17 Amendments of Silvia COSTA related to 2015/2321(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Citation - 1 (new)
Citation - 1 (new)
- having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, as well as the international obligations found in the 1951 Convention relating to the status of refugees and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and considering the fundamental right of all children to have access to free primary education, independent of their gender, race, ethnic or social origin,
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Citation - 1 a (new)
Citation - 1 a (new)
- having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 26 November 2015 on education for children in emergency situations and protracted crises (2015/2977(RSP)),
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital - A (new)
Recital - A (new)
- A. whereas the children have come from conflict areas where their school attendance has been interrupted or restricted, sometimes for long periods, or from refugee camps where only a minority of them have been able to obtain any form of education or attend local schools;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital - A a (new)
Recital - A a (new)
-Aa. whereas one out of four of asylum seekers and refugees are children, and half of them are between 18 and 34 years old, with increasing numbers of children, and considering that education and training policies are crucial for well- managed reception and integration of refugees in the labour market;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital - A b (new)
Recital - A b (new)
- Ab. whereas, according to figures supplied by Europol in 2015, ten thousand unaccompanied children disappeared following their arrival in Europe;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital - A c (new)
Recital - A c (new)
-Ac. whereas recognition of the training and qualifications of adult refugees, together with specific provisions for them to obtain academic qualifications and specific skills, are essential for their entry on the employment market;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Member States to tackle the current refugee crisis with a holistic strategy that gives priority to the social and economic integration of refugees and asylum seekers, including through education and culture, guaranteeing in particular children's right to education, regardless of their refugee status, as set out in Art 22 of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child, giving priority to the best interests of the child;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the urgent need to ensure that unaccompanied minors receive particular protection from exploitation at work, violence and trafficking; underlines the need for mentors and specific measures for girls in particular, who are often more vulnerable and exposed to various forms of exploitation, trafficking and sexual abuse and more likely to be deprived of educational opportunities;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses the importance of launching educational support actions, in particular with a view to providing suitable facilities in EU hotspots and hubs, of underpinning the efforts of humanitarian organisations and NGOs that have already begun to organise educational and other activities in the camps and of providing incentives and support for the development of formal educational structures in refugee camps, including those located in third countries;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the importance of schools in providing the necessary facilities, including counselling and opportunities to learn the language of the host country, disseminating democratic values, for example through civic education and active citizenship programmes, ensuring the recognition of refugees' qualifications and deployment of their skills more closely in line with employment requirements and playing a key role in ensuring the integration of not only students but also their families;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses the importance of investing in projects for the integration of refugees on the employment market through increased attention to lifelong training and apprenticeships; calls on the Member States to channel more investment towards technical, professional and business training, work experience for school pupils and dual education schemes, making use of the Structural Funds and other resources;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the new calls for proposals dedicated to cultural and educational projects aimed at intercultural dialogue, cultural and social inclusion and integration under Creative Europe and Erasmus+, while remaining aware of the need to draw on other funds, such as the European Agenda on Migration and the Social Fund in the development of structured long-term actions and strategies;
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to adopt an integrated approach on the EU migration policy, and to increase the profile of culture, education and training in those operational measures undertaken as part of the European Agenda on migration; invites the Commission to adopt a specific policy on intercultural dialogue;
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Welcomes the new Expert Working Group on "Intercultural Dialogue and integration of migrants and refugees through arts and dialogue" established by the Commission that is expected to publish an handbook of good practices by the end of 2017;
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Welcomes the decision of the Council to dedicate specific actions in the 2015- 2018 Work Plan for Culture on the role of culture, the arts and intercultural dialogue for the integration of migrants and to take stock of existing good practices in the Member States;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the EU and the Member States to establish ‘education corridors’ by promoting agreements with European universities and the Mediterranean Universities Union (UNIMED) to host refugee students coming from conflict areas. and facilitate access for them;
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the EU to ensure special protection for minors under all refugee transfer, reception and residence agreements with third countries, in line with international provisions regarding in particular guaranteed access to schools and educational facilities, counselling and linguistic and cultural mediation;