Activities of Daniela AIUTO related to 2015/2325(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
The situation of women refugees and asylum seekers in the EU (debate) IT
The situation of women refugees and asylum seekers in the EU (debate) IT
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the situation of women refugees and asylum seekers in the EU PDF (348 KB) DOC (141 KB)
Amendments (24)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas between the start of 2015 and November of the same year, some 900 000 people crossed the Mediterranean to reach Europe’s coasts, and women and children accounted for around 38% of the total;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas too many people have already lost their lives during these journeys of hope and many of them have been women;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas many women travelling with children do not reach their intended destinations, thus leaving their own children alone and defenceless, with nobody to turn to for support;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas women who are subjected to violence and trafficking are more exposed to the risk of sexually transmitted diseases;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas very often, reception hubs do not contain any internal areas that are suitable for mothers housed there who have to support and look after their children; whereas, in addition, legal assistance facilities do not give adequate support in providing information and helping in the search for family members;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas, as part of its winter response activities, UNICEF has drawn up emergency plans to deal with the constantly growing requirements of children and women and the sudden changes in migration routes;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas girls and women are often obliged to enter into forced marriages for the purpose of securing easy, safe access for men who would otherwise not be entitled to such access and could not be regarded as refugees or asylum-seekers;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas women who migrate to different cultural and social environments than the one to which they belong often do not have the freedom to make informed choices in adopting a new lifestyle that suits their expectations and preferences;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas women are often forced to accept undeclared work in degrading conditions so that they can stay in their country of arrival;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
Recital I c (new)
Ic. whereas women and girls are entitled to have their own independent status from a legal and paperwork standpoint;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas, for many women, even obtaining asylum does not mean true salvation and genuinely achieving a decent life, and women are often subjected to abuse;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Takes the view that the problem of women refugees and asylum seekers should be addressed at EU level, with responsibilities and costs to be shared by all 28 Member States and not just the countries of first arrival;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for targeted measures to ensure the full integration of women refugees and asylum seekers, by preventing all forms of exploitation, abuse, violence and trafficking;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Member States to ensure, in any case, independent legal status as far as documents are concerned, thus enabling women to apply for and maintain the status of refugee or asylum seeker regardless of the situation of the other members of their families;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the Member States to guarantee and publicise the right of women seeking asylum to request a female interviewer and interpreter and to deliver comprehensive and mandatory training for interviewers and interpreters on sexual violence, trauma and memory;(Does not affect English version)
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Member States, in collaboration with the EU, to promote medical and psycho-social care projects for women who have suffered violence, with the direct involvement of qualified women who are specialists in the field;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the Commission and the Member States to guarantee full access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, including access to safe abortion,health and to allocate additional resources to healthcare provision as a matter of urgency, paying special attention to pregnant women or those with newborn children;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to equip reception hubs for refugees and asylum seekers with appropriate areas enabling them to support and look after their children;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Highlights the importance of equipping reception facilities with appropriate legal assistance for women in order to provide them with valuable support in terms of information and the search for family members;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take measures to prevent forced marriages being imposed on women and girls once they have obtained refugee status, with a view to securing safe access for men who would otherwise not be entitled to such access;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Member States to develop and implement specific measures to facilitate labour market participation of women refugees and asylum seekers, including literacy programmes, language classes, lifelong learning and basic training; stresses the importance of widening access to higher education for women refugees; calls for robust and transparent procedures for recognising qualifications obtained abroad;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses that true and full integration is the only possible way to ensure that women fleeing from war zones and violence have a decent life and all the efforts of the international community must be geared towards achieving that aim;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Points out that in order to achieve full and complete integration, women must be in a position freely to make informed choices about the way they want to be and the habits and customs they wish to adopt, without any external impositions or constraints that limit their freedom;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Member States to supervise the inclusion of women in the labour market, to prevent situations that might foster any undeclared employment of those women, also in view of their greater vulnerability once they have been granted asylum or refugee status;