10 Amendments of Tineke STRIK related to 2020/2116(INI)
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. Whereas the EU’s Communication on the Global Approach to Migration and Mobility (GAMM) of 2011 refers to a migrant-centred approach, in which human rights are said to occupy a central place, with the aim to strengthen ‘respect for fundamental rights and the human rights of migrants in source, transit and destination countries alike’;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas in its 2016 communication the Commission outlined three main objectives for cooperation with third countries, namely: saving lives in the Mediterranean sea, increasing the rate of returns to countries of origin and transit, and enabling migrants and refugees to stay close to home and to avoid taking dangerous journeys; whereas the 2016 Communication mentions the combat of irregular migration as a priority for the Union and introduces the “less for less approach”, whereby the Commission expresses its readiness to apply all EU tools and instruments with the exception of humanitarian aid, as negative incentives to achieve cooperation from third countries on readmission and border control;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. Whereas a number of investigative journalists and human rights monitoring groups have documented violations of human rights that reportedly stem, directly or indirectly, from the implementation of the EU’s migration policy in third countries; whereas some civil society groups have launched legal proceedings against the EU and Member States for such violations:
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes that strengthened border controls and restricted visa policies, which result from agreements or informal arrangements with transit countries, may lead to more difficulties for migrants to enter or leave the transit country, despite the need for protection; stresses that this situation not only undermines the right to leave a country, but also the right to asylum as enshrined under international human rights law; notes as well the chain-effect of border control and readmission agreements that affects the mobility opportunities of migrants in their region as well;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes that 18 official readmission agreements (EURAs) have been concluded to date and that most of them include the readmission of third country nationals to a transit country; underscores that returns to transit countries entail the risk that migrants end up in a legal limbo situation, where their human rights may be at stake due to the worrisome human rights situation in a number of those transit countries; in light of the potential, serious human rights impact for third country nationals concerned, supports the recommendation from the evaluation of EURAs by the Commission in 2011, that, as a matter of principle, the EU should always first try to readmit a person to his/her country of origin, and that the EU should focus its readmission strategy on important countries of origin;
Amendment 111 #
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 follow-up mechanism which is overseen by the European Parliament in pursuance of its monitoring competence, whereby evaluation results and expert recommendations are duly incorporated in the relevant agreement, arrangement or action;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Highlights the practical human rights implications stemming from the increasing number, and hence the extrajudicial nature, of informal arrangements on return and readmission, which are concluded in the absence of due democratic scrutiny and parliamentary oversight and are not subject to judicial scrutiny; notes that the rights of asylum seekers are inherently dependent on the possibility to have human rights violations assessed by a court, and that without any formal agreements in place, it becomes very difficult to establish at the outset whether a state or organisation was engaged in extraterritorial jurisdiction and whether it actually agreed with a third state to delegate certain functions or acts; calls on the Commission to prioritise the conclusion of formal readmission agreements, thus ensuring full respect for Article 218(6) TEU, and to ensure that formal EU Readmission Agreements (EURAs) exclude the application of informal agreements; believes that Parliament must assess the legality of informal agreements which include commitments on issues that fall within its competencies, such as readmission, and must be ready to undertake further action if these informal agreements appear to be incompatible with the Treaties;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Points to the role of the European network of Immigration Liaison Officers ingathering and sharing information on EU integrated border management at the external borders, on return, readmission and reintegration, on available channels for legal migration and protection, on the legislation and practices of third countries, including regarding reception and detention centres and the conditions therein and on ways and means to assist the authorities in third countries in preventing irregular migration; highlights that one of the central tasks of the Steering Board of the EU network of Immigration Liaison Officers is to support the development of the capabilities of immigration liaison officers, including through developing guidelines on implementing human rights as part of their activities; calls on the Commission, through the Steering Board, to urgently draw up such human rights-based guidelines;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Considers that freedom of movement and the right to work make migrants self-reliant and help further their integration; recognizes that Intra- ECOWAS migration is an important element of these cross-border economic patterns; stresses that interventions aimed at altering such realities do not resonate locally and are unlikely to achieve positive results in the longer term;
Amendment 212 #
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; calls on Member States to step up resettlement pledges, more specifically for the most vulnerable refugees currently hosted in fragile countries, and to ensure that resettlement is not made conditional upon the cooperation of the transit country on readmission or border control;