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Activities of Marek JUREK related to 2015/2095(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

The situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration (debate) PL
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2095(INI)

Amendments (21)

Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 4 February 2016 on the systematic mass murder of religious minorities by the so- called ‘ISIS/Daesh’
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises that the current crisis is a consequence of, amongst other things, a failure to help with refugee issues in countries such as Lebanon and Jordan, and, if that situation continues, the result will be an increased influx of refugees coming to Europe;
2015/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Advocates broader and intensified EU cooperation with third countries of origin and transit, through bilateral agreements, in order to clamp down on smuggling and trafficking networks, bearing in mind the conclusions of the extraordinary European Council meeting of April 2015 on identifying, capturing and destroying, in ports, the infrastructure of groups that organise people smuggling, to ensure capacity building in the fields of asylum systems and border control, to provide protection for people in need, to develop frameworks for regular migration and mobility, and to put into force a humane and effective return policy for irregular migrants;
2015/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas there is a serious danger of a new route for smuggling of illegal immigrants being opened up via the Black Sea;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the High Representative / Vice President of the Commission to take practical steps at the UN with a view to the Security Council giving the European Union a mandate to take action to target, in ports, the infrastructure of groups that organise people smuggling;
2015/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Bearing in mind that the immigrants are predominantly Muslim, calls on the Gulf States (in particular Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UEA, Bahrain and Oman) to show solidarity and to take responsibility for Muslims migrating to Europe from Africa and the Middle East; points out that the active involvement of the Gulf States would have a positive impact as regards resolving the current immigration crisis; points out that, from a cultural and religious point of view, the process of assimilation and adaptation of migrants will be easier in the aforementioned Gulf States;
2015/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Draws attention to the need to screen incoming immigrants and provide assistance, including by granting refugee status, above all to those with a well- founded fear of persecution on account of their race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, in particular Christians, Yazidis and other religious minorities at risk of terrorist activities carried out by the so-called Islamic State;
2015/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas, according to the findings of the UN Security Council, among smuggled migrants there are individuals who meet the definition of a refugee under the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol to that Convention;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas European Council decisions on the identification, capture and destruction of vessels before they can be used by smugglers are still not being effectively implemented;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 124 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Warns against the consequences of an unchecked influx of people from Africa and the Middle East, which could result in a general social and economic crisis in Europe, and, in turn, lead to negative public sentiment not only among Europeans, but also among migrants, who, dissatisfied with the conditions they find and with the quality of social welfare, will exhibit increasingly radicalised attitudes and behaviour, which could upset the balance of society and trigger violent, uncontrolled unrest;
2015/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the rule of law, which is one of the fundamental values of the European Union, requires border guards and other authorities of the Member States to use all means provided by law to protect the borders;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital U a (new)
Ua. whereas Christian refugees are victims of violence, and whereas religious persecution has been happening during migratory movements and resulting in deaths, such as the case in April 2015 when 12 Christians who were praying were thrown out of a boat and drowned;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital U b (new)
Ub. whereas senior German police officers have called for separate accommodation for Christians in camps, for their own safety;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital U c (new)
Uc. whereas the Central Council of the Eastern Churches in Germany has drawn attention to the ideologically motivated silence about the persecution of Christian refugees;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for a clear distinction to be made between those persons who are smuggled into the Union and those who are trafficked into the Union because, while the policy response must be properly integrated, they must also be properly targeted; states that, in general terms, the criminal smuggling of migrants involves facilitating the irregular entry of a person to a Member State, whereas human trafficking involves the recruitment, transportation or reception of a person through the use of violent, deceptive or abusive means, for the purpose of exploitation;deleted
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to take action to give EU Member States a UN Security Council mandate to take decisive action against the smuggling of illegal immigrants across the Mediterranean and the Black Sea;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls for effective implementation of European Council decisions on the identification, capture and destruction of vessels before they can be used by smugglers;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines that military operations should not be the predominate aspect of any holistic approach to migration and reiterates that Operation Sophia must not distract assets already deployed in the Mediterranean from saving lives at sea;deleted
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 702 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)
44a. Condemns the politically motivated police concealment of information about crimes and acts of hooliganism committed by immigrants, and in particular the ignoring of actions prescribed by law as endangering the security of citizens and being in breach of the principles of the rule of law and freedom of expression, thereby violating the fundamental values of the European Union;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 841 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
57. Notes further that it is impossible properly to evaluate the advantages and drawbacks of certain elements of the CEAS owing to the fact that many Member States have not yet fully implemented the legislation;deleted
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 118 a (new)
Communities requiring particular sensitivity 118a. Calls on all the relevant authorities to prevent the persecution of Christians, to respond to acts of hatred and not to refrain from action when the perpetrators are other refugees; 118b. Calls on governments to enable the relocation of persecuted Christians from camps where their safety is at risk; 118c. Calls for contacts to be established urgently with the official charity organisations of Eastern Christianity and, in collaboration with them, for the relocation to begin of Christian refugees fleeing persecution in Syria and Iraq, where a deliberate campaign being waged for many years has led to the almost complete disappearance of the 1.5-million strong Christian community in Syria and Iraq in the last 15 years; 118d. Calls for special assistance to be extended to communities without external help and unable to count on the solidarity of neighbouring states and nations, as is the case of the Yazidis.
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE