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Motion for a resolution
Citation 5

~~— having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights, in particular Principles 5, 10, 12 and 16 thereof,~~deleted

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15

~~— having regard to Directive 2003/86/EC of 22 September 2003 on the right to family reunification8 , _________________ 8 OJ L 251, 3.10.2003, p. 12.~~deleted

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16

— having regard to Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted9 , _________________deleted OJ L 337, 20.12.2011, p. 9.

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18

— having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/1149 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 establishing a European Labour Authority, amending Regulations (EC) No 883/2004, (EU) No 492/2011, and (EU) 2016/589 and repealing Decision (EU) 2016/34411 , _________________ 11deleted OJ L 186, 11.7.2019, p. 21.

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 22

~~— having regard to the Commission communication of 13 May 2015 entitled ‘A European Agenda on Migration’,~~deleted

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 23

~~— having regard to the Commission communication of 24 November 2020 entitled ‘Action plan on Integration and Inclusion 2021-2027’,~~deleted

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 24

~~— having regard to the Commission communication of 6 April 2016 entitled ‘Towards a reform of the Common European Asylum System and enhancing legal avenues to Europe’,~~deleted

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 25

~~— having regard to the Commission communication of 12 September 2018 entitled ‘Enhancing legal pathways to Europe: an indispensable part of a balanced and comprehensive migration policy’,~~deleted

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 26

~~— having regard to the Commission communication of 23 September 2020 on a New Pact on Migration and Asylum (COM(2020)0609),~~deleted

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 27

— having regard to the action plan and political declaration adopted at the EU-Africa Summit on Migration, held in Valletta on 11 and 12 November 2015, in particular their respective parts on legal migration and mobility,deleted

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 30

~~— having regard to its resolution of 12 April 2016 on the situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration12 , _________________ 12~~deleted OJ C 58, 15.2.2018, p. 9.

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 32

— having regard to its resolution of 20 May 2021 on new avenues for legal labour migration, based on an initiative report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs14 , _________________ 14deleted Texts adopted, P9_TA(2021)0260.

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 35

~~— having regard to the study by the European Parliamentary Research Service of March 2019 entitled ‘The cost of non-Europe in the area of legal migration’,~~deleted

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 36

~~— having regard to the forthcoming study conducted by the European Parliamentary Research Service, referred to as European Added Value Assessment on Legal Migration Policy and Law,~~deleted

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 37

~~— having regard to the studies by the European Migration Network,~~deleted

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that, in order to face demographic challenges, the Union needs third-country workers of all skill levels to increase its economic competitiveness and its global influence as the champion of democracy, inclusion, human rights, free trade in goods and services and the rule of law, and as the leader in the fight against climate change;deleted

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Considering that unemployment remains high in many member states, especially among youths;

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Requests that the Commission submit, by 31 January 2022, on the basis of Article 79(2), in particular points (a) and (b), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, a proposal for an act that would serve as a package of proposals to facilitate and promote entry into and mobility within the Union for legally migrating third-country nationals applying for work and to reduce bureaucracy and promote equal treatment, following the recommendations set out in the Annex hereto;deleted

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Recalls Member States’ right to determine their own migration policies; underlines that facilitating labour migration at Union level undermines Member States’ unique and diverse labour market policies; considers that increasing regular migration channels will not reduce illegal migration or human trafficking;

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. Points out that external borders must be secured and that migrants who lack the right to stay or enter the Member States must be swiftly returned; supports proposals for an accelerated border procedure to apply to persons whose asylum applications have been rejected

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Considers that the creation of~~'Questions the need for a Union- wide talent pool for third-country nationals who wish to apply for work with a view to migrating legally to a Member State, as well as for employers to search for potential employees in third countries, would be an essential tool for achieving the purpose of the proposed act and calls on the Commission to include the creation of such a talent pool in its proposal, since the only form this proposal could take, that would also respect Member States' prerogatives regarding labour market policy and labour migration, would offer no added value compared to existing international recruitment platforms;

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Supports the Commission’s statement in its communication of 23 September 2020 on a New Pact on Migration and Asylum regarding the enhancement of short-term mobility as a complement to legal pathways, especially for the purposes of research or study in order to improve upstream cooperation with third countries, for example to stem irregular migratory flows, and asks the Commission to explore this direction further;deleted

