13 Amendments of Željana ZOVKO related to 2020/2116(INI)
Amendment 35 #
C a. whereas a comprehensive approach to migration and the asylum system requires strengthening the external dimension of European migration policy; whereas the link between the internal and external aspects of migration and cooperation with key countries of origin and transit is important; whereas the success of the external dimension depends on joint support at EU level and coordination of activities with external partners;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas since 2016 the EU has multiplied the number of informal agreements and arrangements on return and readmission with third countriwith third countries, aiming to strengthen their operational capacities in border control and management, the fight against human trafficking as well as regarding return and readmission procedures, including Joint Migration Declarations, Memoranda of Understanding, Joint Ways Forward, Standard Operating Procedures and Good Practices; whereas, similarly to formal readmission agreements, such informal arrangements affirm states’ commitments to readmitting their nationals (or others) and establish procedures to carry out returns in practice; whereas since 2016, the EU has concluded at least 11 informal agreements but only one new readmission agreement;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the 2015 report of the former UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants has criticisednotes shortcomings with the EU’s approach to migration for its lack of transparency and clarity, and for the weak status of many ofand with the agreements reached in this framework, which in his view generally lack monitoring and accountability measures; whereas the Special Rapporteur also concludes that there are few signs that mobility partnerships have resulted in additional human rights or development benefits, while the overall focus on security and the lack of policy coherence within the approach as a whole create a risk that any benefits arising from human rights and development projects would be overshadowed by the secondary effects of more security-focused policies;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas UN human rights experts warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is having serious and disproportionate effects on migrants and their families globally; whereas they have called on states to protect the rights of migrants and their families, regardless of their migration status, both during and after the pandemic;
Amendment 58 #
1. Highlights that, alongside the Treaty-based obligation to pursue the values of respect for human dignity, the rule of law and respect for human rights and international law in all external dealings, the EU and its Member States have human rights obligations towards third-country nationals (TCNs) when cooperating on migration with third countries and other non-EU actors such as private contractors or international organisations;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the EU to ensurstrive that readmission agreements and agreements for cooperation on border management are only concluded with third countries that explicitly commit to respecting human rights and the rights enshrined in the UN Refugee Convention, and to ensure that such cooperation does not lead to violations of those rights and toffers operational means to nullify these agreements, seek remedy and ensure accountability should such violations occur;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to ensure ex ante risk assessments, performed by independent agencies,the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights on the impact of any formal, informal or financial EU cooperation with third countries on the rights of migrants and refugees; calls on the Commission to set implementation guidelines for EU agencies and Member States before entering into cooperation with third countries; calls in this respect for particular vigilance in relation to countries which are experiencing ongoing or frozen conflicts and face increased risks of human rights violations;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to establish an independent, transparent and effective monitoring mechanism, which entails periodic reports on the implementation of formal, informal and financial agreements that can potentially impact the rights of migrants and refugees in third countries, such as migration partnerships, readmission agreements, and international cooperation on migration management and governance, including direct targeting of challenges connected to migration and forced displacement; stresses that such a monitoring mechanism has to be transparent, participatory for civil society and field workers, and publicly available; insists on the need to ensure means for civil society and other interested stakeholders to be able to contribute to the work of the mechanism;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights the increased role of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in practical and operational cooperation with third countries, including on return and readmission, provision of training, operational and technical assistance to authorities of third countries for the purpose of border management and border control, carrying out operations or joint operations at the EU’s external borders or in the territories of third countries, and deploying liaison officers and operational staff in third countries; notes the continued efforts of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency to protect human rights, including by its actions and achievements in the fight against human trafficking;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls that ad hoc Status Agreements, to be approved by the European Parliament, are required for the deployment of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency’s border management teams to a third country where the members of the teams will exercise executive powers; regrets that the two status agreements concluded to date do not include specific measures for the operationalisation of human rights as part of border management, and also fail to clearly regulate accountability for potential human rights violations, and calls for any future status agreements to include such measures;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Stresses the importance of Status Agreements for the security of EU's external borders as well as for strengthening capacity building and border management of third countries; in that regard underlines the competence of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights in monitoring the compliance and respect of fundamental rights as part of EU border management;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes with concern the increasing recourse since 2016 to enhanced conditionality between development cooperation and migration management, including return and readmission; stresses, however, that according to Article 208 TFEU the primary objective of Union development cooperation policy shall be the reduction and, in the long term, the eradication of poverty; calls, therefore, on the Commission to ensure that policies on development cooperation do not contravene the principles enshrined in Article 208 TFEU; stresses that the use of development cooperation as an incentive for migration management undermines meaningful action on the needs of people in developing countries, the rights of refugees and migrants, and their potential impact on regional migration patterns and contribution to local economies, and thus also undermines a wide range of rights stemming from the Sustainable Development Goalthe need to ensure that development assistance helps partner countries manage migration more effectively; calls for an enhanced conditionality between development cooperation and migration management whereby additional efforts by countries of origin and transit are to be incentivised with increased cooperation and additional support; however, stresses that making humanitarian aid and emergency aid conditional on cooperation with the EU on migration is not compatible with humanitarian aid principles;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the importance of allocating a substantial share of future EU funding in the field of migraHighlights the objective of European financial instruments to support third countries in the development of the necessary institutional framework and capacities to manage migration in all its aspects, while aligning with European and international standards; stresses the important contribution tof civil society groups in third countriese field of migration for providing assistance and for the protection and monitoring of the rights of migrants, and of ensuring that a significant; stresses the need that a part of EU funding is earmarkallocated for the improvement of human rights, international protection, and the future perspective of refugees;