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48 Amendments of Laura FERRARA related to 2016/0225(COD)

Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) Such a framework is a necessary part of a well-managed migration policy to reduce divergences among national resettlement practices and procedures, provide for the legal and safe arrival to the territory of the Member States of third- country nationals and stateless persons in need of international protection, help reduce the risk of a large-scale irregular inflow of third-country nationals and stateless persons to the territory of the Member States and thereby reducing the pressure of spontaneous arrivals on the Member States' asylum systems, be an expression of solidarity with countries in regions to which or within which a large number of persons in need of international protection has been displaced by helping to alleviate the pressure on those countries, help achieve Union's foreign policy objectives by increasing the Union's leverage vis-à-vis third countries, and effectively contribute to global resettlement initiatives through speaking with one voice in international fora and with third countries.
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) In order to help reduce the risk of a large-scale irregular inflow of third- country nationals and stateless persons to the territory of the Member States, show solidarity with countries in regions to which or within which a large number of persons in need of international protection has been displaced by helping to alleviate the pressure on those countries, and help achieve the Union's foreign policy objectives, the regions or third countries from which resettlement is to occur should fit in a tailored engagement with third countries to better manage migration as foreseen in the Commission's Communication of 7 June 2016 on Establishing a new Partnership Framework with third countries under the European Agenda on Migration32. _________________ 32 COM(2016) 385 final.deleted
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) The common standard procedures should build on the existing resettlement experience and standards of the Member States, in particular the Standard Operating Procedures guiding the implementation of the resettlement scheme with Turkey set out in the EU-Turkey Statement of 18 March 2016. The Union Resettlement Framework should allow the use of two types of standard resettlement procedures and on the resettlement principles laid down by the UNHCR.
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
(31) This Regulation does not affect the ability of the Member States to adopt or implement national resettlement schemes, which do not jeopardise the attainment of the Union’s objectives under this Regulation, for example where they contribute an additional number of resettlement places to targeted Union resettlement schemes established under this Regulation going beyond their contribution to the maximum number of persons to be resettled under the annual Union resettlement plan.
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the number of persons in need of international protection displaced to or within a third country and any onward movement of those persons to the territory of the Member States;
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the Unregion's overall relations with the third country or countries from which resettlement occurs, and with third countries in generalexperiencing protracted refugee situations;
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i
(i) reducing the number of third- country nationals and stateless persons irregularly crossing the border into the territory of the Member States coming from that third country;deleted
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
(ii) creating the conditions for the use of the first country of asylum and safe third country concepts for the return of asylum applicants who have irregularly crossed the border into the territory of the Member States coming from or having a connection with the third country concerned;deleted
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iv
(iv) increasing the rate of readmission of third-country nationals and stateless persons irregularly staying in the territory of the Member States such as through the conclusion and effective implementation of readmission agreements;deleted
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i – indent 6 a (new)
– persons lacking alternative durable solutions;
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii – introductory part
(ii) family members of third-country nationals or stateless persons or Union citizens legally residing in a Member State: only where it is not possible through other existing legal means;
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) On 15 December 2015, the Commission addressed a Recommendation for a Voluntary Humanitarian Admission Scheme with Turkey29 to the Member States and Associated States recommending that participating States admit persons displaced by the conflict in Syria who are in need of international protection. According to the EU-Turkey Statement of 18 March 2016 a Voluntary Humanitarian Admission Scheme will be activated once irregular crossings between Turkey and the EU are ending or at least have been substantially and sustainably reduced. Member States will contribute on a voluntary basis to this scheme. _________________ 29deleted C(2015) 9490.
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) According to the EU-Turkey Statement of 18 March 2016 all new irregular migrants crossing from Turkey into Greek islands as from 20 March 2016 would be returned to Turkey. For every Syrian being returned to Turkey from Greek islands, another Syrian will be resettled from Turkey to the Union taking into account the United Nations Vulnerability Criteria. In May 2016, the Member States and Dublin Associated States and Turkey reached a common understanding on Standard Operating Procedures guiding the implementation of this resettlement scheme.deleted
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) persons who have irregularly stayed, irregularly entered, or attempted to irregularly enter the territory of the Member States during the five years prior to resettlement;deleted
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) Such a framework is a necessary part of a well-managed migration policy to reduce divergences among national resettlement practices and procedures, provide for the legal and safe arrival ton the territory of the Member States of third- country nationals and stateless persons in need of international protection, help reduce the risk of a large-scale irregular inflow of third-country nationals and stateless persons to the territory of the Member States and thereby, thereby reducing deaths in the Mediterranean, destroying the human traffickers’ business model, and reducing the pressure of spontaneous arrivals on the Member States’ asylum systems, be anand give expression tof solidarity with countries in regions to which or within which a large number of persons in need of international protection hasve been displaced by helping to alleviate the pressure on those countries, help achieve Union’s foreign policy objectives by increasing the Union’s leverage vis-à-vis third countries, and effectively contribute to global resettlement initiatives through speaking with one voice in international fora and with third countri and effectively contribute to global resettlement initiatives.
