Activities of Sofia SAKORAFA related to 2015/2095(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
The situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration (debate) EL
The situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration (debate) EL
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration
Amendments (7)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the need for a holistic EU approach to migration which ensures coherence between its internal and external policielegal access and safe routes for migrants and asylum seekers on the basis of solidarity and with full respect and in compliance with international law, fundamental rights, the right to asylum, children's rights and the right to family life, as well as the European Court of Human Rights judgements;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Acknowledges the historical responsibility of the EU and the Member States to refugees and immigrants struggling at the risk of their lives to escape from war, chaos, economic misery, hunger and death; therefore condemns the external "peace" military interventions in these countries serving economic and geostrategic interests and carried or supported by many NATO and EU Member States;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the persistent instability and conflicts in the EU's neighbourhood have a serious impact on the mass influx of migrantsdisplacement and relocation of a large number of people; believes that a genuine response to the migration crisis in the Mediterranean will come only from understanding the role and the necessity to implement EU's obligations as a whole, as well as of the Member States acting individually, tackling the root causes, namely poverty, instability, wars, persecution, violations of human rights and natural disasters;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. AdvocatesRecognizes in principle, the need for a broader and intensified EU cooperation with third countries of origin and transit, through bilateral agreements, in order to clamp down on smuggling and trafficking networks, to ensure capacity building in the fields of asylum systems and border control, to provide protection for people in need, to develop frameworks for regular migration and moUNHCR and NGOs working in the field, to address the root causes of migration, to face smuggling and trafficking networks through the development of an integrated framework for legal access, safe migration and protection to those in need, to ensure capacity building in the fields of asylum systems, mobility and integration and to implement a comprehensive- coordinated humanitarian and effective asylum policy based on the principles of solidarity and fair sharing of responsibility, and to put into force a humane and effective return policy for irregular migrantssupported by common instruments in order to guarantee human rights, while ensuring that the assistance to refugees and immigrants will constitute a collective EU responsibility;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on key origin and transit countries for irregular migration to the EU to implement the existing bilateral readmission agreements fully and effectively; highlights, furthermore, the need to improve cross-border cooperation with neighbouring EU Member States in this respect, including through enhanced operational and technical cooperation with FRONTEX; believonsiders that the readmission agreements with third countries of origin and transit should not be applied insofar as no full compliance with the relevant International Law and protection of human rights obligations is ensured on the part of these countries; reminds that every person has the right to free movement and that every asylum claim should be examined individually; underlines, at the same time, that the EU should establish a binding resettlement programme with yearly quotas and a permanent mandatory and automatically triggered relocation system across the EU, taking in consideration the actual situation in the entry Member States, the funding and reception conditions, as well as the needs and wishes of the refugees and the migrants;
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomeCondemns the launch of the EUNAVFOR Med operation and any other way leading to militarisation of the efforts to address the migration, reiterates that the only effective action against smugglers and traffickers in the Mediterranean and supports telsewhe reinforcement of the management of the Union's external borders; insists, however, on the need for sustained, coordinated can only be achieved through a radical change in the EU migration policy by ensuring legal and safe access; insists, however, on the constant need for effective search and rescue operationmechanisms in the Mediterranean to save lives and for an EU policy on asylum, subsidiary protection and temporary protection which fully comply with binding obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights and respect the non-refoulement principle;
Amendment 134 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that cooperation and development assistance plays a crucial role in tackling the root causes of migration; calls for the EU to establish a new framework of relations with third countries based on non-intervention in their internal affairs, respect for their sovereignty and defence of human rights, and aimed at supporting understanding, the development of neighbouring regions and promoting employment and education, rather than "association agreements" serving mainly to establish free trade areas that benefit corporate interests on the European side and multinationals, while impoverishing and plundering the natural resources of these third countries; stresses the need for continuous EU support to international efforts towards poverty reduction, as well as to peace-building, promotion of democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms, regional, political and economic stability, security and prosperity.;