Activities of Miguel URBÁN CRESPO related to 2020/2116(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Human rights protection and the EU external migration policy (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on human rights protection and the EU external migration policy
Opinions (1)
OPINION on human rights protection and the EU external migration policy
Amendments (41)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that EU development cooperation must have as its main objective the reduction and eradication of poverty and inequalities, and that it must be based on partner countries’ development agendas, following a needs and rights- based approach, and not on EU domestic interests;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes note of the EU’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum; expresses its regret that the proposed measures are insufficient, if not directly counterproductive, to ensure respect for migrants’ human rights; and is especially worried about the securitisation proposed approach and the externalisation of EU border management and migration control, which not only generates negative outcomes from a human rights and safe human mobility perspective, but also evidences of negative outcomes in term of human development on local populations in developing countries, mainly in Africa;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas migration is a global phenomenon amplified by globalisation, rising conflicts, inequalities, and climate disruption; whereas gradual, normative development within the modern international human rights framework of the rights of migrants, independently of their legal status, represents a source of progress and collective pride for humanity; whereas migrants remain, however, among the most vulnerabledisadvantaged groups worldwide and continue to face violations of their rights; whereas thousands of people have lost their lives in the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, trying to arrive to Europe; whereas migration continues to be for many individuals a human journey marred by suffering, discrimination and violence; whereas the European Union, as a historic region of both emigration and immigration and as a community united by founding values of human dignity, freedom and human rights, has a particular duty to respect, protect and promote the rights of migrants, notably in its external dealings;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates that neither development assistance nor bilateral or multilateral partnerships with developing countries must be conditional on cooperation on migration policies; as this would undermine the EU’s legal obligation to Policy Coherence for Development and with the European Consensus on Development, as well as the primary purpose of Official Development Assistance of eradicating poverty and be against the aid effectiveness principle of country ownership;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. Whereas the militarisation of the European Union's migration policies has resulted in an increase in military and defence budget, both at EU and Member State level; whereas private actors working in the defence and security sector have played a major role in the creation and design of these policies; whereas some of the companies contracted by the EU to strengthen border security are also selling arms and other security equipment to countries where human rights are violated;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020-2024 commits the EU and its Member States to ‘advocate for the specific protection to which migrants, refugees, and internally displaced and stateless persons are entitled’; whereas this Action Plan commits the EU to ‘promoting non- discriminatory access to social services, including quality and affordable healthcare and education (also online), and build[ing] practitioners’ capacity to respond to the specific needs of (...) migrants [and] refugees’ and to ‘support[ing] a human rights-based approach to migration governance and strengthen[ing] the capacity of states, civil society and UN partners to implement this approach’; whereas the EU Gender Action Plan III commits the EU to ensuring that “the human rights of migrant women and girls are fully realised through gender- responsive migration policies, programmes and laws, and gender- responsive migration governance at global, regional and national levels reinforced”
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that these obligations require not only the abstract recognition of the applicability of the relevant standards, but also an appropriate operationalisation through detailed and specific instruments that allow for effective protection and safeguards in practice as well as through a human rights- based approach to the entire migration policy cycle, with a particular focus on migrant women and unaccompanied children, from formulation to adoption, implementation monitoring and evaluation;
Amendment 61 #
8. Reiterates that the NDICI budget dedicated to migration should be used to address the root causes of migration and not to control migratory flows or fund external border management. Highlights that the NDICI should contain measures that will ensure accountability and transparency in spending and implementation of migration-related projects so their focus on tackling the root causes of migration is monitored and preserved.
