17 Amendments of Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ related to 2020/2116(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 26 a (new)
Citation 26 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication of 9 March 2020 entitled ‘Towards a comprehensive Strategy with Africa’ (JOIN(2020) 4 final),
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 26 b (new)
Citation 26 b (new)
- having regard to the Malta Declaration of 3 February 2017 by the members of the European Council on the external aspects of migration,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 26 c (new)
Citation 26 c (new)
- having regard to the Statement by the co-presidency of the 5th Regional Forum of the Union for the Mediterranean held on 27 November 2020,
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas external policy on migration, including protection of migrants' human rights, represents a challenge not just for the Member States in whose territory the external borders lie, but for the whole of the Union;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas migration routes are often exploited by criminal organisations and human trafficking networks and whereas, in order to disrupt the business model of traffickers and thus prevent the tragic loss of lives, the incentives that push illegal migrants to embark on dangerous crossings must be eradicated;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the Canary Islands (Spain) are an external EU border facing the coasts of a key region for EU external action;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas more than 20 000 migrants arrived by sea in the Canary Islands (Spain) throughout 2020, a rise of 1019% compared to the previous year;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas effective readmission of illegal migrants is a basic pillar of the new pact on migration and asylum presented by the Commission and should constitute an important element of the external dimension of the Union's migration policy;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Reiterates that Member States need to ensure that the Union's external borders are properly controlled, with the aim of preventing illegal entry thereto, combating human trafficking and preventing lives being lost at sea; reiterates that, to achieve this, Member States have to be able to count on Union financial and material aid;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Notes that fair burden-sharing in the management of migration flows is a prerequisite for any truly European migration and asylum policy; reiterates that frontline Member States alone cannot deal with the migratory pressure on the entire European Union; points out that, according to the European Asylum Support Office, most asylum applications are dealt with by only five Member States;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Notes that the external dimension must be a key element of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum; stresses the importance of increased cooperation between the Union and, in particular, the countries of the Southern Neighbourhood, in order to address the limitation of irregular migration flows, to combat trafficking in human beings and people smugglers and to guarantee migrants' human rights; urges the EU institutions and the Member States, to that end, to step up their relations with the countries of the Southern Neighbourhood through frequent political contacts, including in the framework of fora such as the Union for the Mediterranean;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Reiterates that for the Union's migration policy to function properly and be sustainable, it should combine increased external cooperation with the countries of origin and transit with a substantial increase in the numbers of irregular migrants who are genuinely readmitted;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Is deeply concerned about the mass influx of irregular migrants and vessels along the coasts of the Canary Islands; urges the EU institutions and the Member States to react quickly to these developments and to increase the technical and financial resources for protecting the Union's external border in the Canary Islands; urges in particular the European Asylum Support Office and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) to step up their efforts to tackle the migration crisis in the Canary Islands;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Is of the view that further assistance should be provided to countries in the Maghreb and Sahel regions to enable them to cope with the influx of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa and to combat trafficking in human beings and people smuggling; stresses in this regard the need to strengthen judicial and police cooperation with those countries in order to identify and dismantle organised crime networks; draws attention, furthermore, to the need to build up the capacities of those countries so that they can pursue and sanction those responsible in an effective manner; calls, therefore, for cooperation between the European Union, the Member States, Europol, Eurojust, Frontex and the third countries concerned to be encouraged; reaffirms that measures taken against human trafficking should not adversely affect the rights of victims of trafficking, migrants, refugees and persons in need of international protection;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. NotExpresses withs grave 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 Goalsat economic and security problems in Africa, exacerbated by the crisis resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, are encouraging migration; calls on the Union to draw up a joint cooperation agenda with our African partners at the European Union-African Union Summit to be held in 2021; urges the Union to make use of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) to address the root causes of migration, such as conflicts, climate and environmental causes, extreme poverty and social exclusion;