8 Amendments of Tiziana BEGHIN related to 2015/2095(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomAcknowledges the fact that the Commission has adopted an ambitious European migration agenda; urges the European Council to show the same level of ambition and to support the Commission by deedtaking practical measures designed to achieve shared objectives on the basis of the principles of solidarity and the fair distribution of responsibilities among all the Member States;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that as regards the medium term, the issue being raised by Europe’s current refugee crisis is the integration of refugees into European society; calls on the Commission, therefore, to opt for a plan geared towards social and occupational integration of refugees, not forgetting, however, that this can only be achieved by implementing immediately policies which actually tackle the issue of refugees, and that their social and occupational integration must be brought about in a manner fully consistent with human rights;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Maintains that labour market data have to be taken into account in the permanent relocation mechanism for refugees in order to ensure that it will not worsen the social and economic situation for refugees’ home territories and their populations, taking account of the fact that the social and economic insecurity of these territories and their populations is a factor which is quite separate from the current refugee emergency; with that aim in view, calls on the Commission, in agreement with the Council, to strengthen the measures providing for a proportional distribution of refugees among the Member States, taking into consideration actual employment opportunities in these countries, to facilitate better integration of refugees;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasises that poverty in the European Union must be tackled in a way which puts the needs of European citizens first, but which also creates conditions in which every human being can lead a life of dignity, with all their basic needs met;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4 Points out that, in the Commission’s view, there is nothing to prevent European funds, including the European Social Fund, from being used to help integrate refugees; calls on fund managing authorities, however, to use the funds as rationally and effectively as possible without damaging other recipients and to ensure that their use is carefully and constantly monitored; calls on the Commission, in that connection to introduce a European funds traceability mechanism to ensure that they are used properly;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission, in consultation with the Member States, to set up a system to speed up diploma equivalence and the recognition of skills, thereby helping refugees and migrants to integrate socially; maintains that refugees and migrants must receive language training as soon as they arrive in the country to which they have been relocated, and highlights the importance of support staff, such as cultural mediators, in both the recognition and integration phases; emphasises, moreover, the fundamental role of schools in ensuring the healthy development of the children of refugees; points out that intellectual and cultural poverty is often no less serious than material poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out to the Commission that illegal work by migrants constitutes a danger; notes that under the ‘Sanctions’ Directive1 and the ‘Seasonal Workers’ Directive2, employers can be punished for exploiting migrant labour; calls on the Commission, however, to work towards a more integration-oriented system serving to encompass all aspects of this problem; highlights the need to provide refugees with adequate protection, in order to eliminate the abuse of migrant labour; __________________ 1 Directive 2009/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 providing for minimum standards on sanctions and measures against employers of illegally staying third-country nationals (OJ L 168, 30.6.2009, p. 24). 2 Directive 2014/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the conditions of entry and stay of third-country nationals for the purpose of employment as seasonal workers (OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 375).
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Points out that when they sign an asylum-seeker’s employment contract, the employee and the employer are both running a risk to the extent that the application for asylum might be rejected; considers that this could also jeopardise the Commission’s aims regarding the policy of return to the home country; urges the Commission to introduce an appropriate verification tool to avert any such risk;