2015/2316(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15

— having regard to the work and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) ~~and~~, including the Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights at International Borders and the Report on the Situation of Migrants in Transit,

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas migratory routes are extremely complex and can often occur within regions as well as between them and whereas international migration is on the rise, despite the global economic crisis; currently nearly 232 million people are considered to be international migrants;

Amendment 100 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Recalls that migrants should be treated as enjoying equal rights and that it must be possible to bring legal proceedings in the event of violations of their rights, which should give rise to penalties and/or compensation; is concerned about the absence of systems for monitoring and acting on violations of the rights of migrants;

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Calls on the EU to continue with concerted diplomatic efforts together with the US and other international partners to actively collaborate with third countries to address the urgent need for a common strategy towards the current global migration challenge;

Amendment 102 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Highlights the impact of ISIS and its evolution on the mass influx of legitimate asylum seekers and irregular migrants; acknowledges a crucial role for security and counter-terrorism policies in tackling root causes of migration;

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4d. Stresses the need to continue and reinforce the EU's support to countries in the EU's neighbourhood, which are hosting large numbers of refugees, namely Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Tunisia;

Amendment 104 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 e (new)

4e. Calls for a clear distinction between legitimate asylum seekers and irregular migrants in EU internal and external policies to achieve fair and swift procedures that either lead to effective integration or return in cases of unfounded applications; in this regard, it highlights the importance of 'safe third countries';

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 f (new)

4f. Stresses that agreements with third countries are to focus support in addressing the social, economic and political crisis that lead to migration, thereby encouraging a reduction in migratory flows towards the EU borders;

Amendment 106 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

~~5. Deplores the recourse to lists of safe countries which causes a threat to hang over the examination of individual applications for international protection;~~deleted

Amendment 107 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

~~5. Deplores the recourse to lists of safe countries which causes a threat to hang over the examination of individual applications for international protection;~~deleted

Amendment 108 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Deplores the recourse to~~Underlines that lists of safe countries ~~which causes a threat to hang over the examination of individual applications for international protec~~should not prevent individual assessments of asylum applications;

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Deplores the recourse to lists of safe countries which causes a threat to hang over the examination of individual applications for international protection; calls, irrespective of the circumstances, for migrants who need international protection to be identified and for their applications to be considered, while they should enjoy the appropriate guarantees with regard to non-refoulement and have access to a complaints procedure;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

~~B. whereas the rights set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and other international conventions are universal and indivisible;~~deleted

Amendment 110 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Deplor~~Notes the ~~recourse to lists of safe countries which causes a threat to hang over the examination of individual applications for international protection~~Commission proposal on the lists of safe countries ;

Amendment 111 #

5. ~~Deplores~~Stresses that in the recourse to lists of safe countries ~~which causes a threat to hang over the examina~~it is important that safe countries need to fulfil the criteria established by the Copenhagen European Council of 21-22 June 1993 relating to stability of institutions guaranteeing democracy, the rule of law, human rights and respect for and protection of min~~dividual applications for internation~~orities and on the basis of their laws, enforcement practices and general political conditions, so that it can be safely concluded that neither political p~~rot~~ersecution nor inhuman or degrading punishment or treatment exists;

Amendment 112 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Deplor~~Welcomes the recourse to lists of safe countries, which ~~causes a threat to hang over the examination of individual applications for~~will make it easier to identify individuals who require international protection;

Amendment 113 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Deplores~~Warns that the recourse to a lists of safe countries ~~which~~must not causes a threat to hang over the examination of individual applications for international protection;

Amendment 114 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Deplor~~Welcomes the recourse to lists of safe countries ~~which causes a threat to hang over the examination of individual applications for international protection~~;

Amendment 115 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Considers that undocumented migrants are most in need of international protection as their lack of any legal status or recognition makes them particularly susceptible to being abused, exploited and refused the most basic of human rights, and whereas this is a challenge which owing to their susceptibility must be addressed with full respect for human life and fundamental rights;

Amendment 116 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Welcomes a uniform approach to safe countries, but stresses that in absence of an exhaustive EU list of safe countries, Member States may also have national lists;

Amendment 117 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls attention to the specific types of violence to which women and young female migrants, and, moreover, the elderly and LGBTI people, are subjected;

Amendment 118 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls attention to the specific types of violence and the particular forms of persecution to which women and young female migrants are subjected; recalls the unprecedented and ever increasing number of men, women and children who are victims of gender-based violence and rape as a weapon of war;

Amendment 119 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls attention to the specific types of violence to which women and young female migrants are subjected; reiterates that children are entitled to special protection based on the best interests of the child;

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas migration is a factor benefiting demographic development;

Amendment 120 #

Liisa JAAKONSAARI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls attention to the specific types of violence to which women and ~~young female~~children migrants are subjected; like human trafficking, sexual abuse, forced marriage and slavery.

Amendment 121 #

6. ~~Calls attention to the specific type~~Recommends, bearing in mind the special situation of female migrants, that gender issues be incorporated into migration policies to prevent trafficking as well as all other forms of violence t~~o which~~argeting women and ~~young female migrants are subjected~~discrimination against them;

Amendment 122 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls attention to the specific types of violence to which women and young female migrants are subjected; stresses that gender-sensitive policies are necessary, and women´s needs in refugee camps should be taken into consideration;

Amendment 123 #

Cătălin Sorin IVAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls attention to the ~~specific types of violence to which~~traumatic experiences, based on physical and psychological violence, of women and young female migrants ~~are subjected;~~.

Amendment 124 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls attention to the specific types of violence to which children, women and young female migrants are subjected;

Amendment 125 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Recalls that women refugees and migrants are often subjected to multiple forms of discrimination and are more vulnerable to sexual and gender-based violence; recalls that unaccompanied women and girls, women heads of household, pregnant women, people with disabilities and the elderly are particularly vulnerable; stresses that girls fleeing conflict and persecution are at a heightened risk of forced marriage, early child-bearing, rape, sexual and physical abuse and prostitution, even when they have reached so-called 'safe' places;

Amendment 126 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls for the socio-legal arrangements applied to LGBTI migrants and asylum- seekers to be analysed and for the quality of judicial decisions to be subject to searching review by appeal bodies;

Amendment 127 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Denounces unequivocally the seriousness of what has been reported by many NGOs regarding the mass disappearance of unaccompanied minors during the long journeys; notes with concern that such minors are constantly falling into the hands of organised groups which exploit them economically and sexually; notes that, not uncommonly, they spend the rest of their lives as outright slaves or are used for trafficking in organs;

Amendment 128 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b.Urges UNICEF, the UNHCR and all competent bodies and international institutions to make every effort to monitor, identify and protect all unaccompanied minors, already at the stage when they are in the countries of origin of migratory movements or else in transit countries;

Amendment 129 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls for guarantees of quality regarding the information and legal assistance provided to migrants and asylum-seekers and communication with them;

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas migration is also a consequence of increasing globalisation and the interdependence of markets;

Amendment 130 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Recalls that criminal networks are taking advantage of the lack of safe ways of migrating, regional instability and conflicts and the vulnerability of women, girls and children trying to flee, in order to exploit them through trafficking and sexual exploitation;

Amendment 131 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Proposes that the time allowed to appeal against administrative decisions, in cases where applications for asylum or territorial protection have been rejected, should be at least 20 working days;

Amendment 132 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Calls attention to the specific types of violence and the particular forms of persecution to which LGBTI migrants are subjected;

Amendment 133 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Urges the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to take whatever practical steps are necessary in order to secure an effective commitment from the third countries involved;

Amendment 134 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6d. Calls on receiving countries to take into account the degree and nature of persecution that migrants, refugees, and asylum-seekers have suffered;

Amendment 135 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 e (new)

6e. Urges that better information about countries of origin be used for the purposes of judicial and administrative decision-taking;

Amendment 136 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 f (new)

6f. Points to the need to bear in mind that asylum-seekers have difficulties in resettling in their home country when another country has refused to admit them;

Amendment 137 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 g (new)

6g. Calls for European human rights instruments on migration in third countries to be improved in legislative terms, as regards judicial and administrative practices, and as regards support facilities;

Amendment 138 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 h (new)

6h. Points to the pressing need to provide special support as a matter of priority to unaccompanied children and minors and to ensure that they are registered and looked after;

Amendment 139 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 i (new)

6i. Points out that learning the language of their host country can significantly improve migrants’ quality of life and their economic and cultural independence and also help them to obtain information about their rights and obligations in the host society; considers that language learning must be organised by the education authorities in host countries and made compulsory for migrants;

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)

Bc. whereas as a result of global interdependence, migration is increasing and becoming more diverse;

Amendment 140 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 j (new)

6j. Recommends that host countries with a high proportion of migrants reorganise their social systems (education, health, justice, and the like) in order to cope with an increasingly diverse population;

Amendment 141 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 k (new)

6k. Points to the urgent need to stamp out casual work, in which migrants, and migrant women in particular, tend to be employed in host countries, adding to their vulnerability; notes that the above point also applies to child labour;

Amendment 142 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 l (new)

6l. Urges host countries to combat violence against migrant women with a view to empowering and emancipating them;

Amendment 143 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 m (new)

6m. Urges that gender equality be fully realised, de jure and de facto, as this is a key element in preventing violence against women in host countries;

Amendment 144 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 n (new)

6n. Points to the need to treat any type of violence against women as a form of persecution, not least sexual assault, female genital mutilation, forced marriage, domestic violence, honour crimes, and sexual discrimination; points to the need for host countries to prevent, investigate, and punish instances of violence against women and other genders;

Amendment 145 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 o (new)

6o. Calls for the social experts who deal with migrants, and migrant women in particular, to be specially trained in gender issues;

Amendment 146 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 p (new)

6p. Calls for specialist protection and assistance for women, pregnant women, children, minors and elderly people during their stay in reception camps;

