Activities of Assita KANKO related to 2023/2129(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021, Section III – Commission
Amendments (4)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes with concern that the Commission funds organizations with ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist groups whose goals are not alligned with EU values; highlights that projects with honourable purposes, such as the fight against islamophobia, get millions in EU funding that the facto serve to finance other campaigns, for example for the promotion of the use of veil;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the actions by DG HOME to support Member States in improving the return process particularly by linking the EU visa policy to cooperation on readmission; welcomes the operational partnerships to fight migrant smuggling with Morocco, Niger, and the Western Balkans; is concerned of particularly low levels of returns of irregular migrants across the EU and associated security risks; calls on the Commission to continue working towards strategy for more effective returns, including extra support from the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, and extend its operational partnerships with third countries;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission to put forward proposals to use EU funds to better support Member States in the protection of the external borders, inter alia by financing border infrastructure;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Notes with concern that human trafficking and human smuggling remains a lucrative business for mafias, and that despite some efforts and millions in EU funding the number of detections of irregular border crossings at the external borders keeps rising; calls on the Commission to put forward proposals to make funding to third countries conditional on cooperation on the management of migration flows and the fight against human traffickers and migrant smugglers;