16 Amendments of Antoni COMÍN I OLIVERES related to 2020/2255(INL)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the 'New Pact on Migration and Asylum' is a holistic attempt to address Europe's migration challenges; stresses however that these challenges originate outside Europe and urges that the root causes and drivers of migration be effectively addressed; underlines that Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development (PCSD) is essential to attain this goal and that PCSD should be mainstreamed across all Union policies;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Points out that a coherent approach to migration should instead consider regular migration flows as an asset for achieving poverty reduction and sustainable development, for example through economic and social remittances, “brain gain”, diaspora engagement and positive effects on trade and investment;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Underlines that armed conflicts are one of the main drivers of forced migration; stresses that the Union and its Member States must keep a people- centred approach in any Union migration policy and promote both within and outside its borders a fully functioning asylum system and grant access to its territory for all asylum applicants with full respect to the principle of non- refoulement, in accordance with the Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Stresses that all asylum applicants should have the right to an individual assessment of their application and should enjoy the right to an effective remedy when border procedures apply, including the right to remain in the territory pending the outcome of the remedy without being held in detention for the sole reason of being subject to these procedures;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. Notes that the extreme effects of climate change have been an increasing driver of forced migration in the last years; calls on the Commission and Member States to step up efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change in developing countries that are most affected; calls on the Commission to include in its upcoming proposal on corporate due diligence the limitation of economic activities carried out by Union- based companies that can adversely affect the ability of vulnerable populations to combat the adverse effects of climate change;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. RecallsStresses that Member States’ right to determine their own migration policies; underlines that facilitating should increase the coordination of their own migration policies because labour migration at Union level undermineshas an impact on Member States’ unique and diverse labour market policies and on the overall functioning of the Union internal market; considers that increasing regular migration channels will notis necessary to reduce illegalrregular migration or human trafficking;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that external borders must be secured with respect to human rights obligations, and that migrants who lack the right to stay or enter the Member States must be swiftly returned; supports proposals for an accelerated border procedure to apply to persons whose asylum applications have been rejected; returned only after they have undergone due administrative process subject to judicial review, with the observation of all procedural safeguards laid down in Chapter III of the Return Directive;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses that the Union and its Member States should not establish cooperation arrangements on border management with third countries that do not ensure respect for essential human rights standards; underlines that migration governance should be coherent with other Union external actions, respecting human rights and leaving no one behind as stipulated in the 2030 Agenda;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Highlights that the working document of the Frontex Scrutiny Working Group (FSWG) of the European Parliament concluded that the mechanisms of this agency to monitor, report and evaluate fundamental rights situations are deficient; urges the Frontex Management Board, the Commission and Member States to implement the recommendations of the FSWG without further delay;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that emigration of highly qualified citizens deprives countries of origin of their human capital and an educated workforce (“brain drain”) and seriously hampers their economic and social development; calls for the future EU Talent Partnerships to address this issue and take on board lessons from the recent EU pilot projects on legal migration; stresses the need to facilitate migration for medium-skilled jobs and urges the Commission to add a ‘light blue’ alternative for medium-skilled or qualified labour to the recast Blue Card Directive;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. CUnderlines that the SDG target 10.7 establishes the need to improve international cooperation for creating safe regular and orderly migration pathways; calls for strengthening international law enforcement efforts, in cooperation with local governments, to combat criminal networks of smugglers contributing to illegal migration; stresses however that the mere contention of migratory flows at any cost cannot stop forced migration insofar its root causes are not tackled, and that such a policy only forces migrants to take more dangerous routes and boosts human smuggling organizations; underlines that the Union’s external recovery response needs to be inclusive to migrants, refugees and internally displaced persons, while accounting for the impact of the pandemic on protection needs;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States not to hamper intra- African migration by prioritizing Union security interventions along migration routes, given that intra-African mobility is essential for development; strongly encourages the Commission and Member States to engage with the African partners in line with the Migration Policy Framework for Africa and Plan of Action 2018-2030 of the African Union;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the appropriate use of the NDICI-Global Europe to contribute to reducing migration flows by stimulating economic growth and development in third countries; stresses, however, that the evaluation of the NDICI-Global Europe instrument must be carried out in relation to the degree of attainment of the SDGs rather than using reduced migration as an indicator of success; underlines, in this regard, that Official Development Assistance cannot be used to strengthen borders, encourage deportations and prevent the influx of migrants into the Union;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Recalls that, according to Union Law, irregular entry to the Union is not a criminal offence; points out that the provisions of Chapter IV of the Return Directive enable Member States to hold third country nationals in detention centres for up to six months prior to the execution of removal processes; calls on the Commission to file a legislative proposal to legally prescribe human rights-compliant alternatives to detention in Chapter IV of the Return Directive, thus enforcing preventive detention of third country nationals as a true last resort measure, and to propose a harmonized timeframe and standard condition for detention;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Underlines that the Union should at all cost avoid using development cooperation policy as an instrument to manage migration flows and that development policies cannot be conditional upon cooperation of partner countries in the forced return of their nationals or border management;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Calls on the Commission to carry out an impact assessment on the New Pact on Migration and Asylum with a specific focus on its impact on developing countries;