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the EU andin compliance with Article 3(5) and 21 TEU, wthen applying EU lawand, the Member States when applying EU law, in their external and extraterritorial actions, agreements and cooperation, including in the areas of migration, borders and asylum, should pay specific atmust guarantee the respect, fulfilment and protenction tof the rights enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights, including the right to liberty, the right to asylum, human dignity and security, the protection from enforced disappearance, the prohibition of ill-treatment, torture, slavery and forced labour, and the obligation to take the interests of the child as a primary consideration as well as adopting a gender-sensitive approach and to ensure non-discrimination and procedural guarantees such as the right to an effective remedy and data protection, not only by passively avoiding human rights violations, but also by actively demanding effective human rights clauses in all political negotiations;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3 d. Calls on the EU to ensure that the New EU Pact on Migration and Asylum develops a human rights-based approach, ensures systematic compliance with International Conventions and values ensures accountability for human rights violations, including the violation of the principle of non-refoulement, through the European Commission’s infringement proceedings, and by setting up effective and transparent monitoring and reporting systems and sanctions towards Member States violating EU law; insists on the need to establish humanitarian corridors and safe and legal migration pathways for migrants and refugees to the European Union, including a significant increased contribution of EU member States to Global Resettlement Needs; calls on the EU to ensure that the New EU Pact on Migration and Asylum addresses the negative human rights impact of the externalisation of migration, asylum and border management policies, ensures that Member States will not outsource their protection responsibilities and search and rescue obligations, puts at the heart of its strategy a real mechanism for protection, inclusion and safe access to the European territory;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 f (new)
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3 f. Deplores that the New EU Pact on Migration and Asylum furthers security and border control and undermines human rights; is especially worried about the securitisation proposed approach and the externalisation of EU border management and migration control, which not only generates negative outcomes from a human rights and safe human mobility perspective, but also evidences of negative outcomes in term of human development on local populations in developing countries, mainly in Africa;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3 e. Highlights the lack of effective monitoring and reporting of EU agencies and member states on the protection of unaccompanied foreign minors, both within EU territory and on states bordering it, in order to provide assurances for the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child of 1989 and calls for the EU to ensure that member states inform on the mechanisms used to protect the rights included within the aforementioned convention;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Stresses the need to implement a gender perspective migration policy that guarantees the rights of women and girls and LGTBIQ+ asylum seekers and refugees, to immediately introduce gender sensitive asylum and migration procedures, including the assessment of asylum claims, and to step up work in order to ensure proper identification and protection against potential violence, harassment, rapes and trafficking even at reception centres across Europe; emphasises that all asylum seekers and migrants must be guaranteed access to essential services, including SRHR;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Observes that the Commission has yet to evaluate the impact of the implementation of its successive migration policy frameworks, notably the GAMM and the new Partnership Framework, on the human rights of TCNs as well as the human rights impact of the EU’s cooperation on migration with third countries; insists on the need to carry out such an evaluation in a comprehensive, inclusive and public format with a view to ensuring the full human rights compliance of the EU’s external migration policy, paying particular attention to the EU- Turkey statement including the Facility for Refugees in Turkey, the EUTF, cooperation with Libya, the Joint Way Forward with Afghanistan, projects carried under the Khartoum Process and Frontex cooperation; calls on the Commission to immediately suspend any cooperation that endangers the human rights of those affected;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes with great concern the absence of operational, reporting, monitoring, evaluation and accountability mechanisms at the level of individual cases to track and respond to potential violations, as well as the lack of effective judicial remedies for persons whose rights are allegedly violated as a consequence of EU cooperation with third countries, especially in the case of informal agreements and financial cooperation; highlights the lack of accountability of member states and transparency with regards to funds offered to third countries for the purpose of migration control under formal or informal agreements; calls for the implementation of effective legal remedies for those whose rights are violated in relation to these informal agreements;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Raises concern regarding the fact that the EU's external migration policy has created incentives to criminalise migration and a political climate that is conducive to large-scale human rights violations; deplores the fact that as a consequence of this trend, we witness the normalization and banalization of systematic violations of International Conventions;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the EU to ensure that readmission agreements and agreements for cooperation on border management are only concluded with third countries that explicitly commit to respecting human rights and the rights enshrined in the UN Refugee Convention, and to ensure that such cooperation does not lead to violations of those rights and offers operational means to nullify these agreements, seek effective remedy and ensure accountability should such violations occur;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to ensure ex ante risk assessments, performed by independent agencies, on the impact of any formal, informal or financial EU cooperation with third countries on the rights of migrants and refugees and of human rights defenders and civil society in-country working to defend these rights; calls on the Commission to set implementation guidelines for EU agencies and Member States before entering into cooperation with