11 Amendments of Helga STEVENS related to 2016/0225(COD)
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Such a framework is a necessary part of a well-managed 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 aafter having reduced large-scale irregular inflow of third-country nationals and stateless persons to the territory of the Member States and thereby having reducinged the pressure of spontaneous arrivals on the Member States' asylum systems, be an expression of solidarity with third 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 153 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In order to help reduce the risk of a large-scale irregular inflow 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 207 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) In order to reduce large-scale irregular inflow of third-country nationals and stateless persons to the territory of the Member States, it is crucial that the Council also fixes a maximum total number of persons that the European Union as a whole could accommodate, whether they arrive via legal routes such as resettlement or due to irregular migration.
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 a (new)
Recital 27 a (new)
(27a) In particular, UNHCR should ensure that a healthy mix is achieved, regarding the 'economic refugees' mentioned in this Regulation, between qualified and unqualified individuals, as to avoid third countries disproportionally resettling people that have no immediate added value for their own labour market and as to avoid European countries not giving vulnerable people a chance to come and work on their skillsets.
Amendment 274 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) contribute to the reduction of the risk of a large-scale irregular inflow of third- country nationals and stateless persons in need of international protection to the territory of the Member States;
Amendment 277 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) contribute to international resettlement initiatives interlinked with readmission agreements and combined with safe refuge in transit countries.
Amendment 298 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) the scale and content of commitments to resettlement undertaken by third countries.
Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – introductory part
(d) a third country's effective cooperation with the Union in the area of migration and asylum shall be a prerequisite, including:
Amendment 317 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 334 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i – indent 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i – indent 1
– women and girls at risk of sexual exploitation;
Amendment 402 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) persons who have already been resettledselected for resettlement, whether successfully or not, by another Member State in the implementation of this Regulation, the Conclusions of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council 11097/15 of 20 July 2015, the EU-Turkey Statement of 18 March 2016, the Commission Recommendation C(2015) 9490 of 15 December 2015, or a national resettlement scheme; and