11 Amendments of Julie WARD related to 2017/2125(INI)
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the influx of migrants into Europe is continuing; whereas many of these migrants place their lives in the hands of traffickers and criminals; whereas , according to UNHCR data, 27% of the migrants arriving in Europe via the Mediterranean are children; whereas , according to the IOM, 23% of these children stated that theyUNICEF-IOM report “Harrowing Journeys”, about a quarter of the adolescents surveyed on the Central Mediterranean Route had never been to school;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. Whereas women and children are at higher risk of being trafficked, exploited and sexually abused at the hands of the traffickers and therefore the need for Member States to build and strengthen child protection systems to prevent and respond to violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of children, in line with the commitments of the Valletta Action Plan
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas , as the Council of Europe has stated, the phenomenon of online hate speech requires further analysis and action with a view to regulating and finding new ways of combating rhetoric of this kind; whereas child sexual abuse and exploitation online is an evolving phenomenon and new forms of crime, such as revenge pornography, have arisen on the Internet and need to be addressed with concrete measures by the Member States;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Strongly condemns the upsurge in the trafficking of human beings in Africa and towards Europe, the perpetrators of which – including official and governmental players – should be made to feel the full force of the lawheld accountable, brought to justice and convicted; Calls for zero tolerance against smugglers and traffickers of human beings; calls on all Member States to adopt child friendly procedures to facilitate the granting of residency permits for victims of trafficking in accordance with the Anti-Trafficking Directive;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Takes the view that the existing legal channels should be available for migration, including from Africa, but not for all the men and women hoping to come to Europe; takes the view that the best way to protect the rights of persons who cannot legally enter Europe would be to bring about the rapid and robust development of Africa, which Eurfor migration should be fully enforced by Member States, including for persons coming from Africa in accordance with the criteria set by the EU migration law; takes the view that in order to address the root causes of illegal migrants the EU and its Member States should step up their involvement on the African continent by promoting economic and human development, strengthening resilience of vulnerable people could promote by stepping up its involvement on the African continentand address fragility, with particular attention to the protection and empowerment of women, children and youth;
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the imperative need for persons of Islamic faith and culture, including those who have already been living here for a long time, to be integrated as effectively as possible into European society; stresses that integration of this kind will be the best way to tackledifferent religious background to be integrated as effectively as possible into European society and calls on Member States to facilitate access to regular education and other social services for all refugees and migrant children in order to help their integration in European societies; stresses that integration is key to prevent Islamic radicalisation in Europe;
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the need for measures to be taken as a matter of priority in all the Member States to give immigrant children access to education, language learning, healthcare, good living conditions and the opportunity to be reunited with their family and, when unaccompanied or separated, to have a guardian;
Amendment 379 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that integration is best achieved through schooling for young people and education in European citizenship for older people, that the EU should therefore promote a policy reception and integration policy in all the Member States, and that it is unacceptable that certain Member States should claim that the migration phenomenon is not their concern;
Amendment 487 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Points out that social networks and the anonymity guaranteed by many different media platforms encourage many forms of expression of hatred, from jihadist preaching to anti-Islam speech, and calls for this phenomenon to be curbed through closer monitoring and the identification and prosecution of the authors of statements or words incompatible with European culture and lawvalues;
Amendment 531 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on Member States to respect the values and principles of the EU and the rule of law;
Amendment 539 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Calls on the Member States to ensure effective access to justice for all children, whether as suspects, perpetrators, victims or parties to proceedings;