Amendment 147 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 q (new)

6q. Points out that host states must help to empower migrants, especially migrant women, providing them with access to knowledge and the necessary social skills, above all those linked to professional and vocational training and language learning, as part of an approach geared to sociocultural inclusion;

Amendment 148 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 r (new)

6r. Calls on states to provide educational reception structures for children and minors so that migrant mothers and fathers can attend training courses and/or seek employment, which would also contribute to the social inclusion of children and minors;

Amendment 149 #

6s. Urges host countries not to allow mobility policies to prevent less-skilled migrants from entering those host countries;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)

Bd. whereas most developed countries have selective migration control policies;

Amendment 150 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 t (new)

6t. Proposes that cooperation protocols be drawn up between countries of origin and countries of destination in order to establish effective temporary migration schemes and thereby combat informal and parallel channels of employment;

Amendment 151 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 u (new)

6u. Highlights the need to overcome the increased obstacles to the inclusion and empowerment of migrant women in the host countries, often as a result of their lack of independent status in the countries and communities of origin;

Amendment 152 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 v (new)

6v. Calls on host countries to guarantee that women have access to training, skills and participation in the labour market in order to safeguard their fundamental rights;

Amendment 153 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 w (new)

6w. Draws attention to the need to recognise the qualifications obtained by migrants in their countries of origin as a means of facilitating their independence and social inclusion in various aspects of society;

Amendment 154 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Reiterates that economic, social and cultural rights, and in particular the rights to health and education, are fundamental rights which ~~migrant~~refugees should be able to enjoy in the same way as nationals of the country concerned; is concerned over breaches in labour law with reference to migrants which may lead to their exploitation;

Amendment 155 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Reiterates that ~~economic, social and cultural rights, and in particular~~ the rights to health and education, are fundamental rights which migrants should be able to enjoy in the same way as nationals of the country concerned; ~~is concerned over breaches in labour law with reference to migrants;~~

Amendment 156 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Reiterates that economic, social and cultural rights, and in particular the rights to health ~~and~~, education and housing, are fundamental rights which migrants should be able to enjoy in the same way as nationals of the host countr~~y concerned~~ies, and it is crucial to inform migrants about these rights; is concerned over breaches in labour law with reference to migrants;

Amendment 157 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Reiterates that economic, social and cultural rights, and in particular the rights to housing, health and education, are fundamental rights which migrants should be able to enjoy in the same way as nationals of the country concerned and regardless of their migration status; in this regard, insists on the importance of developing "firewalls" between immigration enforcement and public services; is concerned over breaches in labour law and labour exploitation with reference to migrants;

Amendment 158 #

Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Cristian Dan PREDA, Andrzej GRZYB

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Reiterates that economic~~, social and cultur~~ and social rights, and in particular the rights to health and education~~, are fundamental rights which migrants should be able to enjoy in the same way as nationals of the country concerned; is concerned over breaches in labour law with reference to migrants~~ in the sense of Directive 2013/33/EU of the European Parliament and the Council of 26 June 2013, are rights which migrants should be able to enjoy; calls for policies that allow states to enact and implement effective national policies of activation and integration;

Amendment 159 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Reiterates that economic, social and cultural rights, and in particular the rights to health and education, are fundamental rights which migrants should be able to enjoy in the same way as nationals of the country concerned; is concerned over breaches in labour law with reference to migrants; acknowledges that education, working opportunities and family reunification represent important elements of the integration process;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B e (new)

Be. whereas the different factors involved in migration prefigure its effects and make it essential to frame appropriate policies;

Amendment 160 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Underlines the necessity to recognize the right of all migrants, including those in an irregular situation, to form and join organizations, including trade unions, and recognize these structures;

Amendment 161 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Points out that cultural, language and economic differences may make it difficult to access healthcare, and it is therefore necessary to invest in training for health professionals and in interpretation and cultural mediation services in order to provide an adequate response;

Amendment 162 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Expresses its concern about the discriminatory practices to which certain sociocultural, linguistic and religious minorities are sometimes exposed, which contribute to migrants' unequal access to rights;

Amendment 163 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Calls on host countries to safeguard migrant women’s right of access to sexual and reproductive health;

Amendment 164 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Encourages the implementation by business enterprises of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, in order to avoid causing, or contributing to, adverse human rights impacts through their own activities, and to address any such an impact when it occurs, and seek to prevent or mitigate any adverse human rights impact that is directly linked to their operations;

Amendment 165 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b.Stresses the need to combat all forms of forced labour by migrants; denounces in particular those which affect children and condemns all forms of exploitation of them;

Amendment 166 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7c. Recommends that host states promote practical measures to involve migrants in political and social decision-making processes in order to make them active citizens and foster inclusion; recommends that such efforts should be redoubled in the case of migrant women, who are for the most part underrepresented;

Amendment 167 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7c. Expresses its concern about the impunity enjoyed by many employers in receiving countries even where they are responsible for breaches of many principles of labour law in their treatment of migrant workers; recalls that exploitation through work is often a consequence of trafficking but that it may also occur in the absence thereof; believes that any effort to eradicate labour exploitation must take the dual approach of effectively prosecuting abusive employers while protecting the victims of such exploitation;

Amendment 168 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 d (new)

7d. Recalls in this connection that everybody is entitled to safe and fair working conditions which fully respect the rights of workers in accordance with international standards and instruments relating to human rights and the relevant ILO conventions;

Amendment 169 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 d (new)

7d. Calls for the right to housing as a platform enabling access to the labour market, leisure and other possibilities for social integration;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B f (new)

Bf. whereas changes in migration flows, especially in times of crisis, entail far- reaching economic, social, and political impacts for migrants’ countries of origin and for their countries of destination;

Amendment 170 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 e (new)

7e. Draws attention to the need to avoid creating separate districts for migrants, promoting inclusion and the opportunity to make use of all the social opportunities offered;

Amendment 171 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 f (new)

7f. Calls for access to protected or publicly owned housing in line with the characteristics and incomes of migrant families, avoiding the use of privately rented properties;

Amendment 172 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 g (new)

7g. Suggests that migrants and refugees should be involved in the process of choosing housing and area of residence;

Amendment 173 #

Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Andrzej GRZYB, Cristian Dan PREDA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 h (new)

7h. Calls for tax benefits to be introduced for families whose per capita income is lower than the minimum wage in the host country, lasting for at least 18 months, which generally corresponds to the period required for resettlement;

Amendment 174 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

~~8. Considers that freedom of movement and the right to work make migrants self- sufficient and help further their integration, as does the right to a family life and family reunification;~~deleted

Amendment 175 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Considers that ~~freedom of movement and the right to work make migrants~~the possibility to work improves the chance of self- sufficientcy and ~~help further their integration~~integration of refugees, as does the right to a family life ~~and family reunification~~;

Amendment 176 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

Amendment 177 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

Amendment 178 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Considers that freedom of movement and the right to work make ~~migrant~~refugees self- sufficient and help further their integration, as does the right to a family life and family reunification;

Amendment 179 #

Cătălin Sorin IVAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Considers that freedom of movement and the right to work ~~mak~~enable migrants ~~self- sufficient and help~~to further their integration process, as does the right to a family life and family reunification;

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B g (new)

Bg. whereas there have to be effective ways of monitoring, and checking on, the entry and exit of foreign nationals, together with analyses and projections of the impact of migration, in order to provide the necessary basis for drawing up any form of migration management policies;

Amendment 180 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Considers that freedom of movement and the right to work make migrants self- sufficient and help further their integration, as does the right to a family life and family reunification; notes that for this to happen it has to be underpinned by three pillars: a rigorous assessment of the labour market and its future potential, better protection of migrant workers´ human rights, fundamental rights and labour rights, and constant dialogue with labour market stakeholders;

Amendment 181 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Stresses the importance of upholding the right of migrants, regardless of their status, to seek access to justice and to an effective remedy without fear of being denounced to immigration enforcement authorities, detained and deported;

Amendment 182 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Considers that all workers should receive a contract in a language they understand, and that they are protected against contract substitution; emphasises that bilateral agreements between countries of origin and destination should strengthen human rights protection, and include a model contract which sets out the rights of the worker, including working conditions and salary;

Amendment 183 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Recalls that the right to education is a fundamental right and that migrant and refugee children must have access to it;

Amendment 184 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Considers important to establish coherent and comprehensive gender- sensitive national migration policies addressing all stages of the migration process, coordinated across government and developed in widespread consultation with national human rights institutions, the private sector, employers' and workers' organizations, civil society and migrants themselves, and with the support of international organizations;

Amendment 185 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

~~9. Reiterates that the children of migrants and refugees are entitled to special protection based on the best interests of the child, and is concerned about difficulties in registering their birth;~~deleted

Amendment 186 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

Amendment 187 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. ~~Reiterates that the children of migrants and refugees are entitled to special protection based on the best interests of the child, and is concerned~~Expresses its concern at the numerous reports and testimonies highlighting the increase in violence against migrant children, including torture and detention; recalls that migrant children are particularly vulnerable, particularly when they are unaccompanied, and that they are entitled to special protection based on the best interests of the child; calls for them to be protected in accordance with the rules of international law; is concerned in particular about difficulties in registering their birth; , which promote statelessness;

Amendment 188 #

Urmas PAET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Reiterates that the children of migrants and refugees are entitled to special protection based on the best interests of the child, and is concerned about difficulties in registering their birth; considers it essential to protect and safeguard the health of refugees' children;

Amendment 189 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Reiterates that the children of migrants and refugees are entitled to special protection based on the best interests of the child, and is concerned about difficulties in registering their birth; is particularly concerned about the nationality of children born to refugee mothers outside their country of origin, who risk being considered stateless children;

Amendment 19 #

Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Andrzej GRZYB, Cristian Dan PREDA

