Activities of Javier COUSO PERMUY related to 2015/2095(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration (A8-0066/2016 - Roberta Metsola, Kashetu Kyenge) ES
Amendments (7)
Amendment 3 #
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 policiin full respect of human rights, in particular the right of asylum for political and economic refugees;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. SCondemns the foreign military interventions and destabilisation operations carried or supported by many NATO and EU Member States in countriesses that the persistent such as Iraq, Libya or Syria; underlines that these Western interference motivated its geostrategic interests in the region have promoted and exacerbated the persistent impoverishment, instability and conflicts in the EU's neighbourhood which have a serious impact on the mass influx of migrants; highlights the European responsibility in promoting these conflicts; believes that a genuine response to the migration crisis in the Mediterranean will come only from tackling the root causes, namely poverty, instability, wars, persecution, violations of human rights, and natural disasters; considers the EU should drastically revise its external policy, in particular its strategy as regards the countries of the Middle East and North Africa, as part of the on-going European Neighbourhood Policy review, in the light of its failure;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Advocates broader and intensified EU cooperation with third countries of origin and transit, through bilateral agreements, in order to clamp down on smuggling and trafficking networks, to ensure capacity building in the fields of asylum systems and border control, to provide protection for people in need, to develop frameworks for regularsafe migration and mobility, and to put into force a humane and effective returnasylum policy for irregular migrants;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on key origin and transit countries for irregular migration to the EU to 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 FRONTEXfor a radical change of EU migration policy; strongly criticizes this "Fortress Europe"; calls for the dismantlement of inhuman and cruel borders system such as the "vallas con cuchillas de Ceuta y Melilla", demands an end to the EU systems currently in place such as FRONTEX, EURASUR, the Dublin system or EURODAC as well as the closure of immigration removal centres; believes, at the same time, that the EU should establish a binding resettlement programme with yearly quotas and a permanent mandatory and automatically triggeredbinding for all EU Member States with a relocation system across the EU;
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomeRegrets the launch of the EUNAVFOR Med operation against smugglers and traffickers in the Mediterranean and supports the reinforcement of the management of the Union's external borders; insists, howeverin the Mediterranean, denounces the tragically consequences of its military approach that has increased the number of people who die trying to reach the EU; insists, on the contrary, on the need for sustained, coordinated search and rescue operations 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, the International Humanitarian Law and respect the non-refoulement principle;
Amendment 127 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Criticises intensive arms trade by EU Member States to countries in the region. Calls on the Council to verify a breach of the EU arms export regime;
Amendment 133 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that cooperation and development assistance plays a crucial role in tackling the root causes of migration; calls for the EU to establish a new framework of relations with third countries based on non-intervention in their internal affairs, respect for their sovereignty and defence of human rights, and aimed at supporting understanding, the development of neighbouring regions and promoting employment and education, rather than "association agreements" serving mainly to establish free trade areas that benefit corporate interests on the European side and multinationals, while impoverishing and plundering the natural resources of these third countries; stresses the need for continuous EU support to international efforts towards poverty reduction, as well as to peace-building, promotion of democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms, regional, political and economic stability, security and prosperity.;