33 Amendments of Eleftherios SYNADINOS related to 2016/0225(COD)
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) On 15 December 2015, the Commission addressed a Recommendation for a Voluntary Humanitarian Admission Scheme with Turkey29 to the Member States and Associated States recommending that participating States admit persons displaced by the conflict in Syria who are in need of international protection. According to the EU-Turkey Statement of 18 March 2016 a Voluntary Humanitarian Admission Scheme will be activated once irregularllegal crossings between Turkey and the EU are ending or at least have been substantially and sustainably reduced. Member States will contribute on a voluntary basis to this scheme. _________________ 29 C(2015) 9490. C(2015) 9490.
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) According to the EU-Turkey Statement of 18 March 2016 all new irregularllegal migrants crossing from Turkey into Greek islands as from 20 March 2016 would be returned to Turkey. F, extending the Bilateral Protocols of 2001 and 2010 between Greece and Turkey, the latter having systematically obstructed fulfilment of the resulting commitments. According to the EU-Turkey Statement, for every Syrian being returned to Turkey from Greek islands, another Syrian will be resettled from Turkey to the Union taking into account the United Nations Vulnerability Criteria. In May 2016, the Member States and Dublin Associated States and Turkey reached a common understanding on Standard Operating Procedures guiding the implementation of this resettlement scheme.
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) On 6 April 2016, the Commission adopted a Communication Towards a Reform of the Common European Asylum System and enhancing legal avenues to Europe30 in which it announced it would set out a proposal for a structured resettlement system framing the Union’s policy on resettlement and providing a common approach to safe and legal arrival in the Union for persons in need of international protection. _________________ 30 COM(2016) 197 final.
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) On 12 April 2016, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the Situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to Migration31 underlining the need for a permanent Union-wide resettlement programme, providing resettlement for a meaningful number of refugees, having regard to the overall number of refugees seeking protection in the Union. _________________ 31 2015/2095(INI).
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Building on the existing initiatives, a stable and reliable Union Resettlement Framework should be established for the resettlement of persons in need of international protection to be implemented in accordance with annual Union resettlement plans under the political guidance of Parliament and with operational support and implementation on the part of the Commission and its bodies and targeted Union resettlement schemes which effectively deliver on Member States' concrete commitments.
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Such a framework is a necessary part of a well-managedpart of a migration policy to reduce divergences among national resettlement practices and procedures, provide for the legal and safe arrival to the territory of the Member States of third-country nationals and stateless persons in need of international protection, help reduce the risk of a large- scale irregular inflow of third-country nationals and stateless persons to the territory of the Member States and thereby reducing the pressure of spontaneous arrivals on the Member States' asylum systems, be an expression of solidarity with countries in regions to which or within which a large number of persons in need of international protection has been displaced by helping to alleviate the pressure on those countries, help achieve Union's foreign policy objectives by increasing the Union's leverage vis-à-vis third countries, and effectively contribute to global resettlement initiatives through speaking with one voice in international fora and with third countries.
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In order to help reduce the risk of a large-scale irregular inflowllegal entry of third- country nationals and stateless persons to the territory of the Member States, show solidarity with countries in regions to which or within which a large number of persons in need of international protection has been displaced by helping to alleviate the pressure on those countries, and help achieve the Union's foreign policy objectives, the regions or third countries from which resettlement is to occur should fit in a tailored engagement with third countries to better manage migration as foreseen in the Commission's Communication of 7 June 2016 on Establishing a new Partnership Framework with third countries under the European Agenda on Migration32 . _________________ 32 COM(2016) 377 final. COM(2016) 377 final.
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to reduce divergences among the national resettlement practices and procedures, common standard procedures and common eligibility criteria and exclusion grounds for the selection should be laid down, as well as a common protection status to be granted to resettled persons.
Amendment 168 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The common standard procedures should build on the existing resettlement experience and standards of the Member States, in particular the Standard Operating Procedures guiding the implementation of the resettlement scheme with Turkey set out in the EU-Turkey Statement of 18 March 2016. The Union Resettlement Framework should allow the use of at least two types of standard resettlement procedures.
Amendment 170 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Both types of procedure consist of the following stages: identification, registration, assessment and, decision and implementation of the decision.
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) An expedited procedure should be established with the same high level of security checks as in the ordinary procedure. However, in the expedited procedure, the assessment of the international protection needs of third- country nationals or stateless persons should be limited to an assessment of their eligibility for subsidiary protection without assessing their qualification for refugee status.
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The resettlement procedure should be concluded as soon as possible in order to discourage persons in need of international protection to use irregular ways to enter the European Union to seek protectionrestrict the field of action of those trafficking illegal migrants and other people. At the same time it should ensure that Member States have sufficient time for a full and adequate examination of each case. The time-limits should correspond to what is necessary to make the different types of assessment foreseen for the ordinary and expedited procedure.