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the factors behind migration are becoming more diverse; whereas the differences both between migrants and refugees and between countries of departure, transit and origin are changing and gradually becoming less marked;deleted

Amendment 190 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Reiterates that the children of migrants and refugees are entitled to special protection based on the best interests of the child~~, and is concerned about difficulties in registering their birth~~; notes that prevention of children's migration needs to be based on increasing protection capacities in non-EU countries in order to create a safe environment for children to grow up in their countries of origin; stresses the importance of integrating the issue of unaccompanied minors into development cooperation to prevent risks of violence, abuse, exploitation and neglect of children; emphasizes the importance of financing protection programmes in non-EU countries, including education facilities and medical care and expresses concern regarding the difficulties encountered for the registration of children born in countries along the migration routes;

Amendment 191 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

Amendment 192 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Highlights the necessity to work towards the elimination of child labour, particularly in the case of migrant children; considers that migrant children should have access to education on the basis of equal treatment with nationals, and they are registered upon birth, regardless of the migration status of the parents;

Amendment 193 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Urges states to develop social inclusion programmes for migrant children and young people, involving cultural and sporting activities, leisure activities and holiday camps, with a view to providing equal opportunities, social cohesion and contact with young people from the host country;

Amendment 194 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Urges governments also to take measures designed to boost the fight against racism, discrimination, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance, including religious intolerance, and to adopt programmes to improve the way their population views migrants; recommends therefore that countries design and implement communication and awareness-raising campaigns on the opportunities migration and migrants can bring to society in both the countries of origin and host countries;

Amendment 195 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Is concerned about early or forced marriage practices to which migrant children fall victim, including to ensure the survival of family members;

Amendment 196 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Expresses concern at the recruitment of children into armed groups, and stresses the need to promote policies for their disarmament, rehabilitation and reintegration;

Amendment 197 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on all warring parties to cease their attacks on civilians, to protect them and allow them to leave areas affected by violence safely; including the establishment of humanitarian corridors;

Amendment 198 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. ~~Calls on~~Urges all warring parties to cease their attacks on civilians, to protect them and allow them to leave areas affected by violence safely or receive assistance from humanitarian organisations;

Amendment 199 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Points out that resettlement under the auspices of UNHCR is a well-established humanitarian programme and useful tool for managing the orderly reception of persons in need of international protection in countries around the world; emphasises that, if resettlement is impossible for third-country nationals, all States should be encouraged to establish and implement humanitarian admission programmes;

Amendment 2 #

Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Cristian Dan PREDA, Andrzej GRZYB

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)

- having regard to the Dhaka Principles for Migration with Dignity1a, _________________ 1aas launched by the Institute for Human Rights and Business in December 2012, available under the link http://www.dhaka-principles.org/

Amendment 20 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the factors behind migration are ~~becoming more diverse; whereas the differences both between migrants and refugees and between countries of departure, transit and origin are changing and gradually becoming less marked~~diverse; forced displacement from state fragility, demographic, economic and environmental trends, conflicts and religious persecutions are amongst the main root causes of migration;

Amendment 200 #

Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Andrzej GRZYB, Cristian Dan PREDA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10b. Points out that humanitarian visas can give persons in need of international protection the option of entering a third country to seek asylum there;

Amendment 201 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

~~11. Notes that land and resource grabbing policies cause social, political and humanitarian crises that drive people into exile;~~deleted

Amendment 202 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Notes that land and resource grabbing policies cause social, political and humanitarian crises that may drive people into ~~exile~~displacements;

Amendment 203 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Recalls that the European Union and its Member States have a duty to refrain from any political, military or economic practice which could give rise to or be conducive to such consequences; recalls in particular the duty to ensure that such practices are not engaged in by non-state entities of a commercial character which are operating directly or indirectly within one or more Member States;

Amendment 204 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Calls for a commitment to creating the necessary conditions to enable refugees to remain close to their country of origin, strengthening partnerships with neighbouring states providing temporary protection and with the main transit countries, guaranteeing funding for the UNHCR, the World Food Programme and other competent bodies, stepping up the fight against traffickers and increasing the level of diplomatic intervention in the main crises;

Amendment 205 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Stresses that migrant smuggling is linked to human trafficking and is a serious violation of human rights; points out that missions such as EURONAVFOR MED are an effective way of tackling migrant smuggling; calls on the EU to continue and step up missions of this kind;

Amendment 206 #

11b. Points out that practical support from specialist teams or agencies from the European Union, UNHCR, International Organisation for Migration, Red Cross, African Union and other institutions is essential in managing migration, particularly in the most affected states, and in helping to receive, identify and register migrants, this being the only way of safeguarding the future of people who lack protection and at the same time combating people traffickers, identifying suspects and assisting with investigations in partnership with the national authorities;

Amendment 207 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)

11b.Recalls that the European Union and its Member States have a duty to take positive action to eliminate the underlying causes of the crises which lead to these mass migration phenomena;

Amendment 208 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)

11c. Highlights the need to guarantee support for and the smooth functioning of the World Food Programme, the Red Cross, the World Health Organisation and other partners, with a view to anticipating and preventing inadequacies and interruptions in the food supply chain and the provision of healthcare for migrants in transit and host countries and in reception centres;

Amendment 209 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Recalls that migration and development are linked and that fighting poverty, inequality and corruption is a key factor in preventing forced migration; considers that migration is recognised globally as being a powerful tool for development and the current political, economic and social situation constitutes a unique opportunity to turn migration into a key factor in sustainable and inclusive development;

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the distinction between migrants and refugees is an artificial one and whereas migration for economic reasons is very often enforced;

Amendment 210 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Recalls that migration and development are linked and that the fight~~ing~~ against poverty, inequality, the consequences of climate change and corruption is a key factor in preventing forced migration;

Amendment 211 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Recalls that migration and development are linked and that fighting poverty, inequality and corruption is a key factor in preventing forced migration; notes that land and resource grabbing has important impact on humanitarian crises and notes that social, political and humanitarian crises drive people to migrate ; notes that development cooperation in the field of poverty reduction, education, health, labour policy, human rights and democratisation and post-conflict reconstruction is a key instrument to prevent migration;

Amendment 212 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Urges that migration should be included in economic policy, since emigration can make a positive contribution to development in immigrants’ country of origin;

Amendment 213 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Stresses the need to distinguish economic migrants from refugees who are fleeing a conflict zone or persecution and therefore have the right to asylum;

Amendment 214 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Acknowledges that the majority of refugees fleeing conflict and persecution seek refuge in neighbouring countries and regions; believes that in many cases the best solution for those refugees as well as their countries of origin is to find temporary shelter in the neighbourhood, and for them to return when the situation at home improves; demands a maximum effort by the EU, its Member States and international partners to sufficiently fund the organizations involved in providing shelter, such as UNHCR, WFP, but also NGOs, so that refugees do not feel obliged to move on elsewhere due to inhumane circumstances and lack of perspective;

Amendment 215 #

Liisa JAAKONSAARI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Recalls that migration and climate change are linked and implementation of anti-climate change measures is an important part to addresses the root causes of migration.

Amendment 216 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12b. Urges all actors involved in policy development and decision making regarding asylum and migration to not allow a merging of the definitions of migrants and refugees as this undermines popular support in reception countries for the provision of shelter for those who really flee armed conflict and persecution;

Amendment 217 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12b. Stresses that development strategies should recognise migration and mobility as motors for development in both the host country and the country of origin, through remittances and investments;

Amendment 218 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)

12c. Calls for a programme to be set up between the European Union and host countries aimed at resolving the problems that growing urbanisation and migration pose for cities and urban regions;

Amendment 219 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)

12d. Underlines that it is important for migration governance to be based on regional and local cooperation, with the involvement of civil society;

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the distinction between refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants, whatever the reasons for migration, is not always easy to make and whereas political and economic motives are increasingly frequently involved; whereas, moreover, such a distinction does not always make sense in countries which at present, with rare exceptions, do not have the legal instruments corresponding to these differences in status;

Amendment 220 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 e (new)

12e. Suggests that host countries introduce a policy of tax benefits for small firms, flexible administrative procedures, infrastructure facilities and opportunities for small-scale migrant investors, particularly women entrepreneurs;

Amendment 221 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 f (new)

12f. Suggests creating reintegration programmes for migrants returning to their country of origin;

Amendment 222 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 g (new)

12g. Urges host countries to promote the importance of migrant associations, which should be directly involved in community development programmes;

Amendment 223 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 h (new)

12h. Highlights the need for more effective coordination and for an assessment of the implementation, impact and hence continuity of the various financial instruments available at European Union level for third countries in the field of migration, which are currently spread across areas such as migration policy, international development cooperation, external policy, the neighbourhood policy and humanitarian support, and which mobilised more than EUR 1 billion for more than 400 projects between 2004 and 2014;

Amendment 224 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 i (new)

12i. Highlights the importance of increased European Union involvement with third countries in the field of Global Approach to Migration and Mobility (GAMM) instruments in order to enhance the partnership nature of these instruments, their efficiency and their contribution to migratory challenges;

Amendment 225 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 j (new)

12j. Considers it advisable for European Union financial assistance to third countries to be dependent on progress made towards improving migrants’ living conditions and their inclusion in society;

Amendment 226 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 a (new)

Highlights the impact of immigration on demographic and economic development;

Amendment 227 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Reminds states to ratify all human rights treaties and conventions, and particularly the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families; in this regard, considers that the non- ratification of this core UN human rights convention by the EU Member States undermines the credibility of the EU's human rights policy and its stated commitment to the indivisibility of rights;

Amendment 228 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Reminds ~~stat~~all countries to ratify ~~all~~the human rights treaties and conventions~~, and particularly the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families~~;

