22 Amendments of Harald VILIMSKY related to 2015/2095(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. BelievNotes that the current migratory challenge needs a holistic and integrated approach with multilevel cooperation involving the EU, the Member States, and regional and local authorities, including coordination with, and the involvement of, all stakeholderholistic approach has failed and that asylum and immigration policy must therefore revert to falling within the exclusive competence of the Member States;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that migrants shouldare not only be considered a humanitarian phenomenon but also an opportunity for the EU to enhance economic and social development; asks the Member States, along with regional and local authoritirather are characterised by various geopolitical and economic features; stresses that there is no right to a better life; notes, to promote a sustainable set of measures, such as access hat only a small proportion of migrants could be integrated into the job market;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. WelcomeCondemns the Luxemburg EU Council Presidency’s conclusions of 27 November 2015 on the occasion of the Informal Ministerial Meeting on Territorial Cohesion and Urban Policy which ‘consider providing cities and municipalities with adequate support to deal with the refugee situation, in particular by mobilising [...]further financial support for accepting more migrants whilst paying no heed to the concerns of local people; also condemns the intended mobilisation of the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds) dedicated to sustainable urban development and [by]to accommodatinge the issue of migration and refugees within the EU Urban Agenda’, as this would constitute inappropriate use of the Funds;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Supports the allocation of the designated amounts from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) during 2014-2020 programming period to help with the integration of migrants and, in particular, the use of the ERDF for emergency measures concerning their accommodationNotes that any contribution made to help with the integration of migrants constitutes an inappropriate use of designated amounts from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF);
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is of the opinion that the ESI Funds, in synergy with the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF), are useful tools for addressing the scale of the migratory challenges in areas such as accommodation, relocation, skills training, and issues relating to poverty should serve exclusively that purpose for which they were established; there must be no merging of this purpose with that of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF);
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Commission to make full use of its discretionary powers, under Article 23(9)-(14) of the Common Provisions Regulation, regarding the level and scope of any suspension of commitments or payments in cohesion policy, whenever additional public expenditure by individual Member States is needed for the accommodation and integration of large numbers of migrants.Calls for Member States pursuing a rash policy of unbridled immigration to cover the cost which this entails themselves;
Amendment 218 #
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 in those areas; notes that account must be taken of Member States' sovereignty and capacities;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Suggests, in that respect, that search and rescue capacities must be strengthened, and that Member States’ governments must deploy more resources – in terms of financial assistance and assets – in the context of a Union-wide humanitarian operation, dedicated to finding, rescuing and assisting migrants in peril and bringtaking them to the closest place of safetyback to where they began their boat journey, provided that it is possible to do so without endangering their health or their lives;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Holds that any holistic approach to migration must necessarily contain measures aimed at disrupting the activities of criminal networks involved in thehuman trafficking and people smuggling of people, in particular the destruction of boats after passengers have been rescued and taken back;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the positive role played by navy vessels in saving lives at sea and in disrupting criminal networks to date; supports the aims of navy operations such as Operation Sophia, and stresses the need to protect life, emphasising that all aspects of the operation should ensure that migrant lives are protected; emphasises the fact that destroying smugglers' boats would be an important measure in combating smuggling sustainably;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines the fact 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 seabe an important aspect with a view to saving lives and combating smuggling;
Amendment 361 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Member States to comply with and implement the Dublin rules;
Amendment 368 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Takes the view that the, in establishment of urgenting relocation measures is a move in the right direction, and calls on Member States to fulfil their obligations with regard to those measures as soon as possible, the sovereignty of the Member States must be respected;
Amendment 416 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Is of the opinion that, in addition to the criteria contained in the Relocation Decisions, namely the GDP of the Member State, the population of the Member State, the unemployment rate in the Member State, and the past numbers of asylum seekers in the Member State, consideration should be given to twohree other criteria, namely, the size of the territory of the Member State and, the population density of the Member State and the willingness of the Member State to accommodate migrants;
Amendment 422 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Believes that the preferences of the applicant should, as much as practically possible, be taken into account when carrying out relocation; recognises that this is one way of discouraging secondary movements and encouraging applicants themselves to accept relocation decisions, but that it should not stop the relocation process play no part in the distribution system;
Amendment 471 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Underlines that there is a need for a permanent Union-wide resettlement programme, with mandatovoluntary participation by Member States, providing resettlement for a meaningful number of refugees, having regard to the overall number of refugees seeking protection in the Union;
Amendment 649 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)
Paragraph 40 a (new)
40a. Stresses that asylum constitutes temporary protection and that asylum- seekers should lose their residence rights when the grounds for asylum cease to be valid;
Amendment 707 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)
Paragraph 45 a (new)
45a. Calls for family reunification to take place only if an individual ground for asylum exists in the case of the family members and they apply for asylum independently;
Amendment 782 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
Paragraph 51