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Any personal data collected for the purpose of the resettlement procedure should be stored for a maximum period of at least five years from the date of resettlement. Given that third-country nationals or stateless persons who have already been resettled by one Member State or who during the last five years refused to resettle to a Member State should be excluded from resettlement to another Member State, that period should be considered athe minimum necessary period for the storage of personal details, including fingerprints and facial images. The use of personal data collected in this way should not be limited exclusively to actions and activities directly related to resettlement objectives.
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The choice of the resettlement procedure should be made for each targeted Union resettlement scheme. An expedited procedure might be warranted on humanitarian grounds or in case of urgent legal or physical protection needs.
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) There is no subjective right to be resettled except where stipulated by statute or case law.
Amendment 200 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In order to allow for supplementing the rules which govern the procedure to be applied in targeted Union resettlement schemes, consideration should be given to the need for the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union shouldto be delegated to the Commission to adapt the procedure to the circumstances in the third country from which resettlement takes place such as determining that third country’s role in the procedure. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 201633. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States’ experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. _________________ 33 OJ L123, 12.05.2016, p. 1.
Amendment 202 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the Union Resettlement Framework, implementing powers should be conferred on the Council for establishing the annual Union resettlement plan, fixing the maximum total number of persons to be resettled, the details about the participation of the Member States in the plan and their contributions to the total number of persons to be resettled, as well as overall geographical priorities on a proposal from Parliament and under its political guidance.
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) These powers should be exercised on a proposal from the Parliament and the Commission on the maximum total number of persons to be resettled and overall geographical priorities. The Commission should make its proposal simultaneously with its proposal on the draft Union annual budget. The Council should aim to adopt the proposal within two months. The Commission and the Council should take into account the discussions within the High-Level Resettlement Committee.
Amendment 232 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) [The European Union Agency for Asylum] should assist Member States in the implementation of Union Resettlement Framework in accordance with its mandate.
Amendment 238 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) This Regulation does not affect the ability of the Member States to adopt or implement national resettlement schemes, which do not jeopardise the attainment of the Union’s objectives under this Regulation, for example where they contribute an additional number of resettlement places to targeted Union resettlement schemes established under this Regulation going beyond their contribution to the maximum number of persons to be resettled under the annual Union resettlement plan.
Amendment 247 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) This Regulation respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised in particular by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and should therefore be applied in a manner consistent with these rights and principles, including as regards the rights of the child, the right to respect for family life and the general principle of non-discrimination.
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) provide for the legal and safe arrival of third-country nationals and stateless persons in need of international protection to the territory of the Member States;
Amendment 269 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) contribute to the reduction ofseek to reduce the risk of a large- scale irregular inflowllegal and hazardous entry of third- country nationals and stateless persons in need oftrying to claim international protection to the territory of the Member States;
Amendment 278 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) contribute to international resettlement initiatives at European level.
Amendment 307 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i
(i) reducing the number of third- country nationals and stateless persons irregularllegally crossing the border into the territory of the Member States coming from that third country;
Amendment 310 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
(ii) creating the conditions for the use of the first country of asylum and safe third country concepts for the return of asylum applicants who have irregularllegally crossed the border into the territory of the Member States coming from or having a connection with the third country concerned;
Amendment 314 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iv
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iv
(iv) increasing the rate of readmission of third-country nationals and stateless persons irregularllegally staying in the territory of the Member States such as through the conclusion and effective implementation of readmission agreements;
Amendment 396 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) persons who have irregularllegally stayed, irregularllegally entered, or attempted to irregularllegally enter the territory of the Member States during the fiveten years prior to resettlement;
Amendment 407 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f - paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f - paragraph 1
persons whom Member States have during the last fiveten years prior to resettlement refused to resettle in accordance with this paragraph.
Amendment 486 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall store the data referred to in paragraphs 2 to 4 for fiveat least ten years from the date of resettlement.
Amendment 534 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland shall be invited as free and sovereign states to be associated with the implementation of the annual Union resettlement plan. The core elements of this Regulation, in particular those related to the resettlement procedure and to the rights and obligations of resettled persons, shall be duly taken into account in that association.
Amendment 543 #
3. Each Member States to whom an amount referred to in paragraph 1 has been allocated shall include in the annual accounts provided for in Article 39 the number of persons qualifying for the amount. Transfers of this amount to other actions under the national programme shall not be possible unless explicitly approved by the Commission through a revision of the national programme.
Amendment 544 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 516/2014
Article 17
Article 17
4. Member States shall keep the information suitable and necessary to allow the proper identification of the resettled persons and of the date of their resettlement.