Activities of Thomas MANN related to 2015/2321(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Refugees: social inclusion and integration into the labour market (debate) DE
Refugees: social inclusion and integration into the labour market (debate) DE
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on refugees: social inclusion and integration into the labour market PDF (477 KB) DOC (199 KB)
Amendments (32)
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Takes the view that integration consists of a combination of encouragement and making demands;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that integration programmes provide an opportunity for the target groups but also require them to make efforts;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Relies on the principle of equal treatment and on new instruments for labour market integration;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Rejects the idea of creating special labour markets for refugees;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Advocates that the respective national minimum wage should also remain valid for refugees; recommends exceptions for career-oriented internships where necessary;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines that comprehensive language training for refugees is of the utmost importance; and that this should begin as early as possible and that occupational language skills are essential for integration in enterprises;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls for refugees who are likely to remain in their host country to be required by Member States to take a comprehensive and targeted language course;
Amendment 117 #
5c. Calls for Member States to be able to require refugees who are likely to remain and find a job to take a comprehensive and work-related language course;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Is convinced that language instruction should already begin in hot spots and reception centres;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Believes that incentive and penalty mechanisms should be created with a view to language learning;
Amendment 120 #
5f. Calls on Member States to establish a unified language training system, closely linking general and vocational language training;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 g (new)
Paragraph 5 g (new)
5g. Emphasises the great demand for literacy programmes;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 h (new)
Paragraph 5 h (new)
5h. Advocates preparatory classes in which children initially focus on language learning;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls for targeted support for refugees who have the desire as well as the capacity to study;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Is firmly convinced that integrating refugees into the labour market will be impossible without active, large-scale support from microenterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises in the EU;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Takes the view that the appropriate authorities in the Member States must provide SMEs with comprehensive, tailored support and advice in the context of the integration of refugees into the labour market;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Urges that all refugees likely to be granted leave to remain in their host country be afforded the opportunity, until they reach the school-leaving age in force in that country, to attend schools in keeping with their requirements;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Takes the view that refugees with no or only little school education should be allowed to attend school in keeping with their requirements, even if they are already past school-leaving age;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23c. Strongly urges that suitable refugees likely to be granted leave to remain in their host country should be allowed and encouraged to acquire qualifications or undertake vocational training;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 d (new)
Paragraph 23 d (new)
23d. Points out that, according to figures compiled by the German Federal Employment Agency, some 70% of refugees in Germany are employable and that data from earlier periods show that 20% of these employable persons have completed vocational training or higher education; notes that 80% of the employable refugees have only a general education and no formal qualifications; emphasises that these refugees also have abilities;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 e (new)
Paragraph 23 e (new)
23e. Points out that the arrangements for the systematic identification and assessment of these abilities need to be improved substantially at both Member State and EU level;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 f (new)
Paragraph 23 f (new)
23f. Calls for a DG EMPL task force to be set up at the Commission in order, as quickly as possible, to devise pan- European standards for such soft skills and methods for cataloguing them;
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 g (new)
Paragraph 23 g (new)
23g. Takes the view that on-line tools could be developed in order to assess competences on the basis of specific series of images, for example;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 h (new)
Paragraph 23 h (new)
23h. Calls for individuals' potential to be identified as early as possible in the asylum process; approves of the use, at hot spots, of new screening methods for competences and soft skills in order to speed up the integration process;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 i (new)
Paragraph 23 i (new)
23i. Calls for the formal level of education of refugees with the prospect of long-term residence to be recorded in a standardised manner at initial-reception facilities;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 j (new)
Paragraph 23 j (new)
23j. Calls for refugees who have successfully completed vocational training to be offered long-term residence in the host country concerned;
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Advocates the introduction of mandatory integration and orientation courses providing comprehensive insights into the following: attitudes to other people; host countries' traditions, values and customs; citizens' rights and obligations; the economy and family life;
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls on the Commission to broaden the scope of the 'Blue Card' Directive in order to open up job opportunities in the EU for more highly qualified civil war refugees;
Amendment 373 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Calls for the temporary employment sector to be opened up to refugees with long-term residence prospects;
Amendment 375 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28b. Calls on the Commission to review 2014-2020 funding allocations and bring them into line with the needs of the Member States facing the greatest integration challenges;
Amendment 376 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 c (new)
Paragraph 28 c (new)
28c. Calls for monies to be redeployed as quickly as possible within the European Social Fund (ESF), the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF), the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) so that the Member States bearing the brunt of the refugee crisis are given more effective support;
Amendment 377 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 d (new)
Paragraph 28 d (new)
28d. Is of the opinion that temporary place-of-residence orders may be necessary for refugees in order to prevent a build-up in urban centres, since that may become an obstacle to integration;