5 Amendments of Maria WALSH related to 2020/2042(INI)
Amendment 3 #
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 worsens; whereas the majority of environmentally-induced migrants are likely to come from rural areas, as their livelihoods often depend on climate sensitive sectors such as farming and fishing;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas discussions on climate migration should not lose their focus on preventive measures, given our environmental objectives to invest in climate and environmental solutions for our planet, as a direct way to prevent forced climate migration in the future;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Encourages the full use of all existing bodies of laws and instruments in humanitarian, human rights and refugee law, and instruments on internal displacement, disaster management and legal migration in order to avert, address and minimise displacement in the context of climate change;
Amendment 56 #
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 includeilise regular migration pathways to provide relevant protection for climate migrants and facilitate migration strategies in response to challenges posed by climate change and environmental disasters in terms of international migratory movements which can provide a status for people who move in these contexts, such as 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 initiatives;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Reminds Member States that although climate migration is mainly internal for the present, as the global climate emergency worsens more vulnerable people may cross borders seeking protection on an international level; urges therefore, that EU countries engage in the establishment and implementation of effective migration management and policy which includes the consideration of climate migrants as a matter of priority;