26 Amendments of Antoni COMÍN I OLIVERES related to 2020/2045(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
— having regard to the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the establishment of both the EUTFs and the Facility for refugees in Turkey (FRT) have been justified by the need for a flexible and swift reaction not possible under the classical institutional framework; whereas the extra-budgetary instruments such as the EUTFs, as well as extraordinary tools such as the FRT, pose challenges with respect to democratic accountability, includingharm democratic accountability and have a direct impact on the role of the European Parliament and also the integrity of the EU budget;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that Committee Chairs and relevant Members have been granted observer status in meetings of the Strategic Boards of the Trust Funds and in the FRT Steering Committee; notes furtherregrets that this status has not been formally reflected in the Constitutive Agreements of the Trust Funds;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Continues to expresses concerns overdeplore the limited role of Parliament in the supervision and scrutiny of the Union contributions to the EUTFs; recalls Parliament’s request to monitor the activities of the Operational Committee, and the Strategic Board, and to be involved in the scrutiny over the choice of projects, and in building a dialogue with local CSOs working on the ground and human rights CSOs; calls on the Commission to provide in good time detailed information on the decisions taken in that Committeeose governance structures and to ensure that Parliament is represented at itstheir meetings;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that the Trust Fund for Africa should represents an important tool to provide a swift, flexible and, targeted and accountable response to emerging challenges and underlines that common, global challenges, such as migration and forced displacement, or the impact of climate change and economic crises in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, make this flexibility and rapidity more necessary than ever;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. WelcomesPoints out the fact that the EUTF for Africa has not sufficiently contributed to the triple humanitarian-development- peace nexus approach, which was not possible with the EU financial instruments under the previous MFF; disapproves that funds of the EUTF for Africa have been used to strengthen borders, encourage deportations and prevent the influx of migrants into the EU; stresses that Official Development Assistance must fund long-term projects to tackle the root causes of forced migration and the drivers of forced displacement, should be allocated to countries based on actual recipients’ needs and development strategies, and should refrain from including conditionality on migration management, readmissions and returns;
Amendment 126 #
14 a. Points out that the short-term focus on implementing restrictive migration measures needs to be downplayed and the focus should be shifted to support human capital and welfare, such as health, education and strengthening social policies and to promote stability, democracy and resilience in Africa;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14 b. Is concerned that the EUTF for Africa has very broad objectives and that it brings together external relations, home affairs, development cooperation, humanitarian aid and neighbourhood policies, which are different in nature, into a single financial instrument; believes that a direct nexus between these policies can only be established between home affairs and migration policies, on one side, and between development cooperation and humanitarian policies, on the other;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14 c. Is concerned that barely 1.5% of the total worth of the Trust Fund for Africa is allocated to fund regular migration schemes; stresses that the mere containment of irregular migration does not lead to its effective reduction, only forces migrants to take more dangerous routes and boosts human smuggling networks;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the generally strongRegrets that the absence of a comprehensive analysis of beneficiaries' needs under the EUTF limited the Commission’s ability to demonstrate that the right priorities had been identified and that actions approved were the most relevant to address them, as well as the generally low degree of local ownership, the and the weak involvement of local authorities and civil society organisations (CSOs) in projects supported by the EUTF for Africa; deplores the low transparency of the programming process, mainly regarding the lack of public calls for proposals;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that the EUTF for Africa made a major contribution to strengthening resilience and implementing the humanitarian- development nexus in fragile contexts; notes further that it alsohas fostered cooperation between different stakeholders, and allowed contributions from non-EU donors, which in the post- Brexit context have acquired particular importance, and increased the visibility of the issue of migration and forced displacement and the EU’s response to it;
Amendment 155 #