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) In order to help reduce the risk of a large-scale irregular inflow of third- country nationals and stateless persons to the territory of the Member States, show solidarity with countries in regions to which or within which a large number of persons in need of international protection has been displaced by helping to alleviate the pressure on those countries, and help achieve the Union’s foreign policy objectives, the regions or third countries from which resettlement is to occur should fit in a tailored engagement with third countries to better manage migration as foreseen in the Commission’s Communication of 7 June 2016 on Establishing a new Partnership Framework with third countries under the European Agenda on Migration32. _________________ 32 COM(2016) 385 final.deleted
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f – paragraph 1
persons whom Member States have during the last five years prior to resettlement refused to resettle in accordance with this paragraph.deleted
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the maximum total numberarget figures of persons to be resettled, based on the UNHCR's annual Projected Global Resettlement Needs;
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) The common standard procedures should build on the existing resettlement experience and standards of the Member States, in particular the Standard Operating Procedures guiding the implementation of the resettlement scheme with Turkey set out in the EU- Turkey Statement of 18 March 2016 and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The Union Resettlement Framework should allow the use of two types of standard resettlement procedures.
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the precise number of persons to be resettled from the maximumtarget total number as set out in the annual Union resettlement plan provided for in point (a) of Article 7(2) and details about the participation of the Member States in the targeted Union resettlement scheme;
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) The resettlement procedure should be concluded as soon as possible in order to discourage persons in need of international protectionguarantee protection to persons in need of it and ensure that they will not be compelled to use irregular ways to enter the European Union to seek protection. At the same time it should ensure that Member States have sufficient time for a full and adequate examination of each case. The time-limits should correspond to what is necessary to make the different types of assessment foreseenprovided for in the ordinary and expedited procedures.
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 197 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) In order to allow for supplementing the rules which govern the procedure to be applied in targeted Union resettlement schemes, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission to adapt the procedure to the circumstances in the third country from which resettlement takes place such as determining that third country’s role in the procedure. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 201633. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States’ experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. _________________ 33deleted OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the Union Resettlement Framework, implementing powers should be conferred on the Council for establishing the annual Union resettlement plan, fixing the maximum total number of persons to be resettled, the details about the participation of the Member States in the plan and their contributions to the total number of persons to be resettled, as well as overall geographical priorities.deleted
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. A High-Level Resettlement Committee shall be established, composed of representatives of the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and the Member States. [The European Union Agency for Asylum,] UNHCR, and IOM mayshall be invited. Representatives of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland shall be invited to attend the meetings of the High-Level Resettlement Committee where they have indicated their intention to be associated with the implementation of the annual Union resettlement plan.
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 208 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) These powers should be exercised on a proposal from the Commission o Commission, by means of delegated acts to be adopted in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, should draw up the annual resettlement plan laying down the maximum total number of persons to be resettled and overall, the geographical priorities. The Commission should make its proposal simultaneously with its proposal on the draft Union annual budget. The Council should aim to adopt the proposal within two months. The Commission and the Council, and the levels of Member State participation. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States’ experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. The Commission should make its proposal simultaneously with its proposal on the draft Union annual budget. The Commission should take into account the discussions within the High-Level Resettlement Committee.
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the Union Resettlement Framework, the Commission should be empowered to establish targeted Union resettlement schemes laying down the precise number out of the total number of persons to be resettled and participation of the Member State, consistent with the annual Union Resettlement plan. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers34. The examination procedure should be used for establishing targeted Union resettlement schemes given that those schemes have substantial implications. The Commission should aim to establish targeted Union resettlement schemes as soon as possible after the adoption of the annual Union resettlement plan and whenever necessary during the period covered by the annual Union resettlement plan. The Commission should take into account the discussions within the High-Level Resettlement Committee. _________________ 34deleted OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
(25) Resettled persons should be granted international protection. Accordingly, the provisions on the content of international protection contained in the asylum acquis should apply as of the moment when resettled persons arrive on the territory of the Member States, including the rules to discourage secondary movement of beneficiaries of international protection.