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes Directive (EU) 2021/...15 , but considers it insufficient due to the fact that the labour markets of the Union are also in need of low- and medium- skilled workers; calls, therefore, on the Commission to include in its proposal an admission scheme for low- and medium- skilled third-countryUnderlines that many EU Member State governments as well as EU institutions have systematically overestimated the long-term benefits of medium and low skilled labour migration and underestimated the disruptive and unsettling effect on national culture and identity of importing foreign cultures and religious beliefs; believes therefore that a further expansion of Directive (EU) 2021/…15 with the purpose of including medium and low skilled workers, in~~cluding the creation of a framework for the validation and recognition of their skills and qualifications, based on objective and uniform criteria~~ the scope of the Directive, as proposed by some in this Parliament, is undesirable; _________________ 15EUT number of 2016/0176 COD to be inserted.

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Notes that the objective of Directive 2011/98/EU to simplify and harmonise the rules concerning permits currently applicable in the Member States has not been fully achieved with some of the provisions being implemented in different ways across Union; requests the Commission to take the necessary steps to ensure that the Member States implement that Directive fully; further considers that that Directive should be amended to allow applications for a single permit to be lodged from within both a Member State and a third country, and, in order to further simplify and harmonise the rules, to clearly regulate the procedure for obtaining an entry visa so as to avoid applicants having to submit the documents needed to obtain a single permit twice, and calls on the Commission to include such amendments in its proposal;

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the Commission to include in its proposal an amendment to Directive 2014/36/EU to allow holders of work permits under that Directive a period of three months to seek new employment after having left their previous employer without having their work permit revoked;deleted

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Is of the view that Directive 2003/109/EC should be amended to allow third-country nationals who are long-term residents of a Member State to reside permanently within another Member State from the day their permit is issued on terms similar to the terms applicable to Union citizens and to reduce the number of years of residence required to acquire Union long-term residence status from five to three years; calls on the Commission to include those amendments in its proposal;deleted

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Notes the lack of evidence from economic research regarding the positive effect on economic growth in general and growth in per capita income in particular from low-skilled immigration;

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Is of the view that sufficient funding for the proposals set out in this report is required and considers that the financial implications of the requested proposal should be covered by the relevant Union budgetary allocation;deleted

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 1

1 (on the establishment of a Union- wide talent pool for legally migrating third-country nationals) - The European Parliament considers that the legislative act to be adopted should establish a Union-wide talent pool for third-country nationals who wish to apply for work in and migrate legally to a Member State, as well as for Union-based employers to search in third countries for potential employees, and should facilitate the admission and free movement of third-country workers. The European Parliament considers that such a Union- wide talent pool should establish synergies with the existing framework and the legislative act should therefore amend Regulation (EU) 2016/589 in order to expand the current scope of the EURES Portal, established by that Regulation; - The talent pool, as established by the legislative act, would allow third-country nationals to express their interest in and apply for work, while also enabling employers to search for potential employees. Third-country nationals would be able to apply for work where there is a shortage in the Member States’ domestic labour markets, after having gone through an application and pre-screening process. The talent pool would serve as an optional tool that Member States could use to meet the demands of and shortages in the Member States’ labour markets that cannot be met by the domestic workforce. The talent pool should be complemented by increased coordination between participating national authorities, and it should take into account national specificities and the different demands of national labour markets. In that spirit, the Union-wide transnational advisory service network, as referred to in Recommendation 5, should facilitate the running of the talent pool and serve as a contact point for the talent pool in the Member State.deleted

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 2

2 (on an admittance scheme for low and medium-skilled third-country workers) - It is a pressing need for the Union to improve its attractiveness for all skilled third-country workers, not only for highly-skilled workers. With the revision of the Directive (EU) [EU BLUE CARD], the Union has taken further steps to achieve that goal for highly-skilled third- country workers. However, it is imperative to achieve that goal for low- and medium- skilled third-country workers in order to fill vacancies and improve matching on the Member States’ labour markets, further enhancing the Union’s economic competitiveness. - To properly address that issue, the European Parliament calls on the Commission to, within the legislative act to be adopted, include provisions setting up an admission scheme with conditions of entry and residence for low- and medium-skilled third-country workers. The scheme should include the creation of a framework within which third- country workers are able to have their skills and qualifications properly recognised and validated for use on the Member States’ labour markets.deleted

2021/09/10
Committee: LIBE

Activities of Charlie WEIMERS related to 2020/2255(INL)

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