Amendment 229 #

Therese COMODINI CACHIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Reminds states to ratify all human rights treaties and conventions~~, and particularly~~ as international human rights standards applicable to migrants may be found in a variety of legal instruments including both general treaties establishing fundamental human rights, and more special texts addressing specific issues relevant to migration such as the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families ;

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas the refugee-economic migrant dichotomy is now inaccurate and whereas we are having to deal with ‘mixed flows’ comprising several categories of migrants, each with their own particular reasons and protection needs;

Amendment 230 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Reminds states to ratify all human rights treaties and conventions~~, and particularly the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families~~;

Amendment 231 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. ~~Reminds~~Calls on states to ratify all human rights treaties and conventions, and particularly the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families;

Amendment 232 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Reminds states to ratify all international human rights treaties and conventions, and particularly the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, and the 1951 UN Refugee Convention and its Protocols;

Amendment 233 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls on the EU and the most highly developed third countries to work together to open up legal channels for migration, drawing inspiration from the innovative practices employed in certain countries, in particular in order to foster the reunification of families and mobility, including for economic reasons, and to do so at all levels of government; points out that, according to many international organisations and NGOs, the opening-up of legal channels is the best way to prevent human trafficking;

Amendment 234 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13b. Deplores the fact that humanitarian aid sent to the countries neighbouring Syria has been reduced, which has led the UNHCR to cut back food rations for refugees; calls on the EU and its Member States to be more generous towards these countries and to focus the provision of aid to refugees in third countries on basic foodstuffs, the safety of refugees and the enforcement of their fundamental rights, in particular access to healthcare and education;

Amendment 235 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Welcomes the specific provisions concerning migrants, asylum seekers and displaced and stateless persons in the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) for 2014-2020; calls on the Commission to treat the protection and promotion of migrants’ rights as a new priority in the mid-term review of the human rights instrument in 2017-2018; calls on the EEAS and the Member States to honour their commitments under the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy adopted in July 2015 and to include and reinforce the human rights guarantees in all migration-related agreements, processes and programmes with third countries; stresses that all agreements and programmes should be accompanied by an independent human rights evaluation wherever possible and should be evaluated on a regular basis;

Amendment 236 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Stresses the importance of the EU Readmission policy to safeguard the human rights of the returnees, including the monitoring of the situation of returned persons in third countries;

Amendment 237 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Asks that staff working for asylum authorities and reception centres, and other staff who come into contact with people seeking international protection, should receive appropriate training so that they can give due regard to the general and personal circumstances involved in applications to enter a country;

Amendment 238 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. ~~Calls on the European Union to establish~~Welcomes the existing guidelines, impact studies, ~~and~~ development and migration policy monitoring mechanisms ~~in order to~~, and underlines the importance of mainstreaming respect for human rights ~~better into its external policy~~in all policies that relate to migration in the EU's external relation with special regards to foreign affairs, development and humanitarian aid;

Amendment 239 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls on the European Union to establish guidelines, impact studies, and development and migration policy monitoring mechanisms in order to mainstream respect for human rights better into its external policy;

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)

Cc. whereas the authorities in transit and destination countries, and also in reception centres, must be properly trained and prepared to treat migrants and asylum-seekers flexibly, according to their individual circumstances;

Amendment 240 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. CRecalls on the European Union to establish guidelines, impact studies, and development and migration policy monitoring mechanisms in order to mainstream respect for human rights better into its external policy; the need for the EU’s external policies to be consistent with each other and with other policies that have an external dimension, in particular policies on business, respect for human rights, development, the environment and migration, and to pursue the objectives set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union; invites the European Union to establish guidelines, impact studies, and development and migration policy monitoring mechanisms;

Amendment 241 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Considers necessary to improve the coherence of the Global Approach to Migration and Mobility, integrate rigorous human rights, monitoring and oversight mechanisms into all external agreements and prioritize projects in countries of origin and transit that will improve the human rights of migrants;

Amendment 242 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Wishes to see the rights of migrants and refugees included as a separate item on the agenda of ~~all and any~~ dialogue with the relevant third countries, and for funding to protect people in vulnerable situations, NGOs, human rights defenders, journalists and lawyers active in defence of migrants’ rights to be made a priority;

Amendment 243 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Wishes to see the rights of migrants and refugees and the readmission of migrants included as a separate item on the agenda of all and any dialogue with third countries~~, and for funding to protect people in vulnerable situations, NGOs, human rights defenders, journalists and lawyers active in defence of migrants’ rights to be made a priority~~;

Amendment 244 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Emphasises the necessity to strengthen cooperation with third countries in the prevention and fight against smuggling of migrants and human trafficking, by reinforcing training, capacity building actions and information sharing mechanisms, including an evaluation of the impact of ILOs networks and the cooperation they establish with third countries, by promoting cooperation on criminal matters and by encouraging ratification of the Palermo Protocols in this field;

Amendment 245 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Encourages close cooperation on the protection of migrants’ human rights with international organisations, in particular the Council of Europe, the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants;

Amendment 246 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Calls for independent observers and national or international NGOs and humanitarian aid organisations to be authorised to enter refugee camps and support migrants;

Amendment 247 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16b. Takes the view that systematic half- yearly reports should be drawn up at European level on legislative, judicial and administrative procedures in host countries in order to safeguard inclusion and respect for human rights;

Amendment 248 #

Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Andrzej GRZYB, Cristian Dan PREDA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)

16c. Calls for host countries to provide regular information on reception centres and takes the view that the media should be permitted to enter reception centres in order to guarantee transparent information for the public;

Amendment 249 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas in 2015 most migrants came from Asia (104 million) and whereas that continent added more international migrants between 2010 and 2015 than all the others; whereas 62 million international migrants are European and only 34 million are African, which places migrants from that continent in fourth place, and whereas 87% of that migration takes place within the continent of Africa;

Amendment 250 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

Amendment 251 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Regrets the failure to involve the European Parliament in the setting up of a cross-cutting approach to human rights in migration policies; regrets the lack of parliamentary oversight of the outside activities of the EU’s Frontex Agency; calls for better account to be taken of the expert reports drawn up and the data collected by the European Asylum Support Office on refugees’ country of origin when this cross-cutting approach is set up;

Amendment 252 #

17. ~~Regrets the failure to involve the European Parliament~~Urges that the European Parliament should be more closely involved in the setting up of a cross-cutting approach to human rights in migration policies; ~~regrets the lack of parliamentary oversight~~calls for regular reports to be published ofn the o~~utside~~verall activities of the EU’s Frontex Agency;

Amendment 253 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Regrets the failure to involve the European Parliament in the setting up of a cross-cutting approach to human rights in migration policies; regrets the lack of parliamentary oversight of the ~~outside~~working arrangements concluded with third countries and other external cooperation activities of the EU’s Frontex Agency;

Amendment 254 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. ~~Regrets the failure to involve~~Calls for the European Parliament to be involved in the setting up of a cross-cutting approach to human rights in migration policies; ~~regrets the lack of~~calls for parliamentary ~~oversight~~monitoring of the outside activities of the EU’s Frontex Agency;

Amendment 255 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Asks that those responsible for managing Europe’s external borders should not confine or criminalise migrants and refugees in reception camps because of flaws in the management of those same borders;

Amendment 256 #

Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Andrzej GRZYB, Cristian Dan PREDA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Considers it necessary to reflect on the strengthening of border policy and security and on how to improve the future role of Frontex and EASO; calls for solidarity and commitment to be shown by making sufficient contributions to these agencies' budgets and operations;

Amendment 257 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)

17b. Stresses the importance of a continuous consultation process that involves civil society so as to enhance the effectiveness of measures taken by the EU in its relation with third countries and to address the root causes of migration and the migratory flows; Stresses that transparency in the EU's relations with third countries is enhanced through consultation with civil society; stresses the need for readmission agreements concluded with third countries to contain safeguard clauses that ensure that migrants returning to their country do not face violations of their human rights or persecution; recognises the importance of periodic evaluations of readmission agreements and of excluding readmission agreements with countries that fail to abide with international standards of human rights;

Amendment 258 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Stresses the importance of ~~consulting~~acknowledging the contribution made by civil society in all the EU’s external policies relating to migration ~~and calls for migrants to be involved in this~~;

Amendment 259 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Stresses the importance of consulting civil society in ~~all~~the framework of the EU’s external policies relating to migration ~~and calls for migrants to be involved in this~~;

Amendment 26 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. Whereas Europe has historically been both a region of destination but also of origin of migration; whereas in addition to contemporary expatriate migration by upper social classes, Europeans have also migrated abroad due to economic hardship, conflict or political persecution; whereas the on-going economic and financial crisis has led numerous Europeans to emigrate, including to emerging economies from the Global South;

Amendment 260 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Stresses the importance of consulting civil society in all the EU’s external policies ~~relating to migration and calls for migrants to be involved in thi~~from political dialogue through the association agreements with special regard to full participation, transparency and proper information dissemination on migration related policies and processes;

Amendment 261 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Stresses the importance of consulting civil society in all the EU’s external policies relating to migration and calls for migrants to be involved in this; points out that the Beijing Platform for Action highlighted the need to increase the involvement of women in conflict resolution at decision-making levels and the need for refugee, displaced and migrant women to be appropriately involved in decisions that affect them; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to build up the capacity of the national human rights institutions in third countries so that they can step up their efforts to protect the rights of migrants and combat inhuman and degrading treatment and hate speech and hate crimes directed against migrants, as set out in the Belgrade Declaration adopted by the 32 national human rights ombudsmen and institutions;

Amendment 262 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Stresses the importance of consulting civil society in ~~all~~ the EU’s external policies relating to migration and calls for migrants to be involved in this;

Amendment 263 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Recommends that civil society organisations, including migrant organisations, should be consulted on the drawing-up, implementation and assessment of inclusion policies at local, regional, national and European level;

Amendment 264 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18b. Urges European undertakings operating in third countries to respect human rights scrupulously, particularly as regards the rights of migrants;

Amendment 265 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18b. Deplores the fact that the EU and its Member States are sending more and more support, in particular financial and logistic support, to third countries’ border control services, including those of countries that do not uphold migrants’ rights;

Amendment 266 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)

18c. Recommends that third countries that fail to respect human rights and the rights of migrants should be penalised in their trade relations with Europe;

Amendment 267 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)

18d. Calls for migrants’ dignity to be respected and their fundamental and human rights upheld, whatever their legal status;

Amendment 268 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls for Member States to honour their pledge to earmark 0.7 % of their gross national income (GNI) to development aid; calls for this aid never to be made conditional upon cooperation on migration matters; recognising that migrants' remittances may be important contributors to family and community development, calls on States to minimise remittance-sending costs.

