8 Amendments of Rachida DATI related to 2017/2256(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas in recent years several factors have impacted the functioning of the Schengen area; whereas these factors include a significant numbers of asylum seekers and irregular migrants with related secondary movements; whereas these factors also include terrorism and a heightened threat to public policy and the internal security of the Member States; whereas several Member States have also reintroduced and subsequently prolonged controls at internal borders since 2014; whereas the strengthening of the external borders of the European Union and the introduction of systematic controls, including for European citizens, were indispensable conditions for the protection of the Schengen area;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. NotWelcomes the steps taken through the amendment of the Schengen Borders Code and introduction of mandatory systematic register checks at the external borders for EU nationals, while remaining vigilant about the effects these requirements have on the border crossings of EU nationals;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers cooperation with third countries, in particular in the context of development policy and readmission agreements, as one of the most essential elements in finding the solution to irregular migration; calls on the Commission to continue negotiations with a view to concluding new readmission agreements with countries of origin and transit; stresses the importance of ensuring the effectiveness of such agreements; calls for the payment of EU aid to be conditional on the conclusion and enforcement of readmission agreements in order to ensure the effective return of irregular migrants;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that the current state of Schengen and the issues it has encountered are not duedue not only to problems in the structure and construction of Schengen itself but ratherbut also to the connected fields of the acquis, such as shortcomings in the area of the Common European Asylum System, including the Dublin Regulation, and control of the external borders;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Condemns the continuedWelcomes, as part of efforts to bring about optimal functioning of Schengen, the proposal to revise the Schengen Borders Code; considers that the reintroduction of controls at internal border checks as this undermines the basic principles of the Schengen area, and expresses doubts about the lawfulness of some prolongations of controls; is also of the opinions should be facilitated and the duration of those controls adapted to the exceptional circumstances requiring such intervention; stresses that the reintroduction of internal border controls must always be justified and proportionate; regrets that Member States have not taken the proper measures to ensure cooperation with other affected Member States to minimise the effects of these measures, nor have they provided enough information on the results of such controls, therefore hindering the analysis by the Commission and scrutiny by Parliament; considers that the economic, political and social impacts of this practice to be detrimental to the unity of the Schengen area and harmful to the prosperity of European citizens; recalls that Member States have other tools available, namely targeted police controls, as recommended by the Commissionshould be regularly assessed so that they do not harm the prosperity of European citizens;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Member States to make available to the relevant authorities the necessary information and statistical data to facilitate the national management of resources and capabilities related to border control; calls on the Member States, in particular those directly affected, to prepare and sufficiently test necessary contingency plans to mitigate situations of disproportionate migratory pressure, as well as to increase their registration and accommodation capacity in case of such events; calls on the Member States to improve their capabilities to detect document fraud and clandestine entries;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Member States to ensure swift return procedures once a return decision has been issued and to enter this decision automatically into the SIS database; calls on the Member States to take specific steps to ensure adequate infrastructure, accommodation and living conditions for arriving asylum seekers, especially taking into consideration the needs of unaccompanied minors and families with minors; calls on the Member States to bring their detention facilities into line with the requirements so as to meet capacity demand, and to increase the use of alternative measures to detention;