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
(26) In line with the Commission proposal for a Regulation establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person (recast)35, in order to comprehensively reflect the efforts of each Member State, the number of persons effectively resettled to a Member State should be added to the number of applications for international protection for the purpose of calculating the corrective allocation mechanism proposed by the Commission. _________________ 35 COM(2016) 270 final.
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
(31) This Regulation does not affect the ability of the Member States to adopt or implement national resettlement schemes, which do not jeopardise the attainment of the Union’s objectives under this Regulation, for example where they contribute an providing additional number of resettlement places to targeted Union resettlement schemes established under this Regulation going beyond their contribution to the maximum number of persons to be resettledgoing beyond those established by the annual Union resettlement plan under the annual Union resettlement planrogramme.
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
It lays down rules on the resettlement of third-country nationals and stateless persons to the territory of the Member States and assigns quotas of persons to be resettled to each Member State.
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 270 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) contribute to the reduction of the risk of a large-scale irregular inflow ofguarantee a legal and safe route giving access to the Union to third-country nationals and stateless persons in need of international protection to the territory of the Member States;
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 280 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
In determining the regions or third countries from which resettlement shall occur within the Union Resettlement Framework, in accordance with the implementingdelegated acts referred to in Articles 7 and 8, the following factors shall be taken into consideration:
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 286 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) complementarity with financial and technical assistance provided to third countries to which or within which persons in need of international protection have been displaced;deleted
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 296 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the Union’s overall relations with the third country or countries from which resettlement occurs, and with third countries in general;deleted
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 304 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i
(i) reducing the number of third- country nationals and stateless persons irregularly crossing the border into the territory of the Member States coming from that third country;deleted
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 308 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
(ii) creating the conditions for the use of the first country of asylum and safe third country concepts for the return of asylum applicants who have irregularly crossed the border into the territory of the Member States coming from or having a connection with the third country concerned;deleted
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 313 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iv
(iv) increasing the rate of readmission of third-country nationals and stateless persons irregularly staying in the territory of the Member States such as through the conclusion and effective implementation of readmission agreements;deleted
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 353 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii – introductory part
(ii) family members of third-country nationals or stateless persons or Union citizens legally residing in a Member State where no other existing legal instruments can be implemented at EU level:
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 357 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii – indent 2
– the minor children of couples referred to in the first indent or of third- country nationals or stateless persons to be resettled, on the condition that they are unmarried, regardless of whether they were born in or out of wedlock or adopted as defined under national law;
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 359 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii – indent 3
– the father, mother or another adult responsible for the unmarried minor to be resettled, whether by law or by the practice of the Member State where the adult is present;
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 363 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii – indent 5
– third-country nationals or stateless persons to be resettled who are dependent on their child or parent for assistance as a result of pregnancy, a newborn child, serious illness, severe disability or old age, provided that family ties existed in the country of origin, that the child or parent is able to take care of the dependent person and that the persons concerned expressed their desire in writing;deleted
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 371 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
In implementing this regulation, Member States shall ensure that family unity can be maintained between persons referred to in point (b)(ii).
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 392 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) persons who have irregularly stayed, irregularly entered, or attempted to irregularly enter the territory of the Member States during the five years prior to resettlement;deleted
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 400 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) persons who have already been resettled by another Member State in the implementation of this Regulation, the Conclusions of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council 11097/15 of 20 July 2015, the EU-Turkey Statement of 18 March 2016, the Commission Recommendation C(2015) 9490 of 15 December 2015, oror as part of a national resettlement scheme; and
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 412 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Third-country nationals or stateless persons may be excluded from targeted Union resettlement schemes established in accordance with Article 8, where one of the grounds for exclusion referred to in points (a) or (b) of paragraph 1 applies prima facie.deleted
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 420 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. On the basis of a proposal from the Commissdelegated act under Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Councilmmission shall adopt an annual Union resettlement plan in the year preceding that in which it is to be implemented.
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 438 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7a Reference key 1. For the purposes of determining the amount each Member State is obliged to contribute to the European Resettlement Programme, a reference key shall be used. 2. The reference key referred to in paragraph 1 shall be based on the following criteria for each Member State: (a) population (35%) (b) GDP total (35%) (c) unemployment rate (20%) (d) total number of beneficiaries of international protection present in the Member State’s territory (10 %)
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 449 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) where necessary, local coordination and practical cooperation arrangements among Member States, supported by the [European Union Agency for Asylum] in accordance with Article 12(3), and with third countries, and UNHCR or other partners;
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE