13 Amendments of Tomas TOBÉ related to 2019/2206(INI)
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas there have been significant shortcomings in the implementation of the Dublin III Regulation, including during the COVID-19 crisis, undermining during the migration crisis in 2015 and during the COVID-19 crisis, undermining the trust between the Member States and the right to international protection and leading to violations of fundamental rights;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the Dublin system places a significant burden on a minority of Member States, in particular when influxes of migrants occur; takes the view that the EU therefore needs a flexible solidarity mechanism which makes for fair sharing of burdens and responsibility among Member States, including through relocation on the basis of objective criteria of asylum seekers who are manifestly eligible for asylum through different forms of solidarity;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
(1) Stresses that EU migration policy must distinguish between people seeking protection and economic migrants; notes that only 38 percent of the asylum seekers in the EU where granted asylum in the first instance; underlines that this undermines the intentions of the EU asylum system as a whole as well as the Dublin III regulation;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that ad hoc agreements are no substitute for a harmonised and sustainable policy at EU level; deplores the fact that efforts to overhaul the Dublin III Regulation have been blocked in the Councilcalls for a swift adoption of the new pact on asylum and migration;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the crisis management tool provided for in Article 33 did not provide effective support to the Member States, during the crisis in 2015 nor did it offer a response to the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis; considers that a solidarity-based crisis management mechanism, endowed with a financial instrument managed by the Commission, should be established to ensure continuity of the right of asylum in the EU under the best possible conditions;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that in a future EU migration system, the majority of asylum-seekers’ applications should be made at the Union’s external borders, or in the transit zone of a Member State prior to a decision on the entry of the applicant; underlines that such a system would make Dublin procedures more efficient;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses that further harmonisation of the Member States´ asylum systems is key to a functioning Dublin III regulation and preventing secondary movements; calls on the Commission to ensure that treatment of asylum seekers is equal across the EU in relative terms;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission to evaluate EU migration policy, including any push and pull factors in order to prevent an overload of the Dublin system; Stresses that the EU should, as part of a coherent “Africa Strategy”, resume the discussion about regional disembarkation platforms on both sides of the Mediterranean where asylum seekers can be received safely and their claims assessed in an efficient, dignified and humane way;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Takes the view that closer cooperation between national asylum authorities is needed, in order to share information and streamline transfers; proposes that EASO be given the task of drawing up enhanced governance arrangements for the application of the Dublin III Regulation, including a monthly operational dialogue between national authorities, and a platform for the exchange and sharing of information and best practices; notes that the non-coordinated use of the Dublin Units prevents the Dublin III Regulation to function efficiently;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that some two-thirds of asylum applications are submitted by nationals of safe countries who have arrived in the EU on a visa or visa waiver; considers that these manifestly unfounded applications contribute to the overloading of asylum systems; calls on the Commission and the Member States to make asylum and visa policies more consistent and further evaluate the EU´s visa policy in order to reduce the number of unfounded asylum applications;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Proposes that EASO be given an expanded role in analysing the flows of and pathways taken by asylum seekers, in order to better anticipate and understand pressures on asylum systems and to make the Dublin III Regulation become more efficient;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Stresses the importance of drawing up preventive action plans by the Member States, with the support and coordination of the Commission, that will include bilateral agreements with third countries as part of the tools aimed at addressing particular pressure on a Member State's asylum system, allowing for better preparedness in the event of a potential asylum crisis situation;