17 a. Points out that more than 400 human rights defenders have been killed in Colombia since the beginning of the peace process in 2016, which is the highest deadly rate for human rights defenders in Latin America, and that more than 27,000 people have been internally displaced only this year, which entails a 177% increase with regard to the same period last year; stresses that enormous challenges remain in the implementation of the peace agreement despite the projects funded by the EUTF on the ground; calls on the Colombian government to take decisive steps to protect human rights defenders and prevent the activities of paramilitary organizations;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Reiterates its request that Turkey respect the principle of non-refoulement, in particular on the Syrian border, and that it not use the flows of refugees against the EU; stresses that Turkey should stop applying a geographical limitation to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Calls on Turkey to refrain from keeping refugees in detention centres with the purpose to make them sign voluntary return forms and to guarantee their access to health care services regardless of their place of registration within the country;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Stresses that irregular migration can only be prevented by tackling its root causes, such as extreme poverty, lack of employment, conflicts or climate-related emergencies, and that its mere containment only forces migrants to take more dangerous routes and boosts human smuggling networks;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23 b. Considers that it is essential to ensure that development cooperation projects are in line with countries’ own development priorities, and fully involve regional and local authorities and civil society actors in their design and implementation; deems it necessary to increase the involvement of CSOs in African and European countries in monitoring the implementation of migration policies and their adherence to human rights frameworks;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23 c. Underlines that Official Development Assistance cannot be conditional upon cooperation of partner countries in the forced return of their nationals or border management;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 d (new)
Paragraph 23 d (new)
23 d. Points out to the need to address the challenges related to intra-African migration, which makes up almost 90% of migration flows in Africa, in close cooperation with the African Union and in line with its Migration Policy Framework for Africa and Plan of Action 2018-2030;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Urges the Commission to present its final comprehensive review on the implementation of the EUTF to ensure that it falls in line with the EU’s development, human rights and humanitarian objectives; regrets that the extension of the EUTF was requested by the Commission in the absence of such review and that there is therefore no evidence to show whether these objectives have been properly assessed and achieved;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24 b. Points out that projects funded by the Trust Funds should include detailed risk assessments, especially concerning potential violations of human rights; deplores the reported human rights violations linked to the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF) in Libya, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Niger; calls on the Commission to duly investigate the alleged cases of human rights violations related to the implementation of the Trust Funds;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Reiterates Parliament’s long- standing insistence that external assistance be financed in full from the Union budget and be implemented in a coherent, sufficient and predictable way, following a streamlined set of rules, based on co- legislated instruments and in full respect of Parliament’s legislative, budgetary and monitoring prerogatives, and of the principles of accountability, transparency, effectiveness and sound budgetary management; reiterates its call for the full involvement of the European Parliament in the supervision and governance of the current EU Trust Funds;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Is confidentStresses that flexibility of financial instruments has to be compatible with parliamentary oversight, aligned with the sustainable development goals and respectful of the integrity of the EU budget; is confident, in this regard, that the NDICI-Global Europe will allow for increased flexibility and responsiveness, allowing it to continue the activities of the existing Trust Funds and thereby safeguard the unity of the Union budget and the role of the European Parliament;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. In the event of greater needs in the MFF 2021-2027,. advocates increasing the NDICI-Global Europe envelope through a revision of the MFF and the NDICI-Global Europe regulations, or a strengthening of the relevant NDICI-Global Europe budget lines with contributions in the form of external assigned revenue; stresses that, should a need for a duly justified new Trust Fund nevertheless arise, it insists that Parliament must be fully involved from the very outset Parliament must be fully involved from the very outset in any decision taken in this regard and that the creation of new Trust Funds has to be avoided in the future;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to prioritise the nexus approach in the implementation of the NDICI-Global Europe, and calls for the cooperation between EU humanitarian and development actors, notably in post-crisis settings and in protracted crises, to be increased in order to better adapt to local needs and deliver more efficient results; calls on the Commission to ensure that all Union policies are aligned with regard to the principle of policy coherence for development to ensure the effectiveness of the nexus approach;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Notes that the close-to-ground decision-making procedure and adaptation to the local realities of the EUTFs and the FRT is of high added value, and needs to be mainstreamed in the future programming exercises linked to budgetary instruments for EU external policy;