third countries; calls ion this respect for particular vigilance in relation to countries which are experiencing ongoing or frozen conflicts and face increased risks of human rights violations; e EU to specifically abandon the negotiations on readmission agreements in relation to countries which are suspected of breaching the rule of law, experiencing ongoing or frozen conflicts and face increased risks of human rights violations, such as Turkey, Libya and Egypt and countries where migrants and refugees are subjected to mistreatment and illegal push back, such as Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco; deplores that certain countries have signed their own partnership agreements with the EU and taken on the commitment to prevent irregular migration towards Europe, and have increasingly started deporting sub- Saharan migrants, irregular as well as those with legal right to stay;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that border externalisation practices, systematically end up in impunity for those who might have committed human rights violations; Calls on the Commission to establish an independent, transparent and effective monitoring mechanism, which entails periodic reports on the implementation of formal, informal and financial agreements with third countries, that can potentially impact the rights of migrants and refugees in third countrieand of human rights defenders and civil society in-country working to defend these rights, such as migration partnerships, readmission agreements, and international cooperation on migration management and governance, including direct targeting of challenges connected to migration and forced displacement; stresses that such a monitoring mechanism has to be transparent, participatory for civil society and field workers, and publicly available; insists on the need to ensure means for civil society and other interested stakeholders to be able to contribute to the work of the mechanism; stresses that such system should ensure legal and political accountability for potential human rights violations, including unlawful pushbacks violating the principle of non- refoulement;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the EU to consider means to ensure access to justice and medical care, including sexual and reproductive health services, for persons affected by measures implementing cooperation between it and third countries on migration, including through accessible mechanisms for seeking information, submitting complaints and securing effective remedy; asks to ensure that those who might suffer human rights violations as a result of such externalisation practices can access effective legal remedies and therefore victims of such abuses can obtain redress or reparation;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. HighlightsCondemns the increasing use by the EU and Member States of informal arrangements with third countries such as statements, declarations, standard operating procedures and memoranda of understanding that aim to step up returns and prevent people from finding safety in Europe; Highlights with great concern, the practical human rights implications stemming from the increasing number, and hence the extrajudicial nature, of informal arrangements on return and readmission, which are concluded in the absence of due democratic scrutiny and parliamentary oversight and are not subject to judicial scrutiny; calls on the Commission to prioritise the conclusion of formal readmission agreements, thus ensuring full respect for Article 218(6) TEU, and to ensure that formal EU Readmission Agreements (EURAs) exclude the application of informal agreements; believes that Parliament must assess the legality of informal agreements which include commitments on issues that fall within its competencies, such as readmission, and must be ready to undertake further action if these informal agreements appear to be incompatible with the Treaties; calls for the suspension of arrangements that are incompatible with the Charter of Fundamental Rights, the EU Treaties and international law; calls for the implementation of effective legal remedies for those whose rights are violated in relation to these informal agreements;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights with great concern the increased role of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in practical and operational cooperation with third countries, including on return and readmission, provision of training, operational and technical assistance to authorities of third countries for the purpose of border management and border control, carrying out operations or joint operations at the EU’s external borders or in the territories of third countries, and deploying liaison officers and operational staff in third countries; Calls on the Commission to establish an independent, transparent and effective monitoring mechanism on all activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, in addition to the internal complaint mechanism in place;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls that ad hoc Status Agreements, to be approved by the European Parliament, are required for the deployment of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency’s border management teams to a third country where the members of the teams will exercise executive powers; regrets that the two status agreements concluded to date do not include specific measures for the operationalisation of human rights as part of border management, and also fail to clearly regulate accountability for potential human rights violations, or ensure that material support and training to third countries is not given to perpetrators of human rights violations, and calls for any future status agreements to include such measures;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Raises strong concerns regarding evidences of Frontex alleged involvement in push-backs at EU's external borders as well as transmission of Frontex aerial surveillance to third countries to intercept people fleeing torture and inhumane and degrading treatment; recalls that pursuant to Article 46 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 on the European Border and Coast Guard, the Executive Director should suspend or terminate any activity, in whole or in part, if he considers that there are violations of fundamental rights or international protection obligations that are of a serious nature orare likely to persist;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13 b. recalls that collaboration on border management to intercept migrants and refugees on their way to Europe and prevent them from leaving any country violates Article 13 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; calls for the EU to ensure that for the purpose of readmission agreements no third country is considered as safe and that all asylum seekers shall enjoy the right to have their applications individually assessed; reminds that non-assistance to people in distress at sea and push-backs to