33 Amendments of Michel REIMON related to 2018/0248(COD)
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The Fund should be implemented in full compliance with the rights and principles enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and with the Union’s international obligations as regards fundamental rights, including under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the UN Convention against Torture and the relevant case-law of the European Court of Human Rights.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Fund should support the efficient management of migration flows, inter alia by promotingpromote common measures in the area of asylum, including Member States’ efforts in receiving persons in need of international protection through resettlement and the transfer of applicants for or beneficiaries of international protection between Member States, supporting integration strategies and a more effective legal migration policy, so as to ensure the Union’s long-term competitiveness and the future of its social model and reduce incentives for irregular migration through a sustainable return and readmission policy. The Fund should support the strengthening of cooperation with third countries to reinforce the respect of international standards in the field of asylum and migration, the management of flows of persons applying for asylum or other forms of international protection, avenues on legal migration and to counter irregular migration and ensure sustainability of return and effective readmission to third countries.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Partnerships and cooperation with third countries are an essential component of Union asylum policy to ensure the adequate management of flows of persons applying for asylum or other forms of international protecmigration. With the aim of replacing the unsafe and irregular arrivals with legal and safe arrival to the territory of the Member States of third-country nationals or stateless persons in need of international protection, expressing solidarity with countries in regions to which or within which a large number of persons in need of international protection have been displaced by helping to alleviate the pressure on those countries, helping achieve the Union’s migration policy objectives by increasing the Union’s leverage vis-à-viscooperation with third countries, and of effectively contributing to global resettlement initiatives by speaking with one voice in international fora and with third countries, the Fund should provide financial incentives to the implementation of the Union Resettlement [and Humanitarian Admission] Framework.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Readmission agreements and other arrangements are an integral component of the Union return policy and a central tool for the efficient management of migration flows, as they facilitate the swift return of irregular migrants. Those agreements and arrangements are an important element in the framework of the dialogue and cooperation wiThe fund may contribute to the implementation of readmission agreements and other arrangements with third countries, provided that these agreements and arrangements have been concluded in respect of both the interests of the Union and the third countries of origin and transit of irregular migrants and their implementation in third countries should be supported in the interests of effective return policies at national and Union levelconcerned, in particular taking into account the latter’s reintegration capacities.
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Measures in and in relation to third countries supported through the Fund should complement other actions outside the Union supported through the Union’s external financing instruments. In particular, in implementing such actions, full coherence should be sought with the principles and general objectives of the Union’s external action and foreign policy in respect of the country or region in question and the Union international commitments. In relation to the external dimension, the Fund should target support to enhance cooperation with third countries and to reinforce key aspects of migration management in areas of interest to the Union’s migration policy notably in terms of human rights and policy coherence for development.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) These initial amounts should form a basis for Member States’ long-term investments. To take account of changes in migration flows and to address needs in the management of asylum and reception systems and integration of legally staying third-country nationals, and counter irregular migration through efficient and, sustainable and human rights compliant return policy, an additional amount should be allocated to the Member States at mid- term taking into account the absorption rates. This amount should be based on the latest available statistical data as set out in Annex I to reflect the changes in the baseline situation of Member States.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) to contribute to countering irregular migration and ensuring effectiveness ofensuring human rights-based return and readmission in third countries.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. to contribute to promoting and respecting the fundamental rights of migrants, as enshrined in international law;
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The Fund shall be open to third countries that have ratified the 1951 Refugee Convention and its protocol and respect international standards in the field of asylum and migration. It shall be open for activities in the field of legal migration, return and readmission in accordance with the conditions laid down in a specific agreement covering the participation of the third country to the Asylum and Migration Fund, provided that the agreement:
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
— lays down the conditions of participation in the Fund, including the commitment to respect international standards in the field of migration and asylum, calculation of financial contributions to the Fund and their administrative costs. These contributions shall constitute assigned revenues in accordance with Article [21(5)] of the Financial Regulation;
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
establishes an effective and transparent mechanism for the monitoring of human rights compliance by the third country in the relevant areas, and of the human rights impact of the activities supported under the Fund;
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a All specific agreements with third countries in relation to the Fund shall be made public.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 b (new)
Article 5 b (new)
Article 5 b A consultative body composed of local experts and civil society representatives shall be established in each third country concerned in order to provide input related to the implementation of individual agreements;
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 3
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 3
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Legal entities established in a third country are exceptionally eligible to participate where this is necessary for the achievement of the objectives of a given action and once they have been assessed for their ability to ensure human rights compliance of their actions.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. Legal entities participating in consortia of at least two independent entities, established in different Member States or overseas countries or territories linked to those states or in third countries are eligible. An eligible consortium must include at least one entity established in a Member State.
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall ensure that the priorities addressed in its programme are consistent with, and respond to, the Union priorities and challenges in the area of migration management and are fully in line with the relevant international standards on asylum and migration, Union acquis and agreed Union priorities. In defining the priorities of their programmes Member States shall ensure that the implementation measures set out in Annex II are adequately addressed.
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall carry out a mid-term and a retrospective evaluation of this Regulation, including the actions implemented under the Fund, the assessment of the impact of returns on third countries and on the respect for the fundamental rights of migrants.
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. the impact of returns on third countries;
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. the complementarity with the EU’s human rights policy and the compliance with EU and Member States’ commitments in the field of human rights;
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – point b – indent 1
Annex I – point 1 – point b – indent 1
– 340 % for asylum;
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – point b – indent 2
Annex I – point 1 – point b – indent 2
– 350 % for legal migration and integration;
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – point b – indent 3
Annex I – point 1 – point b – indent 3
– 410% for countering irregular migration including returns.
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 1 – point d
Annex II – point 1 – point d
(d) enhancing solidarity and cooperation with third countries affected by migratory flows, including through resettlement and other legal avenues to protection in the Union as well as partnership and cooperation with third countries for the purpose of managing migration and promoting the respect of international standards in the field of asylum and migration.
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2 – point a
Annex II – point 2 – point a
(a) supporting the development and implementation of policies promoting legal migration and the implementation of the Union lregalular migration acquis; in line with applicable international standards on migration and the protection of migrant workers;
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 3 – point b
Annex II – point 3 – point b
(b) supporting an integrated and coordinated approach to return management at the Union and Member States’ level, to the development of capacities for effective and sustainable return and reintegration in line with international human rights standards, and reducing incentives for irregular migration;
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2 – point h
Annex III – point 2 – point h
(h) enhancing capacities of third countries to improve the respect of rights of migrants and the protection of persons in need of protection; supporting the development of child protection mechanisms;
Amendment 170 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 3 – point b
Annex III – point 3 – point b
(b) development of mobility schemes to the Union, such as private sponsorship schemes and circular or temporary migration schemes, including training to enhance employability;
Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 4 – point i
Annex III – point 4 – point i
(i) measures to support and monitor the returnee’s durable return and reintegration;
Amendment 181 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 4 – point k
Annex III – point 4 – point k
(k) cooperation with third countries on promoting and respecting the rights of migrants as well as on countering irregular migration and on effective return and readmission, including in the framework of the implementation of readmission agreements and other arrangements, provided that these agreements and arrangements duly take into account third states’ absorption and reintegration capacity for returnees;
Amendment 184 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 4 – point m
Annex III – point 4 – point m
(m) support for and actions in third countries, including on infrastructure, equipment and other measures, provided these contribute to enhancing effective cooperation between third countries and the Union and its Member States on return and readmission and are compliant with international human rights standards.
Amendment 185 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 4 a (new)
Annex III – point 4 a (new)
4a. support for civil society organisations in third countries that provide assistance to returnees and their reintegration;