4 Amendments of Peter KOFOD related to 2020/2045(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EU Facility for Refugees in Turkey (FRT) was created in 2016 in the framework of the EU-Turkey statement and manages EUR 6 billion; whereas human rights violations have taken place under this agreement which are incompatible with the EU Charter in order to better manage migration flows, save lives of migrants and refugees at sea and tackle irregular migration and trafficking; whereas the FRT was created as a result of Fundamental Rightsprecedented influx of over 1 million people arriving in the EU illegally in 2015;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU Emergency Trust Fund for stability and addressing root causes of irregular migration and displaced persons in Africa (EUTF) was established in 2015in particular by strengthening the rule of law, creating economic and education opportunities, and building better governance, and the effective sustainable return, readmission and reintegration of irregular migrants not qualifying for protection; whereas the EUTF makes predominant use (90 %) of Official Development Assistance; whereas it became the main financial instrument for the EU’s political engagement with African partners in the field of migration; whereas the EUTF has funded over 500 projects in more than 25 countries in Africa for a total of over EUR 4.8 billion; whereas the EUTF has raised concerns about contributing to inhumane and degrading treatment and/or financing actors that have committed human rights violations, such as in Libya, Eritrea and Sudan;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is concerned about the governance of the EUTF: the composition of its board and regional operational committees, the opacity of the process for approving projects, the lack of dialogue with local and human rights CSOs, and the lack of ex antis of the view that there should be transparency as to the mand ongoing impact assessments on fundamental rightsner in which EU taxpayers money is spent;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that the EUTF is part of a trend of the securitisation and externalisation of EU border management aimed at reducing irregular migration to the EU; stresses the risks to development objectives and fundamental rights associated with this approachimportance of building cooperation with partner countries in order to tackle the problem of illegal migration and to support the returns and readmissions; is of the view that the goal of reducing irregular migration must be achieved by strengthening border guard and law enforcement.