Activities of Bodil VALERO related to 2017/2256(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Annual Report on the functioning of the Schengen area (debate) SV
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the annual report on the functioning of the Schengen area PDF (317 KB) DOC (68 KB)
Amendments (19)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas in recent years several factors have impacted the functioning of the Schengen area; whereas these factors include a significant numbers of asylum seekers and irregular migrants with relatseveral Member States have reintroduced and subsequently prolonged secondary movements; whereas these factors also include terrorism and a heightentrols at internal borders since 2014 because of the perceived threats to public policy and the internal security of the Member States; whereas several Member States have also reintroduced and subsequently prolonged controls at internal borders since 2014related to movement of people and terrorism, instead of rigorous and sound evidence of the actual existence of a serious threat;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that the support and capacity-building measures taken in the countries of origin to address the root causes of irregular migrationmigration should be human- rights centered; considers it crucial that adequate maritime search-and- rescue aspects and capabilities are embedded into all operational planning and execution, as provided for in Regulation (EU) No 656/2014;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomNotes the ongoing reform of the SIS and the establishment of other large-scale information systems, as well as the objective of improving their interoperability while preserving the necessary safeguards, namely wistresses that the increase of interoperability of existing EU large -scale data bases may pose significant challenges to fundamental rights, in particular the regard toight to privacy, data protection and privacynon-discrimination;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes the work done in the field of cross-border police and law enforcement cooperation and the work of EUROPOL, in particular the European Migrant Smuggling Centre, to counter trafficking in human beings through intelligence, information exchange and joint investigations;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission’s efforts to elaborate the European Integrated Border Management (IBM) concept on the basis of the provisions in the European Border and Coast Guard Regulation, in particular the strengthening and implementation of its fundamental rights component;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that the current state of Schengen and the issues it has encountered are not due to problems in the structure and construction of Schengen itself but rather to the connected fields of the acquis, such as shortcomings in the area of the Common European Asylum System, including the Dublin Regulation, and control of the external borderswhere the sanctions approach rather than the incentive approach prevails to prevent secondary movements, and lack of solidarity and responsibility sharing between the Member States, as well as limited legal pathways into the EU;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Expresses great concern regarding the implementation of the European Border and Coast Guard Regulation ((EU) 2016/1624) and underlines the need for Member States to comply with the requirements stipulated in the regulation, in particular regarding the commitments to the rapid reaction equipment pool, and its fundamental rights component, including the complaints mechanism;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Condemns the continued reintroduction of internal border checks as this undermines the basic principles of the Schengen area, and expresses doubts about the lawfulness of some prolongations of controls; questions the necessity to recommend, in case of persistent serious deficiencies relating to external border control, the reintroduction of border checks between the Member States located far away from the affected external border; regrets the practice by the Member States to artificially change the legal basis for reintroduction to extend it beyond the maximum possible period in the same factual circumstances; calls on the Member States to cease the unlawful border checks; is also of the opinion that Member States have not taken the proper measures to ensure cooperation with other affected Member States to minimise the effects of these measures, nor have they provided enough information on the results of such controls, therefore hindering the analysis by the Commission and scrutiny by Parliament; considers the economic, political and social impacts of this practice to be detrimental to the unity of the Schengen area and harmful to the prosperity of European citizens; recalls that Member States have other tools available, namely targeted police controls, as recommended by the Commission; calls on the Commission to monitor the Member States actions in this regard carefully and to keep the Parliament duly informed;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Appreciates, as part of efforts to restore the normal functioning of Schengen,Notes the proposal to amend the Schengen Borders Code; recalls that theseany changes should merely reflect the new challenges and diffuse threats to internal security and should not be a further avenue for prolonging internal border controls; considers that these steps are to be made carefully in order not to inflict irreversible damage on the basic idea of free movement;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Expresses concern about the lack of implementation in some areas of the regulation governing certain fields of border control, such as the systematic consultation of databases during border checks and the thorough checking of the required entry conditions; notes that clear non-compliance in establishing National Coordination Centres in accordance with the European Border Surveillance System Regulation (EUROSUR) is prevalent in many Member States;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on all Member States to implement fully the existing regulations and calls on the Commission to act decisively in matters of violations of commonly agreed rules by imposing proportionate and necessary measures on the Member States in question, in order to safeguard the interests of the other Member States and of the Union as a whole, including infringement procedures;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Member States to make available the necessary information and statistical data to facilitate the national management of resources and capabilities related to border control; calls on the Member States, in particular those directly affected, to prepare and sufficiently test necessary contingency plans to mitigate situations of disproportionate migratory pressureunexpected cross-border movements, as well as to increase their registration and accommodation capacity in case of such events; calls on the Member States to improve their capabilities to detect document fraud and clandestine entries while fully respecting the principle of non-refoulement and fundamental rights;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Member States to ensure swift return procedures once a return decision has been issued; calls on the Member States to take specific steps to ensure adequate infrastructure, accommodation and living conditions for arrivingll asylum seekers, especially taking into consideration the needs of unaccompanied minors and families with minors; calls on the Member States to bring their detention facilities into line with the requirements so as to meet capacity demandurgently prohibit detention of minors in the context of migration, and to increasensure the use of alternative measures to detention;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Insists that multipurpose operations be conducted by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency with the aim of responding to the need for maritime search-and-rescue assets (as provided for in Regulation (EU) No 656/2014) to be present in the relevant areas; requires the European Border and Coast Guard Agency to take a more active role in supporting the Member States in coordinated return operations;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Recalls the high priority given to the reform of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) as part of the holistic approach to tackling the refugee and migration crisissituation and the Commission’s Agenda on Migration; calls on the Council to swiftly follow Parliament in adopting a mandate for negotiations on every proposal in this regard; highlights that the new European Agency for Asylum has still to be approved and urges the Council to unblock this file as a matter of urgency;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls on the Commission to adopt a legislative proposal to amend the EUROSUR Regulation in light of the major shortfalls encountered in the implementation of the current regulation, including the strengthening of its fundamental rights and SAR components;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Stresses the importance of reforming and adapting the SIS to face new challenges swiftly, namely regarding the protection of missing children, the immediate exchange of information on terrorism and the mandatory exchange of information on return decisionswhile upholding safeguards on data protection and privacy; highlights the anticipated substantial increase in the activity of the Supplementary Information Request at the National Entry (SIRENE) Bureau and calls on Member States to reinforce the means at its disposal by ensuring that it has adequate financial and human resources to carry out its new functions;