unsafe ports in third countries violate the international law of the sea and the right to life and the right to asylum; recalls that rescue at sea is a legal obligation under international law, in particular according to Article 98 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which requires the assistance to any person in distress at sea; asks the EU and its Member States to promote the establishment, operation and maintenance of adequate and effective search and rescue operations and not criminalise individuals and organisations which provide support or assistance to people in distress;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13 c. Calls on the EU and Member States to assist ships in distress and provide a place for disembarkation for people who have been saved at sea, including by civil society boats and merchant vessels; to ensure that in cases of interception or rescue at sea, final disembarkation occurs at a place of safety with adequate reception services and procedures, which have the rights, dignity and integrity of migrants as the primary consideration, and to avoid the closest port as the preferred option if there are risks of persecution and inhumane or degrading treatment; calls for humanitarian organisations to be given the means to access all migrants in need, especially in detention and at border crossing points, in order to provide them with humanitarian assistance, including tracing services; calls for the enhancement border management capacities and fighting smuggling and trafficking not to be used to criminalise migrants, nor those assisting them;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Reaffirms that the right to migrate is a human right;regrets that the current external dimension of EU migration policies, through measures aiming primarily at strengthening securitisation and border controls at EU external borders and in partner countries, contributes to human rights violations of partner country citizens and transit migrants;condemns the systematic human rights abuses and violations affecting large numbers of migrants including arbitrary and indefinite detention under inhumane conditions, exploitation, torture and other ill treatment including rape, disappearance and death; deplores that overly restrictive EU entry policies, in particular the absence of legal migration routes, have played a part in fuelling smuggling and human trafficking;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Notes that according to UNHCR women account around 48% of the refugee population in the world and account for a high share of vulnerable asylum seekers, namely because women constitute an over whelming majority of victims of trafficking and because they are almost systematically undergoing sexual violence and exploitation during the travel to the EU and once arrived; calls for the establishment and strengthening of protection systems for migrant women in order to prevent and combat violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of which they are victims;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes with concernRejects the increasing recourse since 2016 to enhanced conditionality between development cooperation or aid and migration management, including return and readmission; stresses, however, that according to Article 208 TFEU the primary objective of Union development cooperation policy shall be the reduction and, in the long term, the eradication of poverty; calls, therefore, on the Commission to ensure that policies on development cooperation do not contravene the principles enshrined in Article 208 TFEU with the objective of managing migration movements leading to further externalisation of EU migration controls- a process that hinders the delivery of humanitarian services; stresses that this approach compromises Articles 21 and 208 TFEU, according to which, the primary objective of Union development cooperation policy shall be the reduction and, in the long term, the eradication of poverty, tackling inequality and exclusion, promoting democratic governance and human rights, and enhancing sustainable and inclusive development; calls, therefore, on the Commission to ensure that policies on development cooperation including development assistance or bilateral or multilateral partnerships, do not contravene the principles enshrined in TFEU, and thus, calls on the EU to stop making this conditionality; stresses that the use of development cooperation as an incentive for migration management undermines meaningful action on the needs of people in developing countries, the rights of refugees and migrants, and their potential impact on regional migration patterns and contribution to local economies, and thus also undermines a wide range of rights stemming from the Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Deplores that through its projects, the EU is financing human rights violations of migrants in African countries, where migrants are detained and subjected to widespread and systematic human rights violations; raises concern about the series of negative outcomes that the EU migration management policies have had on local livelihoods in some African countries; Deplores that EU external projects and partnerships have a clear focus on the externalisation of border control to the countries of origin and transit, and on combating irregular migration by a containment paradigm that prevents migrants from leaving their countries and entering the EU; Calls for a needs-based approach to humanitarian assistance, which respects humanitarian principles, international human rights law, international humanitarian law, and international refugee law;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16 b. calls for EU financial support not to be used to stem migration, but rather to create sustainable solutions that address local and regional challenges, particularly around democratic processes and the rule of law, socio economic development, root causes of poverty, youth engagement, gender equality, climate change, access to services, and in line with the Global Compact on Refugees, to advance refugee rights and enhance self-reliance;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16 c. Expresses strong concern regarding readmission clauses included in legally binding partnership and cooperation agreements with third countries, in particular in the absence of provisions in line with international human right law; stresses that visa issuing and development programmes should not be subject to cooperation on readmissions; stresses that cooperation and development budget should not be used for the purpose of border management;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16 d. Raises concern about the fact that EU external action tends to increasingly focus on measures that prevent migration towards the EU; raises concern about migration partnership agreements having created incentives and a political climate that is conducive to large-scale human rights violations across the ECOWAS countries, in their North African neighbours, and in the Horne of Africa; deplores that this not only degrades human rights standards across the region but also undermines the coping strategies of many vulnerable communities;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 e (new)
