19 Amendments of Miguel URBÁN CRESPO related to 2015/2342(INI)
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the most efficient way to fight trafficking and smuggling of persons is to provide safe and legal access to the EU;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that well-managed international migration represents an important contribution to socioeconomic development, as it has done historically, and that it is necessary to encourage this by changing the current narrative and developing a positive one, countering xenophobic, populist and nationalistic discourses and adopting policies focused on the medium and long term and not exclusively common benefit and not be misguided by immediate political pressures, while also addressing legitimate concerns regarding border management,the needs of social protection for vulnerable groups and integration of refugees and migrants;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises that the humanitarian aid system is dangerously overstretched and that it will never be sufficient to respond to forced displacement crises, in particular given the protracted nature of a majority of them; welcomdenounces therefore the new policy framework outlined in the Commission communication on ‘Forced Displaceies which link humanitarian and development anid Developwith the forced management’ of April 2016migration, including returns; notes the importance of promoting closer humanitarian-development links and the need to engage with different partners – governments, local authorities, civil society, including refugees themselves, and the private sector relevant NGO's– to develop targeted evidence-based strategies to tackle this challenge;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that EU development cooperation should be entirely civilian and should continue to address the root causes of forced displacement by promoting peace, democracy and security, reducing of all people, in an effort to eradicate poverty and inequality, strengthening baspublic services, addressing state fragility and promoting human rights and good governance, in line with Sustainable Development Goal 16 in the new 2030 Agenda;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that children – particularly unaccompanied ones –, people with disabilities and, the elderly and LGBTI people are particularly vulnerable to abuse, including sexual and gender-based violence, even once they have reached places deemed secure; calls for these groups to be given special assistance and humanitarian protection as part of their resettlement;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting to Address Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants of 19 September 2016 and the hosting of the Leaders’ Summit by the USA, as migration flows are a global responsibility which demand a global response and enhanced cooperation between all stakeholders; welcomes the outcome of these summits as the expression of a political commitment of unprecedented force, initiating the path towards a truly international sharing of responsibilities for refugees and large migration movements; regrets however the lack of specific pledges or legally binding commitments in terms of aid or reform, which are needed to close the current gap between rhetoric and reality; calls on all the parties involved to ensure continued political engagement, funding and concrete acts of solidarity in support of host countries; calls for the EU and its Member States to take the lead in international efforts, particularly as regards ensuring that the agreements –including the future compacts on refugees and on safe, orderly and regular migration – are swiftly put into practice through concrete and tangible establishment of safe and legal avenues to the EU including by the issuing of humanitarian visas, establishing follow-up mechanisms as needed;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines that the resettlement of forcibly displaced persons is a responsibility of the international community; considers it crucial to implement as a matter of urgency a coordinated response in third countries to grant asylum for people in need of international protection, instead of leaving the burdenchallenges on the front-line states or countries neighbouring conflict zones; highlights the fact that financial support is outpaced by the scope and scale of displacement, compounded by the lack of solutions to address the root causes of this forced displacement;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Reminds the responsibility of the EU and the Member States towards refugees and migrants struggling at the risk of their lives to escape from war, chaos, economic misery, hunger and death; emphasises that the EU is responding to its historical responsibility for the impoverishment of third countries, which derives from both the colonial past of its Member States and the neo-colonial policies currently being pursued, under which European companies are exploiting the natural and human resources of those countries;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that EU external action should be civilian and peace-seeking, forward-looking instead of mainly reactive with changing objectives in response to new crises; recalls that the migration phenomenon stems from a complex set of causes such as awar and conflicts, growing population, poverty and inequalities, insufficient job creation, political instability, insecurity and violation of human rights and climate change;
Amendment 361 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for the establishment of a genuine, valuehuman rights-based common European migration policy – with adequate legal channels for migration as a sustainable long-term policy to promote growth and cohesion within the EU – in order to set a clear framework for EU relations with third countries; welcomes the EU Action Plan against migrant smuggling (2015-2020), which envisages closer cooperation with third countries, butreminds that the best way against migrant smuggling is providing legal avenues and underlines therefore that the implementation of such a common EU legal migration policy would be instrumental in breaking the business model of smugglers;
