based violence when returning to their country of origin;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights that many women asylum seekers and refugees have experienced extreme violence and that detention may exacerbate their trauma; Highlights that detention of asylum seekers for mere administrative convenience violates the right to liberty as enshrined in art 6 of the EU Charter of Fundamental rights and calls for an immediate end, in all Member States, to the detention of pregnant women seeking asylum and the detention of survivors of rape and sexual violence;