Amendment 269 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls for Member States to honour their pledge to earmark 0.7 % of their gross national income (GNI) to development aid; ~~calls for this aid never to be made conditional upon cooperation on migration matters;~~

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas more and more migrants are women and children, as is an even higher proportion of refugees; whereas migrants and refugees increasingly include graduates and whereas the 'brain drain' was already estimated at 59 million in 2010; whereas Asia is the continent most affected, but Africa suffers the most because only 4% of its population consists of graduates and 31% of them migrate 1 a; _________________ 1a UN International Migration Report 2015, available under http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/p opulation/migration/publications/migratio nreport/docs/MigrationReport2015_Highl ights.pdf

Amendment 270 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls for Member States to honour their pledge to earmark 0.7 % of their gross national income (GNI) to development aid; ~~calls for~~stresses that this aid ~~never to~~could be made conditional upon cooperation on migration matters;

Amendment 271 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

Amendment 272 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls for Member States to honour their pledge to earmark at least 0.7 % of their gross national income (GNI) to development aid; ~~calls for this aid never to be made conditional upon cooperation on migration matters;~~

Amendment 273 #

Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Andrzej GRZYB, Cristian Dan PREDA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Calls on the EU and its Member States not to make funding for the reception of refugees part of development aid, even if the refugees are being catered for in their own country;

Amendment 274 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

~~20. Calls for an appraisal of the Rabat Process, the Khartoum Process and the EU’s border externalisation policies;~~deleted

Amendment 275 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

~~20. Calls for an appraisal of the Rabat Process, the Khartoum Process and the EU’s border externalisation policies;~~deleted

Amendment 276 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls for an appraisal of the Rabat Process, the Khartoum Process ~~and the EU’s border externalisation policie~~, the EU’s border externalisation policies and the current cooperation in the area of migration with the countries concerned, including with Turkey, and for the possible implications for migrants’ rights to be highlighted; expresses serious concern at the rapidly growing number of reports that the human rights of refugees from Syria are being violated (deportation, arbitrary detention, lack of legal status); stresses that the humanitarian aid made available to Lebanon and Jordan should be increased to match the number of refugees these two countries have taken in expressed as a proportion of their own populations; stresses that all funding should be subject to regular checks and made conditional on the beneficiary upholding human rights;

Amendment 277 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls for an appraisal of the Rabat Process, and the Khartoum Process ~~and the EU’s border externalisation policies~~;

Amendment 278 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Calls for assessment and monitoring of the use made of the EUR 1.8 billion special emergency fund for Africa and the EUR 6 billion pledged under the EU- Turkey agreement;

Amendment 279 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Calls for the development of an approach to security that promotes safe routes out of areas of conflict;

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)

Dc. whereas profits from trafficking in human beings were already estimated at USD 32 billion in 2005, whereas they concerned more than 2.5 million people and whereas this trafficking has become the third most prevalent form of trafficking, exceeded only by trafficking in drugs and arms;

Amendment 280 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Underlines the need of an improvement of the functioning of 'hot spots' and entry points at the EU's external borders

Amendment 281 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)

20b. Stresses that cooperation with third countries on migration should involve an assessment of those countries’ systems for helping migrants and asylum seekers, the support they give refugees and their ability and willingness to tackle human trafficking and smuggling; calls on the EU and its Member States to liaise more closely with countries such as Canada, which are implementing effective resettlement policies; condemns any resettlement policy that undermines development aid policies;

Amendment 282 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)

20c. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to present detailed and specific plans for each country in an effort to improve access to justice and healthcare for migrants in third countries, promote alternatives to the use of detention for migrants in third countries and integrate them into national human rights strategies;

Amendment 283 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 d (new)

20d. stresses the need for the EU and its Member States to support the LDCs in the context of the fight against climate change, in order to prevent a worsening of poverty in those countries and an increase in the number of environmentally displaced persons;

Amendment 284 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 e (new)

20e. Calls on the Commission and the Member States only to consider return policies which involve sending migrants back to countries where they can be received safely, in a manner entirely consistent with their fundamental and procedural rights, and, in that connection, calls for priority to be given to voluntary, not forced, returns;

Amendment 285 #

Liisa JAAKONSAARI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls for actions to targeting smuggling networks and stop the trafficking in human beings; calls for safe legal access routes to be developed for migrants and asylum seekers, for resettlement programmes to be stepped up, humanitarian visas granted and visas, including airport transit visas, to be suspended for people fleeing conflict zones;

Amendment 286 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls for safe legal access routes to be developed for migrants and asylum seekers, for resettlement programmes to be stepped up, humanitarian visas granted and visas, including airport transit visas, to be suspended for people fleeing conflict zones and for regular channels for labour migration, including for low-wage sectors, to be established;

Amendment 287 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls for safe legal access routes to be developed for migrants and asylum seekers, for resettlement programmes to be stepped up, humanitarian visas granted and visas~~, including airport transit visas, to be suspended for people fleeing conflict zones~~;

Amendment 288 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls for safe and legal ~~access~~ routes to be ~~developed for migrants and asylum seekers, f~~established for people seeking international protection; calls for permanent and mandatory resettlement programmes to be stepped up, and humanitarian visas granted ~~and visas, including airport transit visas, to be suspended for people fleeing conflict zones~~;

Amendment 289 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls for safe legal access routes to be developed for migrants and asylum seekers, for ~~resettlement programmes to be stepped up,~~ humanitarian visas to be granted and visas, including airport transit visas, to be suspended for people fleeing conflict zones;

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas conflicts and ~~worldwide~~ instability in some regions have caused a humanitarian crisis affecting 60 million displaced people, especially in the developing countries;

Amendment 290 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls for safe legal access routes to be developed for ~~migrant~~refugees and asylum seekers, for resettlement programmes to be stepped up, humanitarian visas granted and visas, including airport transit visas, to be suspended for people fleeing conflict zones;

Amendment 291 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls for safe legal access routes to be developed for ~~migrant~~refugees and asylum seekers, for resettlement programmes to be ~~stepped up~~launched, humanitarian visas ~~granted and visas, including airport transit visas, to be suspended for people flee~~to be made possible for people who are in clear danger ing conflict zones;

Amendment 292 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls for safe legal access routes to be developed for migrants and asylum seekers, for resettlement programmes to be stepped up, humanitarian visas granted and visas, including airport transit visas, to be suspended for people fleeing conflict zonesresettlement programmes to be set up once a systematic push-back policy is in place and the EU's external borders are well protected again;

Amendment 293 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Calls on the European Union to fund in third countries arrangements for protecting and looking after vulnerable persons, in particular with a view to ensuring that children and their families are protected throughout their journeys as migrants, which should involve the setting aside of special areas for children, the provision of psychological support, efforts to determine family links and the grouping together of children who are unaccompanied or separated from their families;

Amendment 294 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Calls for swift processing in collaboration with third countries of transit and origin and of return for those who do not qualify for asylum and protection in the EU;

Amendment 295 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Insists on the need to create and better implement protection frameworks for migrants in distress and in transit and at borders of the EU;

Amendment 296 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Stresses the need for a holistic and consistent approach to the challenges of irregular migration, with human rights fully respected;

Amendment 297 #

Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Andrzej GRZYB, Cristian Dan PREDA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)

21b. Fears that the EU’s external cooperation programmes with certain third countries may lead to the criminalisation, or further criminalisation, of migration if policies designed to protect migrants’ rights and open up legal, safe migration channels are not implemented properly, so that every individual enjoys the right to leave any country, including his or her own:

Amendment 298 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)

21b. Welcomes operations against smugglers and traffickers and supports the reinforcement of the management of the Union's external borders; underlines the necessity for rapid action and long- term comprehensive and concrete roadmap that involves the cooperation of third countries for addressing organised criminal networks of migrant smugglers;

Amendment 299 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

~~22. Calls on the European Union to integrate data protection into agreements on sharing and exchanging information at borders and on migration routes;~~deleted

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)

- having regard to Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union,

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas conflicts and worldwide instability have caused a humanitarian crisis affecting 60 million refugees and displaced people, especially in the developing countries;

Amendment 300 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Calls on the European Union to integrate data protection into agreements on sharing and exchanging information at borders and on migration routes, including by establishing ‘firewalls’ between the authorities responsible for managing immigration and all other public services, including law enforcement agencies, so that immigration services do not appear to be the accomplices of law enforcement and can carry out their task with the trust of all the persons they are required to serve;

Amendment 301 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Calls on the European Union and host countries to create effective tools for the coordination and alignment of information flows and the compilation, cross-referencing and analysis of data;

Amendment 302 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Expresses serious concern at the ways in which the EUNAVFORMED-SOPHIA naval operation and other NATO operations could jeopardise migrants’ and refugees’ right to leave any country, right to life and right to personal safety, in particular in the absence of an alternative migration channel to the EU which is legal and safe; expresses concern, in particular, at the relevant cooperation agreements signed with third countries; emphasises that military operations should not be the focus of any holistic approach to migration, and reiterates that Operation Sophia must not divert assets already deployed in the Mediterranean from the task of saving lives at sea;

Amendment 303 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Encourages the EU to sign mobility partnerships with its closest partners, in order to clear the way for visa facilitation arrangements combined with readmission agreements;

Amendment 304 #

Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Cristian Dan PREDA, Andrzej GRZYB

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments and parliaments of the Member States, the United Nations, the ~~African Union~~Council of Europe, the African Union, the Organization of American States and the League of Arab States.

