9 Amendments of Annalisa TARDINO related to 2020/2042(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas climate change and consequential natural disasters have become common drivers of migration, which will be further exacerbated as the climate crisis worsenthere is recent scientific proof that natural disasters are not being exacerbated by climate change; whereas all the predictions about ‘climate refugees’ have so far been disproven by the facts, as have very many others about the effects of climate change, due to the use of unreliable models and unlikely scenarios;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas climate-induced migration is strongly related to other factors, including poverty, since when a country lacks the appropriate resources toin non-industrialised societies, environmental factors, as well as the lack of economic resources and appropriate infrastructure for adapting to climate change, this can aggravate poverty and force people to move; whereas climatemay still be a reason for emigration which, inter alia, change is an important risk multiplier for conflict, drought, famine and migration aggravate the risk of conflicts with neighbouring populations on account of resource grabbing;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that climate migration does not requires a specific normative framework to bridge existingfor humanitarian protection, gaps, via various and complementary methods; highlights the definition of climate migration offered by the IOMiven that such kind of migration is fully covered by the criteria of economic migration;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the fact that, while climate migration is a reality that is set to intensify, people who move for long-term, climate change-related reasons have no effective access to protection in the EU; calls on the Member States and the Commission to put in place protection pathways, which include promoting humanitarian visas, temporary protection, authorisation to stay, and regional and bilateral free movement agreements; proposes that a climate passport be issued to persons coming from a country, or part of it, that will become uninhabitable due to climate change as a way to offer them protection from vulnerability and statelessness; proposes that any change in the environment due to climate change be explicitly listed among eligibility criteria for humanitarian protection; calls on the Commission and Member States to put forward such proposals in international forums, in parallel to other EU initiativesReiterates that under international law, emigration on economic grounds does not, by itself, grant the right to humanitarian protection or asylum in a third country; stresses, furthermore, that because ‘climate migration’ as a concept is extremely vague, it is a source for abuse of the humanitarian protection offered by developed countries; reminds the Member States and the Commission that ever vaguer eligibility criteria for humanitarian protection will create ever more incentives for immigration-related illegal commerce, starting with human trafficking;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. HighlightNotes that the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration identifiessuggests that climate change as a driver of migration and urges countries to introduce channels and to plan for people who move due to natural disasters and climate changecould be one of the drivers of migration;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to enhance and betterMember States to coordinate less restrictive legal channels for third-country workers and their families, which would include mobility schemes and preferential access for workers coming from a country, or part of it, affected by climate change;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that, as part of the reform of the Union’s Migration and Asylum Policy, a comprehensive framework should be establishedthere is no need to establish a specific regulatory framework, which includes climate change -induced migration and displacement as core part of this process.;