13 Amendments of Frieda BREPOELS related to 2008/2235(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Reception and Procedures Directives require Member States to provide asylum seekers with information in writing concerning their rights and the organisations providing assistance; and whereas it is essential - in view of the complexity of procedures and short deadlines, particularly in accelerated procedure cases -, that asylum seekers and immigrants receive appropriate legal advice, have access to an interpreter and receive a translation of decisions concerning them in a language they understand,
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas many of the comments in this resolution do not necessarily apply to all the asylum centres visited and are thus not true of all countries,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for priority to be given to the reception of asylum seekers and immigrants in open reception centres; considers that asylum seekers are especially vulnerable and should not be subject to measures which deprive them of their liberty;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that the information about procedures is largely in writing and that the deadlines are very short, which poses a problem of understanding and constitutes an obstacle to asylum seekers effectively exercising their rights when they submit an application; calls for brochures explaining all the rights of asylum seekers and immigrants to be made available to them in several languages; calls on the Member States also to provide information by other means, including orally and televisuallyvia the Internet;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Member States to ensure that these associations have access without legal or administrative obstacles to asylum seekers and irregular migrants, including those in detention centres;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Regrets that the Member States are making increasing use of detention; points out that detention must be a measure of last resort to be used when all other non- detention measures have not had the desired result, must have a defined objective (e.g. expulsion) and must be limited in duration to the achievement of that objective;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Is concerned at the prison conditions in which irregular migrants and asylum seekers are kept even though they have committed no crime; calls for such persons to be detained in separate buildings in order to ensure their protection;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Notes that access to health care, and particularly to psychological care, is often made difficult by the prison conditions; calls on the Member States to provide appropriate, independent medin efficient on-call attentionservice in detention centres, including psychological care, day and nightso that medical and psychological care are available rapidly at any time;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Member States to improve contact with the outside world, including by allowing regular visits, increasinge telephone access and makinge internet accessuse available under certain conditions in all the centres;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls for the detention of migrant minors and asylum seekers to be prohibited in principle, and for the detention of minors with their parents to be exceptional and having the objective of ensuring that the best interests of the child are served;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44