9 Amendments of Manolis KEFALOGIANNIS related to 2015/2095(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the need for a holistic EU approach to migration which ensures coherence between its internal and external policies; underlines that it is important to address the root causes of migration, while dealing with the symptoms; stresses that the EU should define a new approach to its external policies in order to effectively tackle the root causes;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the persistent instability and conflicts in the EU's neighbourhood have a serious impact on the mass influx of migrants; believes that a genuine response to the migration crisis in the Mediterranean will come only from tackling the root causes, namely poverty, instability, wars, terrorism, persecution, and violations of human rights and natural disasters;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on key origin and transit countries for irregular migration to the EU to immediately implement the existing bilateral readmission agreements fully and effectively; highlights, furthermore, the need to improve cross-border cooperation with neighbouring EU Member States in this respect, including through enhanced operational and technical cooperation with FRONTEX; believes, at the same time, that the EU should establish a binding resettlement programme with yearly quotas and a permanent mandatory and automatically triggered relocation system across the EU;
Amendment 120 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the launch of the EUNAVFOR Med operation against smugglers and traffickers in the Mediterranean andwhich since its establishment has been involved in 9 rescue activities contributing to saving more than 1400 lives; supports the reinforcement of the management of the Union's external borders; insists, however, on the need for sustained, coordinatedeffective search and rescue operationmechanisms in the Mediterranean to save lives and for an EU policy on asylum, subsidiary protection and temporary protection which fully comply with binding obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights and respect the non- refoulement principle;
Amendment 151 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for a clear distinction between legitimate asylum seekers and irregular migrants in EU internal and external policies to achieve fair and swift procedures that either lead to effective integration or return in cases of unfounded applications; in this regard, it highlights the importance of setting up the concepts of "safe and unsafe" third countries;
Amendment 155 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Points out that additional EU budget resources will be required to tackle the migration crisis in the Mediterranean through the implementation of new proposals and actions; underlines the need for the immediate provision of technical and financial assistance to the frontline countries bearing the brunt of the migratory crisis and measures to ease the pressure on, initial reception facilities resulting from the massive increase in the mixed migrant influx;
Amendment 160 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Stresses out that agreements with third countries should encourage control and reduce migration flows before migrants arrive at EU borders; calls for establishment of migration information centres in third countries financed in cooperation with the government concerned and the UNHRC;
Amendment 164 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Calls for development of protection capabilities in third countries of transit; calls for more targeted humanitarian aid in order to ease the burden of countries bordering war zones such as regional relocation and support programmes as well as regional cooperation networks;
Amendment 167 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Highlights the impact of ISIS and its evolution on the mass influx of legitimate asylum seekers and irregular migrants; acknowledges a crucial role of security and counter-terrorism policies in tackling root causes of migration;