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates there are over 10 million stateless people~~, to which should be added 1.5 million Palestinians~~;

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates there are ~~over~~at least 10 million stateless people~~, to which should be added 1.5 million Palestinians~~;

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates there are over 10 million stateless people~~, to which should be added 1.5 million Palestinians~~;

Amendment 34 #

Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Cristian Dan PREDA, Andrzej GRZYB

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas Article 13 of the UDHR states that everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state and to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

~~G. whereas the right to mobility varies according to nationality;~~deleted

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

~~G. whereas the right to mobility varies according to nationality;~~deleted

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas ~~the right~~access to mobility varies according to nationality;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas according to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country;

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas cooperation and sharing of information among countries of origin, transit, and arrival are essential in order to prevent and combat illegal migration and human trafficking, serving as they do to identify common interests and concerns;

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 32 a (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 8 March 2016 on the situation of women refugees and asylum seekers in the EU (2015/2325(INI)),

Amendment 40 #

Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Cristian Dan PREDA, Andrzej GRZYB

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas a holistic approach to migration should address the global challenges of development, world peace, human rights and climate change;

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas a holistic approach to migration should address the global challenges of development, human rights and climate change with special regards to the improvement of humanitarian conditions in the countries of origin to allow the local population to live in safer areas;

Amendment 42 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas a holistic approach to migration should ~~address the global challenges of development, human rights and climate change~~curb its push factors;

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

Ia. whereas policies of any description intended to guarantee the rights and well- being of refugees, migrants, and asylum- seekers cannot be neutral where gender issues are concerned and whereas they are certain to fail unless they address the specific challenges which women and other gender categories have to face in host countries;

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

Ia. whereas xenophobia, discrimination and violence against migrants, anti- migrant sentiment, hate speech and hate crimes have increased perceptibly in the ACP countries;

Amendment 45 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

Ia. whereas according to the World Bank, remittance transfers from international migrants represented more than $550 billion in 2013, of which $414 billion went to developing countries;

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)

Ib. whereas living conditions are deteriorating in many refugee camps in the Middle East and Africa, including from the point of view of health, and whereas the safety of refugees is often not guaranteed there, particularly in the case of vulnerable people, and most of all women and minors;

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)

Ib. whereas resolving the health problems of migrant women is a humanitarian effort linked directly to a long-term political strategy for their empowerment;

Amendment 48 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)

Ic. whereas many developed countries, including European countries, classify funding for the reception of refugees as part of their public development aid, even if it is not of that character, including reception within their own territory, and whereas this practice adversely affects the progress of development programmes in countries in the South;

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)

Ic. whereas an appropriate well-organised specific response to migration matters constitutes an opportunity for individuals and countries; whereas such a response must be underpinned by the principles of fighting poverty and promoting sustainable development and respect for the rights and dignity of migrants and refugees; whereas it must be based on close cooperation among countries of origin, transit, and destination;

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 32 b (new)

- having regard to its resolution of 9 September 2015 on empowering girls through education in the EU (2014/2250(INI)),

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I d (new)

Id. whereas migration is an important dynamic element that can counteract the population crisis and the percentage drop in the working-age population in some countries;

Amendment 51 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I d (new)

Id. whereas the number of irregular migrants is difficult to assess and makes it difficult to establish indicators for their living and working conditions;

Amendment 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I e (new)

Ie. whereas international migration can be used to remedy specific manpower shortages;

Amendment 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I f (new)

If. whereas migrants help to enhance diversity and the cultural richness of receiving countries; whereas if this is to happen, they must be fully integrated in their host societies in order that these may tap their economic, social, and cultural potential; whereas political decision- makers must, as a matter of priority, inform the public at large about the economically, culturally, and socially beneficial influence that migrants have on society, thereby forestalling xenophobic and discriminatory attitudes;

Amendment 54 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I g (new)

Ig. whereas integrating migrants into host societies contributes to social policy revenue;

Amendment 55 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I h (new)

Ih. whereas proper reception and integration policies ensure that migrants will not suffer any exacerbated or prolonged effects arising out of the traumatic episodes that they often experience in their lives;

Amendment 56 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I i (new)

Ii. whereas sociocultural development depends on integration and whereas this requires serious commitment on the part both of migrants, who have to be willing to adapt to their host society without necessarily giving up their native cultural identity, and of institutions and communities in host countries, which have to be prepared to receive migrants and meet their needs;

Amendment 57 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I j (new)

Ij. whereas migrant women are the group most exposed to unemployment and whereas they are less economically active than any other population group on the labour market; whereas statistics show that migrant women are over-represented in the domestic work sector;

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I k (new)

Ik. whereas participation in public life and politics is central to the integration of migrants in host countries;

Amendment 59 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I l (new)

Il. whereas language is vital for the integration of migrants, whereas it helps children to participate actively at school, whereas it opens the way to employment opportunities, and whereas it reduces isolation and marginalisation;

Amendment 6 #

-A. whereas human rights are inherent to all human beings, without any distinctions;

Amendment 60 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Expresses its solidarity with people fleeing conflicts, persecution, violations of human rights and extreme poverty;

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Expresses its solidarity with people fleeing conflicts, violations of human rights and extreme poverty; expresses its deep concern with the dramatic challenges and the grave human rights violations faced by many migrants in their countries of transit or destination;

Amendment 62 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Expresses its solidarity with people fleeing~~Is extremely concerned of the flows of people that are forced to flee their country due to conflicts, violations of human rights ~~and~~, extreme poverty, among others;

Amendment 63 #

Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Cristian Dan PREDA, Andrzej GRZYB

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls for effective public policy- making on migration;

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Welcomes the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Stability addressing root causes of irregular migration and displaced persons in Africa formally launched at the Valletta summit on 11-12 November 2015; stresses the impact of EU cooperation instruments in the field of immigration, asylum and human rights protection;

Amendment 65 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Urges national governments and parliaments to abolish punitive legal schemes which criminalise migration; calls likewise on governments to implement short, medium and long-term solutions based, in all cases, on shared responsibility and maintaining safe conditions for migrants;

Amendment 66 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on all governments to address the human rights protection gap, which migrants continue to face worldwide;

Amendment 67 #

Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Cristian Dan PREDA, Andrzej GRZYB

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Calls for checks on movements to be made effective and to proceed without delay;

Amendment 68 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Encourages that migration, asylum and mobility as thematic priorities of EU external cooperation funding instruments are extended to developing countries in adopting long-term policies for managing migratory flows which respect the human rights of migrants and their families and enhance their social protection;

Amendment 69 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Calls for welfare provision for migrants and refugees to be established by receiving countries;

Amendment 7 #

Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Cristian Dan PREDA, Andrzej GRZYB

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

~~A. whereas this report forms part of an overview of international migration and focuses on violations of migrants’ rights in third countries;~~deleted

Amendment 70 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Calls for the improvement of humanitarian conditions in the countries of origin and transit to allow the local population and refugees to live in safer areas;

Amendment 71 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1d. Calls for migrants and refugees fleeing hunger to be given particular attention by the Western community, and especially by European countries, and for Western and European macroeconomic and agricultural dumping policies to be changed as a matter of urgency;

Amendment 72 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Recalls to mind that ‘everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own’31 ; emphasises that social status or nationality should in no way impinge upon a person’s right to freedom of movement; castigates states that penalise unauthorised departure from their territory and illegal migration, and denounces the effects of statelessness on access to rights; _________________ 31 Article 13(2) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)deleted

Amendment 73 #

Urmas PAET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Recalls to mind that ‘everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own’31; emphasises that social status or nationality should in no way impinge upon a person’s right to freedom of movement; castigates states that penalise unauthorised departure from their territory and ~~illegal~~ migration, and denounces the effects of statelessness on access to rights; _________________ 31 Article 13(2) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

Amendment 74 #

Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Cristian Dan PREDA, Andrzej GRZYB

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Recalls to mind that ‘everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own’31; emphasises that the social status orand nationality of the persons concerned should in no way impinge upon a person’s right to freedom of movement and that each individual has the right to take decisions concerning migration in a dignified way; castigates states that penalise unauthorised departure from their territory and illegal migration without any legal and safe alternatives being established, and denounces the effects of statelessness on access to rights; _________________ 31 Article 13(2) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

Amendment 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Recalls to mind that ‘everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own’31 and to return to his country ; emphasises that social status or nationality should in no way impinge upon a person’s right to freedom of movement; ~~castigates states that penalise unauthorised~~questions the imposition of limitations on departure from their territory ~~and illegal migration,~~of one's own state and of return to one's own state and denounces the effects of statelessness on access to rights; _________________ 31 Article 13(2) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Recalls to mind that ‘everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own’31 ; emphasises that social status or nationality should in no way impinge upon a person’s right to freedom of movement; castigates states that penalise unauthorised departure from or transit within their territory and i~~llegal~~rregular migration~~, and denounces the effects of statelessness on access to rights~~; _________________ 31 Article 13(2) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

Amendment 77 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Believes that European migration policy should distinguish between 'refugees' and 'economic migrants'; stresses that different approaches should be taken to these two categories of migrants;

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Notes that the growing number of refugees around the world is overshadowed by the even greater number of internally displaced persons; underlines that internally displaced persons should not be discriminated against for the sole fact they had to find safety without crossing international borders and therefore stresses that internally displaced persons should have their rights upheld, including access to health and education.

