7 Amendments of Jean-Paul GARRAUD related to 2022/2124(DEC)
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the drawing up of a fundamental rights strategy and action plan; regrets that the obligation included in Article 110(6) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 to deploy at least 40 fundamental rights monitors has been met with significant delay; notes that the number of fundamental rights monitors now stands at 46; deeply deplores that despite the significant overall staff increase for the Agency, the Fundamental Rights Officer still lacks adequate human resources; urges the Agency to provide its fundamental rights officer with adequate resources and staffRegrets the narrative according to which Frontex is, in practice, to be made into a kind of fundamental rights body to check what the Member States are doing at their external borders, as demonstrated by the recruitment of 46 fundamental rights monitors; points out that the role of Frontex is in fact to maintain order and support the Member States in managing and protecting the external borders;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Is extremely concerned at the Commission’s willingness to weaken the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in its role of protecting the external borders;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates its profound concerns about the findings of the OLAF report of 15 February 2022 on investigations into Frontex, andCommission’s attitude in having pressured the Executive Director of Frontex to resign; expresses its utter dismay inat the behaviour and actions described in the findings and theof the institution concerned and at its lack of accountability; considers that the flindings of the OLAF report are a matter of public interest and should be made publicks between pro-migrant NGOs and the Commission must be brought to light without further delay;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Expresses its deep concerns in relation to media revelations that in the context of the expansion of a mass surveillance programme at Europe’s external bkeen interest in the revelations of links between NGOs and migrant traffickers; notes that in Greece legal proceedings are being brought against humanitarian wordkers (PeDRA, or ‘Processing of Personal Data for Risk Analysis’), Frontex and the European Commission side-lined their own data protection oversight bodies for migrant trafficking, money laundering and fraud; notes that following a long investigation by Italiand pursued an intrusive collection of personal data from migrants and refugees to feed into Europol’s criminal databaserosecutors, 21 crew members of migrant rescue vessels from three European NGOs stand accused of colluding with Libyan smugglers;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recommends that the Committee on Budgetary Control to postpone granting thegrant discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2021, until the structural shortcomings related to respect by Frontex of its fundamental rights obligations have been fully addressed.