Activities of Caroline ROOSE related to 2020/2116(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on human rights protection and the EU external migration policy
Amendments (11)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reaffirms that the right to migrate is a human right; regrets that the current external dimension of EU migration policies, through measures aiming primarily at strengthening securitisation and border controls at EU external borders and in partner countries, contributes to human rights violations of partner country citizens and transit migrants; calls on the Commission to promote development and humanitarian policies thatand related legal instruments, to address the challenge of protecting the human and social rights of all migrants, with the aim of increasing the effectiveness of our development cooperation wherever EU action is deployed and irrespective of their legal status;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that EU development cooperation must have as its main objective the reduction and eradication of poverty, tackling inequality and exclusion, promoting democratic governance and human rights, and enhancing sustainable and inclusive development, as fixed in the EU Treaty (Articles 21 and 208), and that it must be based on partner countries’ development agendas, following a needs and rights- based approachlong-term approach towards migration, and not on EU domestic interests;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls that the European Consensus for Development provides for a coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migration, due to its cross- cutting nature and considers it as one of the key areas to which Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) applies; in this regard, calls for PCD compliant and regularly assessed external migration policies which contribute to human rights, gender equality and empowerment, poverty eradication and human development;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes note of the EU’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum; expresses its regret that the proposed measures for the internal and external dimension of migration policies are insufficient to ensure respect for migrants and displaced persons’ human rights, and is especially worried about the externalisation of EU border management and migration control;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Recalls that as most migrants move within their region and continent of origin, intra-regional and intra- continental mobility should be facilitated; calls on the EU- Africa partnership and the future OACP-EU agreement to support intra-regional and intra- continental mobility of persons in accordance with the African Charter of Human rights and the African Union Protocol to the Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community Relating to Free Movement of Persons, Right of Residence and Right of Establishment;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Expresses strong concern regarding readmission clauses included in legally binding partnership and cooperation agreements with third countries, in particular in the absence of provisions in line with international human right law; calls on the negotiating parties to the new OACP-EU partnership to exclude such measures from the agreement, including in its annexes, especially as most ACP countries do not support EU Readmission Agreements and are not signatories to them;
Amendment 31 #
4. Insists on the need forto establish humanitarian corridors and further develop safe and legal migration pathways from neighbouring and developing countries into the EU in accordance with international commitments on human rights, to avoid human rights abuses and exploitation during the dangerous journey migrants have to undertake, and related trauma; underlines that women and children should benefit from specific protection and care throughout their journey and upon arrival in Europe; recalls that prioritisation and intensification of securitisation measures, such as Integrated Border Management often result in the deviation of usual migration routes and thus favour trafficking of human beings and smuggling of migrants;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates that neither the allocation of development assistance nor bilateral or multilateral partnerships with developing countries must be conditional on assistance and cooperation on migration policies,; insists that a more coordinated, structured and holistic approach to migration must still be defined and implemented in full respect of human rights, including the right of every individual to leave his or her country of origin;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Expresses its deep concern about the possibleility to misuse of development funds for mobility restriction and border control purposes, including those of the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF), and the suspecreported human rights violations linked to the EUTF in Libya, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Niger; calls on the creation of strong mechanisms to monitor the human rights impacts of the EUTF as well as an accountability system to prevent and deal with breaches of international law; deplores that the report of the Commission on the extension of the EUTF does not envisage any improvement in this field;
Amendment 52 #
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 and that partner countries are not formally involved in its management; urges the Commission to present its final comprehensively review on the implementation of the EUTF to ensure that it falls in line with development, human right and humanitarian objectives; stresses that no extension of the EUTF should be envisaged in the absence of such review and if these objectives are not properly assessed and achieved;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Reiterates that the NDICI budget dedicated to migration should be usedprogrammed and used exclusively to address the root causes of migration and forced displacement and not to control migratory flows or fund external border management., support return and readmission policies or fund external border management; calls on the Commission and Member States to commit to a maximum of 10% of the NDICI’s financial envelope to addressing the root causes of migration and forced displacement and to supporting strengthened engagement to facilitate safe, orderly, regular and responsible migration and the implementation of planned and well-managed migration policies and governance, including the protection of refugees and migrants’ rights based on international and Union law;