Amendment 79 #

Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Cristian Dan PREDA, Andrzej GRZYB

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Deplores the negative impact of national policies restricting mobility, migration and access to asylum on the fundamental rights of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees and highlights the link between the implementation of restrictive migration policies and loss of residence status or nationality; considers that persons with multiple nationalities should in principle be permitted to retain their nationalities;

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

~~A. whereas this report forms part of an overview of international migration and focuses on violations of migrants’ rights in third countries;~~deleted

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Recalls the importance of identifying stateless persons in order to afford them the protections owing under international law; in this regard urges States to introduce dedicated statelessness determination procedures and share good practices amongst themselves including with regard to law and practice concerning the prevention of new cases of childhood statelessness;

Amendment 81 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2d. Draws attention to the ongoing need for the EU to address statelessness as part of its external relations policy, particularly given that statelessness is a major cause of forced displacement; recalls the commitment in the Council's EU Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy, published in 2012, to "develop a joint framework between Commission and EEAS for raising issues of statelessness and arbitrary detention of migrants with third countries";

Amendment 82 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Denounces the arbitrary detention and ill-treatment of migrants and refugees, and recalls to mind that detention, i~~n particular of children and their families, i~~s to be confined to cases of absolute necessity and, in line with the opinion of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, stresses that detention of children on the sole basis of their migration status or that of their parents is a violation of children's rights and is never in their best interests;

Amendment 83 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Denounces the arbitrary detention and ill-treatment of migrants and refugees~~, and recalls to mind that detention, in particular of children and their families, is to be confined to cases of absolute necessity~~;

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Denounces~~Is concerned about the arbitrary detention and ill-treatment of migrants and refugees, and recalls to mind that detention, in particular of children and their families, is to be confined to cases of absolute necessity;

Amendment 85 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Denounces the arbitrary detention and ill-treatment of migrants and refugees, and recalls to mind that detention, in particular of children and their families, is to be confined to cases of absolute necessity and is unacceptable without a fair trial;

Amendment 86 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Denounces the arbitrary detention and ill-treatment of migrants and refugees, ~~and recalls to mind that detention,~~ in particular of children and their families, and recalls to mind that detention is to be confined to cases of absolute necessity;

Amendment 87 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on countries to ensure full and unimpeded access by domestic and international monitoring bodies to all places of detention of migrants; encourages EU Delegations and Member States' embassies, as well as visiting delegations of the European Parliament, to monitor the situation of migrants in these detention centres and to engage with national authorities on this matter;

Amendment 88 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on States to tailor the measures taken to protect vulnerable groups such as pregnant women and the elderly, all of whom are liable to fall prey to human traffickers or be forced into hard labour, sexual exploitation, criminal gangs and militia groups , and migrant children in particular, such that the children´s best interests take priority, applying the principles of non-discrimination, non- criminalisation, non-detention, no undue punishment, non-refoulement, family unification, physical and legal protection, right to identity and right to life;

Amendment 89 #

Miroslav POCHE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Denounces the reported violence, discrimination and abuse in the migrant camps; stresses that the migrants are entitled to be treated with dignity and respect;

Amendment 9 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas migration is a global, multidimensional, multifaceted and cross- cutting phenomenon caused by a wide variety of factors, such as economic conditions including changes in wealth distribution and regional and global economic integration, social conditions, labour conditions, political conditions, violence and security conditions, as well as the gradual degradation of the environment and the virulence of natural disasters, and whereas this must be addressed in a humane, coherent, comprehensive and balanced manner;

Amendment 90 #

Cătălin Sorin IVAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Deplores the fact that a number ofous states do not have ~~laws protecting migrants even in asylum cases and recalls to mind~~migrant or refugee protection laws; underlines that mass expulsions and ‘refoulement’ are prohibited under international law;

Amendment 91 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Deplores the fact that a number of states do not have laws protecting migrants even in asylum cases and recalls to mind that mass expulsions and ‘refoulement’ are prohibited; expresses concern at the treatment of migrants who are forcibly returned to their countries or to third countries without adequate follow-up of their situation;

Amendment 92 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Deplores the fact that a number of states do not have laws protecting migrants even in asylum cases and recalls to mind~~Calls upon states to recognise their obligation under international law vis-à- vis asylum and migration and to enact such national laws as are necessary to the effective implementation of those obligations; recalls that mass expulsions and ‘refoulement’ are prohibited;

Amendment 93 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Deplores the fact that a number of states do not have laws protecting migrants even in asylum case~~Reminds that third countries that do not respect the prohibition of mass expulsions and ‘re~~calls to m~~foulement’ hinder th~~at mass expul~~e implementation of readmissions a~~nd ‘refoul~~greement’s a~~re prohibited~~nd return operations from the EU;

Amendment 94 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Deplores the fact that a number of states do not have laws protecting ~~migrants even in~~refugees, nor do they provide for the possibility to ask for asylum ~~cases~~ and recalls to mind that mass expulsions and ‘refoulement’ are prohibited;

Amendment 95 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

~~4. Deplores the fact that a number of states do not have laws protecting migrants even in asylum cases and recalls to mind that mass expulsions and ‘refoulement’ are prohibited;~~(Does not affect the English version.)

Amendment 96 #

4. ~~Deplores the fact that a number of states do not have laws~~Encourages States to develop laws in order to protect~~ing~~ migrants ~~even in asylum cases~~ and recalls to mind that mass expulsions and ‘refoulement’ are prohibited;

Amendment 97 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Deplores the fact that a number of states do not have laws protecting migrants ~~even in asylum cases~~and refugees, particularly in connection with asylum applications, and recalls to mind that mass expulsions and ‘refoulement’ are prohibited;

Amendment 98 #

Therese COMODINI CACHIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Notes that, according to the statement of January 2016 by the UN Commissioner for Human Rights, Member States need to improve the protection of human rights of migrants and ensure that undocumented migrants and their children have the right to basic health care and education, whilst promoting their right to protection against arbitrary detention, as well as their right not to be sent to countries where they risk ill-treatment and torture;

Amendment 99 #

Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Union to participate actively in the debate on the term 'climate refugee', and the possible formulation of a definition with reference to international law;

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Amendment 1 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that migration is a human right enshrined in Article 13 of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights; urges the Commission ~~and~~, the EU Member States and the international community to respect this article and ~~all other~~the relevant international obligations concerning refugees and migrants, and to recognise the contribution that refugees and migrants make to our societies; considers that forced migration has root causes (notably economic, political and social reasons) that must be tackled; underlines the need for urgent action to address all human rights violations faced by migrants, which are most acute in situations of pressure due to security challenges and natural disasters; stresses that the EU and its Member States must lead by example in the promotion and the protection of the human rights of migrants, notably within its own borders, in order to be credible when discussing migration and human rights in third countries;

Amendment 10 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. States that human traffickers sell a distorted picture to many refugees; reiterates the importance of combating human trafficking, cutting the money flow and dismantling the networks, as this will have a positive effect on the human rights situation of refugees in third countries intending to flee war and terror;

Amendment 11 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Calls on the EEAS to promote the importance of education for children, including for those who are displaced or who are living in refugee camps, as education provides normality to a child’s life, which in consequence provides dignity and restores the human right for a child to have a caring childhood;

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2d. Stresses the need for the European Union to step up its foreign policies in bringing peace and stability in those areas where war and conflict triggers enormous migration flows to the European Union;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)

2e. Reiterates the recent statement by the United Nations’ High Commissioner for Refugees that a large number of migrants are victims of terrorism and of serious violations of human rights, and that therefore these refugees should be treated accordingly;

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Warns ~~tha~~about the persistence of human rights violations of third- country migrants ~~are systematically violated in the EU, at its~~in some EU Member States, at EU borders and in ~~its~~EU partner countries; stresses that this happens particularly in detention centres, and that migrants are often victims of deportation, illegal refoulement, and violations of their rights to health and education; welcomes that in many EU Member States, human rights of third- country migrants are being respected;

Amendment 15 #

Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Warns that the human rights of third- country migrants are systematically violated in the EU, at its borders and in its partner countries; stresses that this happens ~~particularly~~ in detention centres as well as elsewhere, and that migrants are often victims of deportation, illegal refoulement, and violations of their rights to health and education;

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Calls on the EU and its Member States to assume their responsibilities with respect to forced migration and human rights vi~~Recognises the complexity of the ‘development-migration nexus’, without denying that development can help mitigate forced migration by increasing development cooperation, improving capacity-building, supporting conflict resolautions and promoting th~~ird countries, and to address the root causes both of human rights violations in third countries and of forced migration from third countries to Europe~~e respect of human rights; considers that development aid should address effectively the root causes of migration, either economic, political, social or environmental; stresses that development assistance programmes should not be used for purely migration and border management purposes; notes that EU development policy main objective should be the eradication of poverty;

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the EU and its Member States to assume their responsibilities with respect to forced migration and human rights violations in third countries, and to address the root causes both of human rights violations in third countries and of forced migraddress the root causes of migration from third countries to Europe; emphasises that those causes are linked to increasing effects of conflicts and wars, human rights violation, lack of good governance and spreading corruption ~~from~~in third countries ~~to Europe~~;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the EU and its Member States to assume their responsibilities with respect to forced migration and human rights violations in third countries, and to address the root causes both of human rights violations in third countries and of forced migration from third countries to Europe; notes in this context the highly critical report from the European Court of Auditors on the EU external migration spending in Southern Mediterranean and Eastern Neighbourhood countries;

Amendment 19 #

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the EU and Member States to ensure efficient and effective Policy Coherence for Development, and to prioritise respect for human rights in their migration policy in respect of third countries;

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that migration is a human right enshrined in Article 13 of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights; urges the Commission and Member States to respect this article and all other international obligations concerning refugees and migrants, and to recognise the contribution that refugees and migrants make to our societies; requests that special attention should be given to securing the rights of vulnerable groups such as women and girls, disabled people and the elderly; considers that forced migration has root causes (notably economic, political and social reasons) that must be tackled;

