Activities of Salvatore Domenico POGLIESE related to 2015/2095(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
The situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration (debate) IT
The situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration (A8-0066/2016 - Roberta Metsola, Kashetu Kyenge) IT
Amendments (24)
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 43 a (new)
Citation 43 a (new)
- having regard to the study for the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality entitled "Reception of Female Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the EU" detailing the risks female refugees undergo,
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas, on 4 February 2016, only 279 of the 39 600 asylum seekers awaiting reassignment from Italian reception facilities to other Member States had actually been relocated, while in the case of Greece 266 out of the 66 400 projected relocations had actually taken place;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas women are at especial risk of exploitation and sexual exploitation at all stages of the migrant's journey; whereas migrant women are especially likely to be involved in child, early, and forced marriages;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that solidarity must be the principle upon which Union action on migration is based; notes that the principle of solidarity, as set out in Article 80 TFEU, covers asylum, immigration and border control policies; takes the view that Article 80 provides a legal basis ‘jointly’ with Articles 77-79 TFEU to implement the principle of solidarity, including its financial aspect, in those areas;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls for the European Union's relevant Institutions and bodies to ensure proper protection to migrant women from sexual exploitation and to provide services and proper health care for cases of pregnancy and FGM;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Holds that any holistic approach to migration must necessarily contain measures coordinated between the relevant agencies aimed at disrupting the activities of criminal networks involved in the trafficking and smuggling of people;
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines that military operations should not be the predominate aspect of any holistic approach to migration and rReiterates that Operation Sophia must not distract assets already deployed in the Mediterranean from saving lives at sea;
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Recalls that cooperation and sharing of information between national authorities and JHA agencies are necessary for an effective fight against human trafficking and smuggling; to this purpose, stresses the importance of the Joint Operational Team MARE established at Europol;
Amendment 389 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Considers it appropriate therefore to extend relocation arrangements to all nationalities following the relocation of all those belonging to nationalities for which the proportion of positive decisions granting international protection in the Union has been 75 % or more for the preceding three months;
Amendment 477 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Believes that the permanent Union- wide resettlement programme should aim at guaranteeing a homogeneous distribution, in the host country, of men and women who are refugees or in need of international protection; underlines that resettlement programmes should be mainly addressed to vulnerable people;
Amendment 507 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Observes that vulnerable people should benefit from humanitarian visas with priority;
Amendment 638 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Emphasises that hosting Member States must offer refugees support and opportunities to integrate and build a life in their new society and – as provided for in the Qualifications Directive12 – this should also include effective access to democratic structures in society; emphasises that integration is a two-way process and that respect for the values upon which the EU is built must be an integral part of the integration process; __________________ 12 Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted (OJ L 337, 20.12.2011, p. 9).
Amendment 676 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)
Paragraph 42 a (new)
42 a. Believes that access to the labour market of Member States should be immediately denied to refugees or applicants for international protection who committed crimes;
Amendment 722 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)
Paragraph 47 a (new)
47 a. Calls for, through relevant EU agencies, the coordination between Member States of family records in order to facilitate, where possible, family reunification, especially if members of a single family are separated in different Member States;
Amendment 758 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Acknowledges that, in the light of the fact that, in 2014, 36 % of third country nationals who were ordered to leave the Union were effectively returned, there is a need to improve the effectiveness of the Union’s return system, also by concluding new readmission agreements, in particular with African countries, that should be added to the 17 agreements already drawn up by the EU;
Amendment 769 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
Paragraph 50
50. Believes that the return of migrants should only be carried out safely, in full compliance with the fundamental and procedural rights of the migrants in question, and where the country to which they are being returned is safe for them, taking into account the rights and needs of women, children, religious and ethnic minorities; reiterates, in that regard, that voluntary return should be prioritised over forced returns;
Amendment 778 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 a (new)
Paragraph 50 a (new)
50 a. Believes that a quick adoption of the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a European travel document for the return of illegally staying third-country nationals, in the framework of structured readmission agreements with third countries, would help to make the return of irregular migrants lacking valid travel documents more effective;
Amendment 789 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51 a (new)
Paragraph 51 a (new)
51 a. Suggests to Member States to work on measures which make repatriation of migrants authors of criminal matters easier; underlines that such measures should abide by international law;
Amendment 947 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73
Paragraph 73
73. Calls forUrges the hotspots to be set up as soon as possible in order to give concrete operational assistance to those Member States;
Amendment 963 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74
Paragraph 74
74. Recognises that one of the main purposes of hotspots is to allow the Union to grant protection and humanitarian assistance in a swift manner to those in need; emphasises that great care needs to be taken to ensure that the categorising of migrants at hotspots is carried out in full respect for the rights of all migrants as well as the needs of pregnant women and children; acknowledges, however, that proper identification of applicants for international protection at the point of first arrival in the Union should help facilitate the overall functioning of any reformed CEAS;
Amendment 1039 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 86 a (new)
Paragraph 86 a (new)
86a. The Union should make the allocation of economic resources for international cooperation projects to assist developing countries conditional upon the full and effective cooperation of those countries with regard to the control of outgoing migration flows and the return of migrants who are denied political asylum or other forms of international protection;
Amendment 1096 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 92 a (new)
Paragraph 92 a (new)
92a. Calls on the European Council to consider military intervention in Libya and Syria, under the auspices of the United Nations, with the aim of combating ISIS and human traffickers in order to stem outgoing migration flows;
Amendment 1156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 104
Paragraph 104
104. Notes that, prior to the increased migratory flows into the Union in 2015, according to an OECD and Commission study of 2014, the working-age population (15-64) in the Union will decline by 7.5 million between 2013 and 2020, and that if net migration were to be excluded from their projections, the decline would be even more pronounced, as it would amount to a reduction of the working age population by 11.7 million; calls on the Commission, therefore, to submit to the Member States a set of measures with a view to boosting the birth rate, in order to avoid having to resort to workers from third countries because of the decline of the European population;
Amendment 1181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 110
Paragraph 110