7 Amendments of Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU related to 2010/2269(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas migratory flows have changed their route in the past according to where most pressure was applied, but have never ceased, and whereas migration cannot be stopped, but it canis likely to transform over the next decades in scale and complexity and it must be dealt with to avoid human suffering,
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas migration has many reasons, such as fleeing from poverty, economic recession, injustice, war, persecution, lack of jobs, prospects and income, changes in the environment, natural and man-made disasters, unstable social situations and political unrest, a desire for family unification and hope for a better future, and whereas very often those reasons are intertwined,
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the primary goal of EU policy should be to address the reasons for migration and find durable and sustainable solutions to the challenges that arise from migration with full respect to universal values of human dignity, freedom, equality and solidarity, the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Convention of Human Rights,
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission's recent efforts to find procedures for legal migration for non-asylum seekers and urges it to develop further instruments in this direction, taking into account that legal possibilities will also limit organised crime and human trafficking that makes a profit from the necessity for people to move; calls on the Commission to foster protection measures for vulnerable groups and persons (mainly women and children), who often become victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines the urgent need for consistent, comprehensive and comparable statistical data about the migrant population because the constant change and nature of current migration flows present a real challenge to policy- makers who need reliable data and information on which to base their decisions;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Asks for an open and thorough analysis of the EU’s visa policy as a whole to clarify its impact on refugees and asylum- seekers, revealing the pros and cons of the existing system with extensive sharing of information between Member States whilst fully respecting data protection; is of the opinion that where the Member States collaborate with private entities in the visa-issuing procedure, direct access to the Member States’ representations abroad should be maintained for refugee visa applicants;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission to develop a permanent monitoring system for all FRONTEX activities linked to managing migration flows; considers that the human rights dimension of FRONTEX operations must be integrated clearly throughout the text of the amended version of the FRONTEX Regulation, especially the right of a person to leave her/his country, the prohibition of refoulement and the right to seek asylum; stresses the need for improved solidarity among EU and all Member States, in particular the most vulnerable ones, for most efficient policy coordination and burden sharing.