Amendment 20 #

Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Considers that the non-ratification of the UN Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families by the EU Member States undermines the credibility of the EU’s human rights policy and its stated commitment to the indivisibility of rights;

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Recognises the positive contribution of refugees and migrants to our societies, benefiting destination countries, transit countries, countries of origin - amongst which developing countries; calls on the EU and the international community to identify specific actions that governments can take to amplify the potential of legal migration as a development enabler; stresses that political leadership and strong advocacy are required, especially in destination countries, to combat xenophobia and to facilitate the social integration of migrants;

Amendment 22 #

Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Elly SCHLEIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Recalls that the majority of the world’s refugees and migrants are being hosted by developing countries; recognises the efforts carried out by third countries in the reception of migrants and refugees; stresses that the support systems of these countries face critical challenges which may cause severe threats to the protection of a growing displaced population; calls on the EU to pursue policy coherence and to use various policy instruments in its relations with developing countries in order to promote human rights and the rights of migrants, especially of women and children who are particularly vulnerable to violence, trafficking and abuse; in this regard, calls on the EU and its Member States to systematically incorporate migration issues as a component of development programmes and in the political dialogue with third countries, as well as to provide technical assistance to improve national and local-level migrant integration policies, always ensuring the proper involvement of NGOs and civil society;

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Notes that the growing number of refugees around the world is overshadowed by the even greater number of internally displaced persons; underlines that internally displaced persons should not be discriminated against for the sole fact they had to find safety without crossing international borders and therefore stresses that internally displaced persons should have their rights upheld, including access to health and education;

Amendment 24 #

Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Underlines the positive effects that migration can have for development, notably through the transfer of remittances; calls for regular channels for labour migration, including for low-wage sectors, to be established;

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Urges the EU to integrate the migration dimension in the post-Cotonou framework which will define the future relations between the EU and ACP countries; notes that a greater involvement of third countries in the design and negotiation of GAMM instruments would enhance the ‘partnership’ nature of these instruments, improving their local ownership and their efficiency;

Amendment 26 #

Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)

3d. Asks the Commission to enhance the transparency and flexibility of the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa and calls on EU Member States to contribute, at least at the same level as the Commission, to this Fund; underlines that it is essential to make sure, through proper monitoring and evaluation of the programmes, that the Trust Fund serves its purpose, namely helping those in need, fighting bad governance, corruption and promoting the rule of law in African countries;

Amendment 27 #

Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Elly SCHLEIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)

3e. Urges EU development projects aimed at migrants and asylum seekers to implement the ‘leave no-one behind’ principle, by focusing on access to basic social services, notably health and education, and by paying a special attention to vulnerable persons and groups, such as women, children, minorities and indigenous people, LGBT persons and persons with disabilities;

Amendment 28 #

Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

Amendment 29 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Condemns the nega~~Stresses positive effects of activities by EUsocially responsible multinationals and of EU sustainable trade policies in third countries, such as general impoverishment and the systematic violation of human rights through the exploitation of these countries’ human and natural resources; calls on the Commission to urgently present and implement a legally binding inteconomic growth, stimulated investment and developing productive capacity, with a positive effect on employment;; calls on the Commission to promote CSR in order to enable companies opernati~~onal instrument on business activities in third~~ng in developing countries to countri~~es and human rights~~bute to social welfare;

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that migration is a human right enshrined in Article 13 of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights; urges the Commission and Member States to respect this article and all other international obligations concerning refugees and migrants, and to recognise the contribution that refugees and migrants make to our societies; considers that forced migration has root causes (notably economic, political and social reasons) that must be tackled; calls in particular on the Commission and Member States to address especially urgently and attentively the deep-seated causes of migration when this takes the shape of a mass exodus of people seeking asylum;

Amendment 30 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. CoUnde~~mns the negative effects of~~rlines that EU trade and tax policies and activities byof EU multinationals ~~and of EU trade policies in third~~in third countries at times countries, such as general impoverishment and the systematic violation of human rights through the exploitation of these countries’ human and natural resources; calls on the Commission to urgently present and implement a legally binding international instrument on business activities in third countbute to the impoverishment of populations in developing countries and to migration; stresses once more the key importance of respecting policy coherence principles in EU trade and tax policies and encourages the EU to support the ongoing process of elaboration of a UN legally binding international instrument on Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises ~~and~~with respect to human rights;

Amendment 31 #

Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Condemns the negative effects of activities by EU multinationals and of EU trade policies in third countries, such as general impoverishment and the systematic violation of human rights through the exploitation of these countries’ human and natural resources; calls on the Commission to urgently present and implement a legally binding international instrument on business activities in third countries and human rights; urges the Commission to create judicial instruments which address the issue of the responsibility of multinational companies for human rights violations in third countries and which provide for judicial sanctions in respect of companies that commit such violations;

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Condemns the use of development funds to finance migration policies, and rejects any instrumentalisation of development cooperation agreements aimed at imposing migration, trade and economic policies in third countries and interfering in their internal affairs and economic planning;deleted

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Condemns the use of development funds to finance migration policies~~, and rejects any instrumentalisation of development cooperation agreements aim~~ such as border management and recalls that development policies shall be based on the needs of the recipient countries; is worried that ~~imposing migration, trade and economic policies in third countries and interfering in their internal affairs an~~the current strong focus on migration prevention by the EU will result in a redistribution of development aid between source countries of migration to the EU and other developing countries that may be more in need, especially the least developed eco~~nomic planning~~untries;

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Condemns the use of development funds to finance migration policies, unless this is aimed solely at eliminating the deep- seated causes of migration, and rejects any instrumentalisation of development cooperation agreements aimed at imposing migration, trade and economic policies in third countries and interfering in their internal affairs and economic planning;

Amendment 36 #

Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

~~6. Calls on the EU to put an urgent end to any form of migration agreement with third countries in which governments violate human rights;~~deleted

Amendment 37 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

~~6. Calls on the EU to put an urgent end to any form of migration agreement with third countries in which governments violate human rights;~~deleted

Amendment 38 #

Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses the link between military interventions by EU Member States in third countries and the increase in human rights violations and forced migration; calls on the Commission to present and implement a legally binding regulation that forbids any arms trade with countries in conflict or in which human rights are violadeleted;

Amendment 39 #

Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses th~~e link between military interventions by EU Member States in third countries and the increase in human rights violations and forced migration; calls~~at expenditure related to security is particularly relevant in the current efforts to comprehensively address the security-development nexus and deliver on Goal 16 onf the ~~Commission to present and implement a legally binding regulation that forbids any arms trade with countries in conflict or in which human rights are violated~~2030 Development Agenda; believes that promoting peace, security and justice in developing countries is of paramount importance in order to address the root causes of poverty; however, emphasises that such funding which does not constitute ODA must come from other instruments than from the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI) or the European Development Fund (EDF);

Amendment 4 #

Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that migration is a human right enshrined in Article 13 of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights; urges the Commission and Member States to respect this article and all other international obligations concerning refugees and migrants, and to recognise the contribution that refugees and migrants make to our societies; considers that forced migration ~~has root causes (notably economic, political and social reasons) that must be tackl~~is caused by current issues such as economic, political and social disparities that urgently need to be tackled and actively resolved;

Amendment 40 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Calls for the cancellation of the ex~~Insists that sustainable debt solutions, including standards for responsible lending and borrowing, must be facilitated through a multilaternal ~~debt of impoverished countries, as such debt makes it impossible for their governments to develop public policies that guarantee respect for human rights.~~ legal framework for sovereign debt restructuring processes, with a view to alleviating the debt burden and avoiding unsustainable debt in order to create the conditions for the protection of human rights in the long term;

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Calls for ~~the cancellation of the external debt of impoverished countries, as such debt makes it impossible for their governments to~~debt relief of impoverished countries, in order to help them develop public policies that guarantee respect for human rights.;

Amendment 42 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Calls for the c~~ancell~~ontinuation of the process to cancel the external debt of ~~impoverish~~least developed countries, as such debt makes it impossible for their governments to develop public policies that guarantee respect for human rights.

Amendment 5 #

Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Elly SCHLEIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Recalls that poverty, inequality and the lack of perspectives constitute root causes for migration and that development cooperation is an effective tool to address these issues; regrets in this context that EU aid levels are currently not on a path to achieve the 0.7 % ODA/GNI goal and that several Member States have even cut their aid programmes;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Welcomes the integration of migration into the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), namely in SDG 10, which sets the framework for global development policy until 2030; recalls that the States committed to cooperate internationally to ‘ensure safe, orderly and regular migration involving full respect for human rights and the humane treatment of migrants regardless of migration status, of refugees and of displaced persons’; notes that forced displacement is not only a humanitarian issue but also a development challenge, therefore there should be a better coordination between humanitarian and developmental actors; considers that the implementation of the SDGs is an opportunity to reinforce a rights-based approach in the asylum and migration policies and to mainstream migration into development strategies; calls on the international community to adopt measurable indicators of the SDGs on migration, as well as to collect and publish disaggregated data on migrants access to decent work, healthcare and education, especially in developing destination countries, in order to improve migration governance;

Amendment 7 #

Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Warns that the human rights of third- country migrants are systematically violated in the EU, at its borders and in its partner countries; stresses that this happens particularly in detention centres, and that migrants are often victims of deportation, illegal refoulement, and violations of their rights to health and educationCalls on countries of origin, transit and destination to better respect human rights of migrants and refugees; stresses that particular attention should be put in relation to detention centres where individuals, suspected of visa violations, illegal entry or unauthorised arrival and those subject to deportation and removal in detention until a decision is made by immigration authorities to grant a visa and release them into the community, are kept;

Amendment 9 #