Activities of Nathalie GRIESBECK related to 2018/0153(COD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the creation of a European network of immigration liaison officers (recast) PDF (264 KB) DOC (114 KB)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In light of the increasing demand for intelligence and information to support evidence-based policy making and operational responses, there is a need for immigration liaison officers to ensure that their insight and knowledge contribute fully to the establishment of a comprehensive situational picture on third countries.
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The objective of this Regulation is to ensure better coordination and optimise utilisation of the various areas of expertise of liaison officers deployed to third countries by Member States, the Commission and Union Agencies in order to respond more effectively to the EU priorities of preventing and combatting illegalirregular immigration and, combating related cross- border criminality such as smuggling of migrants and trafficking in human beings, facilitating return, readmission and reintegration activities, contributing to integrated management of the Union's external borders, as well asnd supporting management of legal immigration, including in the area of international protection, resettlement and pre-departure integration measures undertaken by Member States and the Union.
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Building on Council Regulation (EC) No 377/2004, this Regulation aims to ensure that immigration liaison officers better contribute to the functioning of a European network of immigration liaison officers primarily by establishing a mechanism through which Member States, the Commission and Union Agencies can more systematically coordinate tasks and roles of their liaison officers.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Member States authorities should ensure that strategic and operational analytical products of the Union Agencies in relation to illegalrregular immigration, return, cross-border criminality or international protection and resettlement effectively reach immigration liaison officers in third countries and that the information provided by immigration liaison officers is shared with the relevant Union Agencies – in particular the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, Europol and the European Union Asylum Agency within the scope of their respective legal frameworks.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) The return of third-country nationals who do not fulfil or no longer fulfil the conditions for entry, stay or residence in the Member States, in accordance with Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council23, is an essential component of the comprehensive efforts to tackle illegal immigration and represents an important reason of substantial public interestprevent irregular immigration. _________________ 23 Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals, (OJ L 348, 24.12.2008, p. 98).
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Since the objectives of this Regulation, which are to optimise utilisation of the different skills of immigration liaison officers deployed by Member States, Commission and EU Agencies to third countries in order to more effectively implement Union priorities regarding preventing and combatting illegalirregular immigration, facilitating return, readmission and reintegration, contributing to integrated management of Union’s external borders, as well asnd supporting management of legal immigration or international protection schemes, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States alone but are better achieved through coordination at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
(a) a representative of one of the Member States, deployed abroad by the immigration service , law enforcement or other competent authorities in order to establish and maintain contacts with the authorities of a third country with a view to contributing to the prevention and combating of illegal immigration, the return of illegally staying third-country nationals and the management of legal immigration ;deleted
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) ways and means to assist the authorities in third countries in preventing illegalrregular immigration flows originating from or transiting through their territories;
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Immigration liaison officers may render assistance, within the limits of their expertise and training, in:
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) confirming identity and facilitating the resettlement of persons in need of international protection, particularly vulnerable groups such as non- accompanied children, in the Union;
Amendment 168 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) organise information sessions and training courses for members of the diplomatic and consular staff of the missions of the Member States in the third country, when appropriate;, including awareness raising on the protection of persons in vulnerable situations, especially children and unaccompanied minors.
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may also agree that their immigration liaison officers shall share certain tasks among each other, on the basis of their liason officers' expertise and specialist training.
Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) support the development of capability of immigration liaison officers, including through developing common core curricula, in cooperation with the European Union Agency for Asylum and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency so as to avoid any duplication with training provided by these agencies, providing pre-deployment training and the organisation ofing joint seminars on subjects as referred to in Article 3(2);