Amendment 376 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. WelcomeRejects the new Partnership Framework with third countries as a signal of real political action; stresses that the success of the approach outlined in the communication of June 2016 depends on the EU’s capacity to offer real, commonly agreed incentives to third countries and is concernedshifting the focus of migration policies to returns and border management; is concerned therefore by the limited offer mainly focused on border management or Assisted Voluntary Return schemes, which – while essential and needed – constitute only a partialcannot constitute a response to the situation; highlights the need to balance and complement this responseEU policies, focusing on the development of local economies, qualification and regional mobility and improved levels of protection in countries of transit and origin;
Amendment 397 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Expresses concerns regardingRejects the quantitative approach in the new Partnership Framework and the related ‘migration compacts’, which see the ‘measurable increases in the number and rate of returns’ as one of the EU’s main goals, as the number of returns clearly depends on the nature of migration flows and on the situations in the countries of originEU Member States are currently returning migrants and asylum seekers to countries where human rights are not guaranteed, seriously endangering these people's lives and not respecting the principle of non-refoulement enshrined in the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the Convention Against Torture; stresses that the short-term objectives of the compacts should focus on how best to address the challenges faced by third countries, including by developing legal migration channels, as a result of which the levels of irregular migration and death tolls in the Mediterranean will decrease;
Amendment 418 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the high-level dialogues carried out by the VP/HR and the Commission, and in some cases by Member States on behalf of the EU as a whole, as good and effective practices fostering coordination; stresses that coordination should be undertaken by the Commission and the EEAS; cCalls on the Commission and the EEAS to keep Parliament regularly informed of theseany dialogues and to report on the exact operational implementation of the Rabat and Khartoum processes, their compliance with respect of human rights of refugees and migrants and the priority initiatives agreed at the Valletta Summit; notdeplores that the packages designed for priority countries as part of the new Partnership Framework, by the Commission, the EEAS and the Member States, have neither been presented nor debat, debated nor ratified by the elected representatives of European citizens;
Amendment 426 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that fulfilling the objectives of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development requires that the EU and partner countries integrate well-managed migration dynamics into their respective sustainable development strategies; rejects any conditionality of humanitarian and/or development funds for border management or as means to control people's mobility;
Amendment 454 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Is extremely concerned by the continuing conflict in Afghanistan, in which violence against civilians and violations of humanitarian law for the past fifteen years led to forced displacement of more than 1.5 million people; rejects the recent Agreement - called 'joint-way-forward' - between the EU and Afghanistan since it will mean the immediate return of thousands people to a country where ongoing conflict makes it impossible to deem it as safe;
Amendment 461 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Is extremely concerned by the situation of human rights in Turkey, where violation of basic rights like freedom of expression or of assembly is constantly violated, where the population of the South-East of the country is under attack by its own Government, over 30,000 public servants have been sacked on political grounds, and more than 130 media outlets have been closed down by the authorities; rejects therefore the EU - Turkey Agreement on the grounds that Turkey cannot be considered a safe country, particularly given the claims of violence and mistreatment under the Turkish authorities' custody, as well as lack of access to the right to receive international protection;
Amendment 464 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Rejects the notion of a safe third country of origin and/or transit and its use as a criteria in the examination of asylum requests; recalls that by this practice EU is "outsourcing" its responsibilities on migration and refugee policies and expresses its concern about the treatment that returnees face once returned to their country of origin or to another third country as there is no adequate follow-up of their situation;
Amendment 470 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Supports the Commission’s proposal for a new and ambitious External Investment Plan (EIP) to mobilise investments in developing third countries; considers that supporting private sectors in third countries while fostering an environment of good governance and business practices should not bits position on the need of creation of humanitarian visas under the Visa Code presented as a new measure; calls on the Commission to ensure coherence between financing instruments – for exacast as a mean for the EU and its Member States to compley with the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI) and the European Development Fund (EDF) – andir international obligations in relation to people in need of projtectsion and in order to focus the EU’s assistance on priorities and to avoid the scattering of funds and effortsprovide an organized, safe and legal access to the EU as a whole; Calls the Council to take up its responsibilities on this aspect;
Amendment 519 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Welcomes the use of common security and defence policy (CSDP) missions such as EUCAP Sahel Niger and EUNAVFOR MED, cooperation with NATO, and EU initiatives such as Europol’s Joint Operational Team (JOT) Mare to gather intelligence and fight smugglers, while underlining that global mobility should not be considered a threat; recommends the use of CSDP tools for early warning (forecasting), mediation and conflict resolution,underlines that global mobility should not be considered a threat while stressing the importance of starting to plan for durable solutions as early as possible in conflict situations;