11 Amendments of Jan-Christoph OETJEN related to 2020/2116(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reaffirms that the right to migrate is a human right; calls on the Commission to promotebuild up development and humanitarian policies that protect the human and social rights of all migrants, wherever EU action is deployed and irrespective of their legal statuare based on, promote and protect fundamental and human rights including for all migrants;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that EU development cooperation must have as its main objective the reduction and eradication of poverty and that it must be based on partner countries’ development agendas, following a needs andfocus on the needs of the most vulnerable, including when it comes to migrants and refugees and must have as its main objective the reduction and eradication of poverty and inequality, the empowerment of individuals and the promotion of rule of law through a rights- based approach, and not on EU domestic interests;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls on the EU align its external migration objectives with its sustainable development objectives; calls on the EU to advance development cooperation and funding on the basis of closer cooperation with third countries; highlights that these policies should be harboured in the approach that strengthens the resilience of the most vulnerable; calls on the EU to tailor its ODA towards tackling the root causes of poverty and minimizing negative incentives for irregular migration and forced displacement by improving democratic processes and good governance, creating opportunities for youth engagement and entrepreneurship, advancing gender equality, tackling climate change, and by providing access to services; insists on the importance of designing policies tailored to local circumstances and in partnership with local actors;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Calls on the EU to strengthen its Regional Development Protection Programmes (RDPPs) within a human rights framework and to foster third countries' capacity-building, conflict resolution and the protection, promotion and respect for human rights; calls on the EU to encourage and assist partnership countries to achieve greater cooperation with international organizations, civil society and regional bodies and organizations to facilitate regional mobility and to enhance mobilization of resources to treat migrants, refugees and returnees with dignity and in compliance with international humanitarian law;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes note ofWelcomes the EU’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum; expresses its regret that the proposed measures are insufficient to ensure respect for migrants’ human rights and is especially worried about the externalisation of EU border managementReiterates that respect for migrants’ human rights are and shall remain central to the EU's Migration and Asylum policy; insists that the EU conduct a humane and safe border control and migration controlmanagement;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Insists on the need for humanitarian corridors and safe and legal migration pathways from neighbouring and developing countries into the EU; calls on the EU to tackle human trafficking networks;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the EU to develop new and improve on existing safe and legal pathways for migrants; considers that the EU should strive to develop a more sustainable circular labour migration policy in its partnership with third countries and to offer safe two-way migration mobility, such as for labour and academic purposes;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates that neitherEU development assistance inor bilateral or multilateral partnerships with developing countries muscannot be conditional on the successful cooperation on migration policies; with the EU; insists that development aid is not tied to the external security policies of the EU;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. ExpStresses its deep concern about the possible misuse of development funds for border control purposes, including those of the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF), and the suspected human rights violations linked to the EUTF in Libya, Ethiopia and Nigerthe need to provide direct assistance to refugees and migrants near the homes they fled or moved from, notably through strengthening effectiveness of such instruments as the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF); expresses its deep concern about the misuse of development funds for actions that result in the violation of human rights in border management; deplores the alleged human rights violations linked to the EUTF in Libya, Ethiopia and Niger; reiterates the need for a thorough investigation into the alleged human rights abuses including those at EU borders; welcomes therein the introduction of a new independent monitoring mechanism in the Commission's New Pact on Migration and Asylum;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Deplores the lack of transparency of the EUTF and the fact that Parliament is not involved in its scrutiny; calls on the Commission to comprehensively review the implementation of the EUTF to ensure that it falls in line with the EU's development and humanitarian objectives;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)