Activities of Arne GERICKE related to 2015/2095(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration (A8-0066/2016 - Roberta Metsola, Kashetu Kyenge) DE
Shadow opinions (2)
OPINION on the situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration
OPINION on the situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration
Amendments (20)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that the Commission has adopted an ambitious European migration agenda; urges the European Council to show the same level of ambition and attention to detail, and to support the Commission by deedsconcrete deeds and swift action;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas women asylum seekers from unsafe countries of origin in particular are among the worst victims of discrimination and violence;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the current wave of refugees represents a European challenge in a global context, and as such needs to be dealt with in the European Council as well;
Amendment 23 #
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, in very close cooperation with Member States, to opt for a plan geared towards social and occupational integration of refugees;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that the social dimension of the refugee influx in particular calls for a common European asylum policy, a debate on European quota agreements, and on-the-spot registration of particularly vulnerable refugee groups in over-burdened states neighbouring the crisis regions in question;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises the need to organise reception centres in the Member States in such a way that they are family-friendly and meet the special needs of mothers with children and breast-feeding and pregnant women;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Pays tribute to all the victims of the refugee crisis who have lost their lives on traffickers’ unsafe, overcrowded boats in the Mediterranean;
Amendment 83 #
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; calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish framework conditions which enable refugees to receive training and obtain permanent employment and which offer employers guarantees;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that, notwithstanding fluctuation in migration flows which may put pressure on reception facilities, the needs of vulnerable people including women and girls should be prioritised at all times and that Frontex staff must in particular be given training in dealing with pregnant women and mothers with small children;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Looks to the Commission and the Member States to reach agreement quickly on a common EU asylum policy, the setting-up of ‘hot spots’ along the EU’s external borders which are as family-friendly as possible and the establishment of the first ‘EU refugee centres’ in the countries of origin from which the largest numbers of refugees have fled;
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls - also in the light of the needs and suffering of women refugees - for the Union for the Mediterranean to be reactivated and given a leading role in addressing the refugee crisis and promoting constructive dialogue with the refugees’ countries of origin;
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Emphasises - also with the interests of women refugees in mind - the need to address the reasons why people become refugees at source in their countries of origin, to step up cooperation with the African Union on this issue, to pursue a more targeted development policy and to guarantee the long-term availability of the funding required for it by introducing a financial transaction tax based on the European model;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that, in the light of the current crisis, EU funding instruments - primarily the European Social Fund - must also address this issue and encourage an exceptional national commitment to resolving the refugee crisis;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points up the fact that particularly vulnerable groups such as families or religious minorities fleeing persecution - Christians first and foremost - are in need of assistance;
Amendment 447 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls for quotas coordinated at European level, which should above all facilitate resettlement in Europe of groups that are particularly persecuted and threatened with war, terror and genocide;
Amendment 452 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls for the establishment of appropriate hot spots, coordinated with the UNHCR, in Syria's neighbouring countries (Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey);
Amendment 496 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Stresses that rigid national 'upper limits' for these refugees are not a tenable instrument under European and international law;
Amendment 526 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Stresses the need for digital registration of all refugees at the EU's external borders, and stresses the concept of 'smart borders' which is necessary for the purpose;
Amendment 670 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 a (new)
Paragraph 41 a (new)
41a. Calls for a renegotiation of the European Social Fund 2014-2020, in order to place a new financial emphasis where Member States make a particular effort to receive and integrate refugees;
Amendment 709 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)
Paragraph 45 a (new)
45a. Condemns asylum procedures in which children who have fled with their parents or even been born during their flight are in danger of being separated from their parents by individual deportation; calls on national authorities not to permit such cases;