11 Amendments of Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS related to 2015/2342(INI)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas human mobility is at an unprecedentedly high level, with 244 million international migrants, owing to various reasons, including the doubling of the world’s population since 1960; whereas international migration occurs primarily within the same region and between developing countries;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas vulnerable people, in particular women, but also children(unaccompanied) minors, people with disabilities, people in need of urgent medical treatment and the elderly, who are particularly exposed to all kinds of dangers, namely violence, trafficking and abuse, should be urgently protected and granted humanitarian protection as part of their resettlement;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the ongoing food and nutrition crisis in the Sahel causes the erosion of people's resilience, aggravated by quick succession of crises, the absence of basic services and the conflicts in the region; whereas this situation will cause more migration;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas the conditions in "the Jungle" in Calais are inhuman, the camp is solely administered by volunteers and more than 1000 children are there trying to survive unaccompanied; whereas the French authorities threaten to break up the camp, while human traffickers are waiting to take abuse of the situation;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Calls on the Council and Commission to take action on the scandalous situation in "the Jungle" in Calais; asks the Council to accommodate the refugees and asylum seekers from that camp in a human way; urges the Commission to come with an inclusive strategy for unaccompanied children including a EU-database of fingerprints, pictures and place of residence;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Urges the European Council to replace the Dublin Regulation with a European Asylum Procedure based on the UNHCR criteria; The European Asylum Procedure should replace the 28 national procedures;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that to take away the incentive to undertake the dangerous journey to Europe, refugees should be able to apply for a European humanitarian visa and asylum in the hot spots;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls for a fair distribution scheme of refugees between all Member States; considers that applications for asylum should be made to the EU and not to a specific member state; underlines that this should be based on a fair sharing of responsibility between Member States; stresses that the country of first arrival criteria should be removed from the Dublin regulation and replaced with a fair and mandatory distribution mechanism between Member States; indicates that this relocation mechanism should be based on objective criteria such as population, and GDP;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Urges the Commission and Council to establish a European Blue Card to manage economic migration for skilled and unskilled workers facilitated by the EURES network;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that EU development cooperation should continue to address the root causes of forced displacement by promoting peace, democracy and security, reducing poverty and inequality, strengthening basic services, addressing state fragility and promoting human rights and good governance, in line with Sustainable Development Goal 16 in the new 2030 Agenda; calls therefor for the necessary analyses made per country of those root causes;
Amendment 456 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Urges the EU Council and Commission to engage with the US, Russia and the international community to develop a coherent strategy to defeat ISIS; stresses that this should be the start of a European Defence Union to protect Europe against future threats from other regional blocks or terrorists;