Activities of Beatrix von STORCH related to 2015/2342(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on addressing refugee and migrant movements: the role of EU external action
Amendments (18)
Amendment 10 #
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. whereas, in terms of population explosion, war and sectarian strife and extreme weather phenomena in many countries, in particular on the African continent and in the Middle East, the EU is only at the start of worldwide and hitherto unimaginable waves of migration towards the prosperous states of Europe;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. whereas there is a need for victims of political persecution and (war) refugees, who immediately prior to their arrival in the EU faced real dangers arising from war, on the one hand, to be distinguished from irregular migrants, on the other;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Notes that Europe’s common asylum policy has failed due to the breach of the Dublin Agreement by the southern countries of the EU, but also through the fault of the Federal Government of Germany;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the European Union to open up legal and safMember States to ensure the proutes for migrants and refugeection of the EU’s external borders;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Advocates the establishment in the regions of origin of refugee movements, such as North Africa, of refuge and asylum centres in safe neighbouring countries, whose primary aim is to run such centres under a UN or EU mandate; thereafter, applications for protection in the EU should be submitted and decided only there; applicants in the Member States of the EU are without exception to be returned to these centres;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Notes that the 1951 Geneva Convention and other, obsolete supra- and international agreements need to be adapted to the globalised present day of worldwide mass migrations, and that asylum law may no longer be abused as a pretext for mass immigration;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Is committed to preventing economic causes of migration, even if doing so could first bring disadvantages for the western economy, for example through a ban on exports to Africa of highly subsidised agricultural products, which ruin local markets there and deprive local populations of their basic livelihood, and an export ban on weapons, used clothing, toxic waste and other Western waste products, as well as a new regime for EU fishing off the African coast;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Calls on the Member States to review Community law in order to achieve a comprehensive and radical refocusing on restoring the possibility of action on a national basis to put an end to the abuse of rights that go with European freedom of movement;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Stresses that a prominent feature of the national sovereignty of all Member States is their ability to determine for themselves the nature and extent of immigration;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for international protection to be provided to people fleeing conflicts, including through resettlement programmes and humanitarian visasrefugees for as long as the reason for fleeing continues to apply in their home country, and calls for their residence permit to end and for them to be obliged to return to their home country when the reason for fleeing no longer applies because war or political or religious persecution in their home country have been brought to an end; demands, likewise, that irregular migrants who, unlike refugees, are not being persecuted, should not be able to claim refugee protection;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is concerned byWelcomes the growing tendency to make all EU policies conditional on management of migration flows and denouncwelcomes the use of development and humanitarian aid funds in this area;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes that peace both inside and outside the country concerned will be fostered if returning refugees contribute to the political, economic and social reconstruction of their home country, and consequently their return should be supported through an international reconstruction programme;
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines that legal concepts ofsuch as safe countries and safe countries of origin should not preventmust also provide a basis for individual assessments of asylum applications;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 134 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11