17 Amendments of Monika HOHLMEIER related to 2015/2095(INI)
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Acknowledges the role of Europol in countering human trafficking and, more specifically, its activities in fighting against criminal networks, which requires additional staff in at least three newly set up hot spots; points out that the addition of just three people to its establishment plan is not sufficient to fulfil these extremely demanding tasks, and that the funding allocated to it in the 2016 draft budget is not ensuring sufficient resources to perform adequately these tasks;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the planned increase in funding for asylum and immigration in the 2016 draft budget; draws attention, should the increases prove insufficient,Stresses that unspent money may be transferred to othe EUR 360 000 000 in unused funds which are available following the overestimate of the cost of implementing the Smart Borders packager budget lines to address unforeseen challenges and developments such as outlined in the European Agenda for Migration;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Holds that any holistic approach to migration must necessarily contain measures aimed at disrupting the activities of criminal networks involved in the trafficking and smuggling of people; deplores that there is still a lack of cooperation and coordination of Member States in the fight against international organised human trafficking and exploitation of humans; asks therefore a stronger exchange of information and strategic cooperation between Member States;
Amendment 413 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Is of the opinion that, in addition to the criteria contained in the Relocation Decisions, namely the GDP of the Member State, the population of the Member State, the unemployment rate in the Member State, and the past numbers of asylum seekers in the Member State, consideration should also be given to two other criteria, namely, the size of the territory of the Member State and the population density ofcriteria which facilitate integration such as language skills, education, demonstrated and suitable family and/or cultural ties; stresses that this does not mean that asylum seekers have the right to choose the Mmember Sstate of their relocation;
Amendment 474 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Underlines that there is a need for a permanent Union-wide resettlement programme, with mandatory participation by Member States, providing resettlement for a meaningfuln adequate number of refugees, having regard to the overall number of refugees seeking protection in the Union; suggests to establish suitable centres and contact points in which applications for resettlement and their examination can be processed already in third countries, e.g. on the African continent and in the Near East, in cooperation with the UNHCR; asks the Commission to create a legal framework for such a scheme;
Amendment 500 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Points out that humanitarian visas provide persons in need of international protection with the means of accessing a third country in order to apply for asylumin order to apply for a temporary protection status or for asylum in a third country; calls on the Member States to make use of any existing possibilities to provide for humanitarian visas at Member States’ and Union embassies and consular offices and in suitable centres and contact points in countries of origin or transit countries;
Amendment 560 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Further points out that, at the same time, the incidence of secondary movements across the Union remains high; recommends that as part of introducing a Europe-wide refugee relocation scheme is has to be ensured that the receipt of benefits has to be bound to the refuge's stay in the Member State to which he or she was relocated; to prevent secondary movement an effective, intra-EU mechanism for return has to be established by the Member States, also to ensure that the relocation scheme will not be undermined and certain Member States will not be overburdened; views it as self-evident that, since its creation, the Dublin system was not designed to share responsibility among Member States, but that its main purpose was to assign swiftlswiftly clarify responsibility for processing an asylum application to a single Member State;
Amendment 572 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Recommends that the criteria on which the Relocation Decisions are based should be built directly into the Union’s standard rules for allocating responsibility; recommends that a minimum threshold should be defined for every Member State; proposes that relocation should begin to apply after this threshold is met in one of the Member States; this mechanism would clarify the number of accommodation and reception places every member state has to provide to guarantee the functioning of a relocation and resettlement mechanism; emphasises that, in reviewing the Dublin Regulation, it is important to reflect on the value of describing certain asylum seekers as ‘applicants in clear need of international protection’, since those migrants and refugees who do not fall into that category would still – at least under the current system – have to be dealt with by the Member State of first arrival;
Amendment 848 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58
Paragraph 58
58. Recommends that EASO be developed, in the long term, into a principal coordinator of the CEAS with a view to guaranteeing common application of the rules of that system; reiterates that, as the C EASO, becomes genuinely European, EASO needs to develop from a collection of experts from Member States into a fully-fledged Union agencysides the support by national experts from the member states, needs to be strengthened in terms of staff so that it is able to act, as a fully-fledged Union agency, quickly, efficient and less dependent on the dispatch of national experts and therefore providinge operational support to Member States and at the external borders; emphasises, in that regard, that it must be provided with the necessary funding and human resourn the short and medium term an expansion of EASO has to take places in the short, medium and long termerms of financial means and staff;
Amendment 860 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60
Paragraph 60
60. Notes the recent roleappreciates the outstanding work of Frontex in rendering assistance to any vessel or person in distress at sea, and acknowledgesemphasises the importance of its contribution, through the Triton and Poseidon joint operations, to the rescuing and saving of many lives in the Mediterranean; acknowledges positively that Frontex improved the situation of registration of refugees at the external borders;
Amendment 914 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68
Paragraph 68
Amendment 925 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 28 a (new)
Subheading 28 a (new)
On improvement of the security
Amendment 926 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69 a (new)
Paragraph 69 a (new)
Amendment 927 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69 b (new)
Paragraph 69 b (new)
Amendment 928 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69 c (new)
Paragraph 69 c (new)
69 c. Appreciates the improved cooperation between member states and Europol; expects further improvement as there is still room for manoeuvre; calls for the possibility of Europol to access directly SIS and Eurodac in an appropriate manner for the purpose of prevention of severe crimes and a better protection of EU citizens while respecting rule of law and the Convention of human rights;
Amendment 1078 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 89 a (new)
Paragraph 89 a (new)
89a. Asks for the creation and the support of safe zones and resettlement areas on the African Continent and in the Middle East to protect the lives of people in need; calls for an improved organisation and infrastructure of those zones including schools, professional education, hospitals, ambulant medical assistance, support for work possibilities and start-ups etc.; calls for the possibility to apply for a humanitarian visa, training visa, resettlement or legal migration instruments in contact centres in safe zones or resettlement areas;
Amendment 1139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 100 a (new)
Paragraph 100 a (new)
100a. welcomes the financial contributions of the Union to the three refugee funds, namely the Madad trust fund, the emergency trust fund for Africa and the Turkey facility; calls for the Member States to stick to their words and pay the promised contributions to the before mentioned funds; calls for improved contributions in the world food program to avoid humanitarian catastrophes; expects that the humanitarian aid and development policies of the Member States and the EU shall be better coordinated and focused on the strategic stabilisation of fragile regions with the aim of saving lives and opening up better perspectives; therefore expects that the competent authorities to develop lighthouse projects with stabilising effect on the whole area; emphases the need of a strong cooperation with experienced NGOs and relevant actors and the cooperation with scientist and researchers to include the newest insights of scientific research;