10 Amendments of Sabrina PIGNEDOLI related to 2019/2208(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Commission has only assessed the implementation of the Return Directive once (in 2014), despite the legal obligation under Article 19 of the directive to report on its application every three years, starting from 2013; whereas in 2015 the Commission published a communication setting out an action plan on returns; whereas in 2017 it issued a recommendation on making returns more effective when implementing Directive 2008/115/EC and published a Return Handbook;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the Commission, in its action plan on return published in 2015, expressed the view that voluntary returns were the preferred option whenever possible; whereas - again, as stated by the Commission in its action plan - 'it is estimated that around 40% of returns were voluntary departures, from just 14% in 2009';
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the evaluations carried out by the Commission when publishing its recommendation on making returns more effective indicated that 'the margins of discretion left to the Member States by Directive 2008/115/EC led to an inconsistent transposition in national legislations, with a negative impact on the effectiveness of the Union return policy' and that 'a more effective implementation of that Directive would reduce possibilities of misuse of procedures and remove inefficiencies, while ensuring the protection of fundamental rights as enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union';
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. StressesAgrees with the Commission about the importance of improving the effective implementation of the directive; highlights that such effectiveness should not only be measured in quantitative terms by referring to the return rate, but also in qualitative terms, such as the sustainability of returns and fundamental rights;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to harmonise the rules on return, including through the adoption of a regulation, in order to eliminate differences between Member States' systems and to increase the implementation of return decisions, with the support also of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to continue considering voluntary returns as the preferred option over forced returns and to encourage Member States to develop an effective framework in order to give irregular migrants easy access to voluntary return programmes;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Considers it vital that assisted voluntary return programmes are designed in such a way as to avoid encouraging migrants to travel to Europe irregularly in order to benefit from such programmes; calls on the Commission, in this regard, to fulfil its commitments and assess whether differences between Member States' voluntary return and reintegration programmes might not lead to a situation where migrants cherry-pick the Member States offering the best conditions;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls on the Commission to continue to fund and increase the resources available to Member States and governmental and non-governmental partners, in order to encourage assisted voluntary return programmes with the ultimate aim of ensuring sustainable returns and reintegration;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses that the detention of irregular migrants to be returned should always be considered a measure of last resort and should always be subject to time limits and safeguards for those being deprived of their personal freedom; calls on the Member States to implement alternative measures to detention that are less coercive and radical;