5 Amendments of Younous OMARJEE related to 2016/2037(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the massive influx of refugees and migrants into Europe has created an exceptional situation whereby a large number of persons require urgent humanitarian assistance within the Union; whereas this emergency situation has overstretched the response capacity of the most affected Member States; whereas solidarity among Member States, and especially with those that are point of entrance, should become a core aspect in all decisions and actions taken, also in order to collectively assure appropriate and dignified conditions for refugees; whereas contributions of all local and international civil society and NGO's, as well as the initiative of the Portuguese government to proceed directly with relocations from Greece, are in the right direction; whereas in Greece approximately 42 000 places of reception have been created the last year in 38 reception centres situated all over the country, 5 300 of them in 9 centres opened during the last weeks following the closure of the borders with 30 000 new places being prepared, 30 000 people are fed daily by the Greek state and the army and 2 931 sea rescue operations have been conducted by the Hellenic Coastguard in 2015 saving 103 372 lives; whereas no appropriate instrument was available at Union level to address humanitarian needs of disaster-stricken people within the Union;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the Commission estimates that this new instrument would require EUR 300 million in 2016 (followed by EUR 200 million in 2017 and EUR 200 million in 2018) but that further needs are likely to arise if the migrant and refugee flows continue at their current levelthe these resources are clearly insufficient to attend the current exodus of hundreds of thousands of people fleeing hunger, extreme poverty, persecution and war, who legitimately aspire to the right to life, liberty and security of person as enshrined in Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesTakes note of the proposal by the Commission to enable the Union budget to provide emergency support within the Union territory in order to tackle the humanitarian consequences of the current refugee crisis; points tohighlights the deteriorating situation of migrants and asylum seekers, in particular women and children, as well as LGBTI persons, particularly due to the uncoordinated response by European countries, which makes such emergency support all the more necessary and urgent; stresses the need to show solidarity with in order to prevent exploitation, decrease vulnerability, and achieve greater equality; stresses the need for civil society organisations to be able to monitor and report any breaches of fundamental or procedural rights of migrants; calls on the Commission to explore the possibility of setting up an independent complaint mechanism; stresses the need to show solidarity and enhance support to the Member States facing such an emergency situation on their territory;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that a more sustainable legal and budgetary framework should be envisaged in order to allow for humanitarian aid within the Union to be mobilised in the future, when circumstances so require; notehighlights that such emergency funding, meant at responding to crises and unforeseen situations, should by its very nature be covered by special instruments and be counted outsidver and above the MFF ceilings;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment not to divert appropriations from the external humanitarian aid budget; notes with concern that the Commission proposes to finance the first instalment under this new instrument by redeploying appropriations from the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) appropriations, which were already meant at ensuring burden-sharing between Member States in dealing with refugees; believunderlines that the entire amount cannot be covered through redeployments without affecting the delivery of the AMIF, which is bound to come under pressure this year and might need further reinforcements if the relocation scheme is to reach full speed; considers, therefore, this EUR 100 million to be a frontloading of appropriations which will need to be compensated at a later stage; notes that there is no margin left under heading 3 and that the Flexibility Instrument has already been used in its entirety for 2016; supports, therefore, the mobilisation of the Contingency Margin for the remaining amount for this year as soon as necessary and invites the Commission to present a proposal in this respect; anticipates that an upward revision of the MFF ceiling for heading 3 will prove to be inevitable in order to address all needs linked to the refugee and migration crisis;