7 Amendments of Traian BĂSESCU related to 2020/2116(INI)
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas since 2016 the EU has multiplied the number of informal agreements and arrangements on return and readmission with third countries, including Joint Migration Declarations, Memoranda of Understanding, Joint Ways Forward, Standard Operating Procedures and Good Practices; whereas, similarly to formal readmission agreements, such informal arrangements affirm states’ commitments to readmitting their nationals (or others) and establish procedures to carry out returns in practice; whereas since 2016, the EU has concluded at least 11 informal agreements but only one new readmission agreement; whereas negotiations for the signing of readmission agreements with Nigeria, China, Tunisia and Morocco are in progress; whereas the draft readmission agreement between the European Union and Morocco dates back more than two decades, during which time the Commission has failed to resolve the issue of readmission with Morocco, while informal agreements between the EU and third countries do not provide a predictable policy or any stable and coherent statutory framework provisions regarding illegal migration;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the EU to ensure that readmission agreements and agreements for cooperation on border management are only concluded with third countries that explicitly commit to respecting human rights and the rights enshrined in the UN Refugee Convention, and to ensure that such cooperation does not lead to violations of those rights and offers operational means to nullify these agreements, seek remedy and ensure accountability should such violations occur; calls on the European Commission to formulate a plan and take all necessary measures to initiate or finalise negotiations and accordingly sign readmission agreements as soon as possible with migrants' countries of origin and transit, so as to ensure that they comply with international standards regarding the rights of migrants; calls on the Council to mandate the Commission to commence negotiations for the signing of readmission agreements with Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq; calls on the Council to mandate the Commission to negotiate European Union cooperation agreements with transit countries, with a view to combating organised crime networks engaged in the trafficking of illegal migrants;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to ensure ex ante risk assessments, performed by independent agencies, on the impact of any formal, informal or financial EU cooperation with third countries on the rights of migrants and refugees; calls on the Commission to set implementation guidelines for EU agencies and Member States before entering into cooperation with third countries; calls in this respect for particular vigilance in relation to countries which are experiencing ongoing or frozen conflicts and face increased risks of human rights violations; calls on the Commission to formulate an action plan to bring illegal migration under control and streamline readmission procedures by tightening application deadlines and clarifying the circumstances requiring the accelerated readmission procedure;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to establish an independent, transparent and effective monitoring mechanism, which entails periodic reports on the implementation of formal, informal and financial agreements that can potentially impact the rights of migrants and refugees in third countries, such as migration partnerships, readmission agreements, and international cooperation on migration management and governance, including direct targeting of challenges connected to migration and forced displacement; stresses that such a monitoring mechanism has to be transparent, participatory for civil society and field workers, and publicly available; insists on the need to ensure means for civil society and other interested stakeholders to be able to contribute to the work of the mechanism; calls on the Commission to establish a general framework for the effective monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of all present and future EU readmission agreements and the inclusion therein of special monitoring provisions and penalty clauses for non-compliance, including financial penalties regarding EU funding; points out that EU funding should also be reduced for third countries of origin and transit that refuse or unduly postpone the conclusion of readmission agreements with the EU;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes with concern the increasing recourse since 2016 to enhanced conditionality between development cooperation and migration management, including return and readmission; stresses, however,stresses 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 Goals;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the importance of allocating a substantial share of future EU funding in the field of migration to civil society groups in third countries for providing assistance and for the protection and monitoring of the rights of migrants, and of ensuring that a significant part of EU funding is earmarked for the improvement of human rights, international protection, and the future perspective of refugees in their country of origin;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recalls the commitment of the EU and its Member States under the Global Compact on Refugees to share responsibility for the protection of refugees and ease the pressure on host countries; stresses in this regard that the EU and its Member States should contribute to a more structural and substantial funding of the regions hosting most refugees, and should not use financial means to shift responsibility for the protection of refugees to third countries; reiterates the importance of fully implementing the 23 objectives of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration; believes that Parliament must ensure the proper scrutiny of the implementation of both Compacts by the EU;