Paragraph 16 e (new)
16 e. Calls on the EU not to hinder through its EU’s external migration policies freedom of movement in the African region that reflect a long tradition of seasonal and circular migration within the region; draws attention to the negative out comes the criminalisation of migration has had on local livelihoods in some countries in West Africa;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that a complete, public overview of EU funding to third countries to facilitate cooperation on migration issues remains unavailable; Deplores the lack of transparency and secrecy concerning EU funded projects and calls on the Commission to provide improved transparency, including by establishing a clear overview of the funds used to finance cooperation with third countries in the field of migration management across all its financial instruments and their implementation, including information on the amount, purpose and source of funding as well as detailed information on any other potential support measures provided by EU agencies such as the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, in order to ensure that Parliament can efficiently perform its institutional role of scrutiny of the implementation of the EU budget;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. stresses to suspend any kind of budgetary support and training to the border authorities of third countries which, in this way, proceed with push backs by proxy in violation of the principle of non refoulement (ex: Libya, Tunisia, Morocco) and of art.13 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; calls for the EU to refrain from providing financial and technical assistance to the management of detention centres;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17 b. Expresses its deep concern about the possible misuse of development funds for border control purposes, including those of the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa(EUTF), and the suspected human rights violations linked to the EUTF in Libya, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Niger; calls on the creation of strong mechanisms to monitor the human rights impacts of the EUTF as well as an accountability system to prevent and deal with breaches of international law; deplores that the report of the Commission on the extension of the EUTF does noten visage any improvement in this field; Deplores the lack of transparency of the EUTF and the fact that Parliament is not involved in its scrutiny; calls on the Commission to comprehensively review the implementation of the EUTF to ensure that it falls in line with development and humanitarian objectives; stresses that no extension of the EUTF should be envisaged in the absence of such review and if these objectives are not properly assessed and achieved
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. NoReiterates that the possibilities of mainstreaming migration policy in EU external policy are significantly broadened by the inclusion of migration in the thematic, geographical and rapid response component of the proposed Neighbourhood, Development, International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI)NDICI budget dedicated to migration should be used to address the root causes of migration and not to control migratory flows or fund external border management; notes with concern, however, that through the ‘rapid response’ component, cooperation with third countries on migration management can be funded without the need for the Commission to publish any programming documents or consult civil society actors, and without the involvement of Parliament, including in the framework of the ‘Migration Preparedness and Crisis Blueprint’, which lacks mechanisms to assess the possible adverse impact of such interventions; insists in this regard on the need to ensure that the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework is accompanied by a robust human rights framework for the identification, implementation and monitoring of future migration cooperation programmes as to link the EU financial disbursement to human rights obligations;
Amendment 203 #
20. Calls on the Commission to regularly and publicly report to Parliament on the funding of migration-related cooperation programmes in third countries and their human rights impact, including within the framework of the working group on external financial instruments of the Committee on Foreign Affairs; calls for the Parliament to be given a stronger role in monitoring the impact of the use of EU funds on human rights, including the human rights of migrants, in the concerned third countries, having as a result of its assessments the redesign of future EU priorities;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recalls the commitment of the EU and its Member States under the Global Compact on Refugees to share responsibility for the effective protection of refugees and ease the pressure on host countries; stresses in this regard that the EU and its Member States should increase resettlement pledges and step up legal pathways, contribute to a more structural and substantial funding of the regions hosting most refugees, and should not use financial means to shift responsibility for the protection of refugees to third countries; calls on the EU and its Member States for increasing resettlement allocations and for working to prevent forced refugee returns from hosting countries; reiterates the importance of fully implementing the 23 objectives of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration; believes that Parliament must ensure the proper scrutiny of the implementation of both Compacts by the EU;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls for the EU and its Member States to pursue a migration policy that fully reflects the human rights of migrants as enshrined in both international and regional law; calls on the EEAS, the Commission and the Member States to engage with third countries on the rights of migrants as an integral dimension of the EU’s human rights policy; insists that the human rights and migration nexus be adequately covered within the framework of bilateral EU human rights dialogues with the relevant countries; calls on the EU Delegations in those countries to monitor closely the rights of migrants, particularly in countries of transit; emphasizes the urgent need for safe and legal migration and protection routes to be created and promoted in order to guarantee human rights and avoid loss of life; insists on the proactive engagement of the EU in countries where human rights defenders and civil society organisations, including those who are protecting the lives of migrants and asylum seekers who are at risk, are under threat or are being criminalised for their legitimate work;