Activities of Thierry MARIANI related to 2020/2116(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on human rights protection and the EU external migration policy
Amendments (14)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
Amendment 19 #
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 vulnerable groups worldwide and continue to face violations of their rights; whereas migration continues to be for many individuals a human journey marred by suffering, discrimination and violenceparticularly threatening phenomenon for the future of the peoples of Europe, jeopardising their deep-rooted identities, lifestyle, prosperity and security; 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 is not based primarily on migratory phenomena but on a population that remained relatively unchanged until the middle of the last century;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the EU and, when app, in principle, staying illegally ing EU law, the Member States, in their external and extraterritorial actions in the areas of migration, borders and asylum, should pay specific attention to the rights enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights, including the right to liberty, the right to asylum, human dignity and security, the prohibition of ill- treatment, slavery and forced labour, and the obligation to take the interests of the child as a primary consideration and to ensure non-discrimination and procedural guarantees such as the right to an effective remedy and data protec any EU Member State constitutes an infringement of the laws and regulations in force in each State, and that deportation to the country of origin or place of provenance should be the basic rule when it comes to illegal immigration;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. CRecalls on the Commission to establish an independent, transparent and effective monitoring mechanism, which entails periodic reports on the implementation of formal, informal anthat the European Commission should financial agreements that can potentially impact the rights of migrants and refugees in third countries, 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; insist no way interfere in the migration policies of Member States, which must remain the sole authority able to take sovereign decisions on twhe need to ensure means for civil society and other interested stakeholders to be able to contribute to the work of the mechanismther or not a person is entitled to stay;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Highlights 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;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights 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; recalls that the agency's primary role should be to repatriate systematically illegal migrants to their place of departure, wherever that may be;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Urges the EU and its Member States to make aid granted to developing countries conditional upon agreements on the effective readmission of illegal migrants present in the EU;
Amendment 186 #
18. Stresses the importance of alblocatking a substantial share of future EU funding in the field of migration to civil society groups in third countries for providing assistance and for the protection and monitoring of the rights of migrants, and of ensuring that a significant part of EU funding is earmarked for the improvement of human rights, international protection, and the future perspective of refugeefunding to civil society groups that act as an illegal shuttle service to smuggle and traffic illegal migrants;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 209 #
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 protection of refugees and ease the pressure on host countries; stresses in this regard that the EU andWarns that the Global Compact on Refugees provides for the unfettered right to migration, especially illegally, which its Member States should 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; reiterates the importance of fully implementing the 23 objectives of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration; believes that Parliament must ensparticularly harmful; requests that neither the European Union nor the Member States be allowed to invoke it as a legislative source the proper scrutiny of the implementation of both Compacts by the EUfor their migration policy;
Amendment 215 #
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 policywishes of the indigenous community of Europe; 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; 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 workdefenders and civil society organisations comply with national and international law and cease activities that create pull factors for illegal migrants to come to the EU;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for the EU to carry out a global campaign to support universal ratification of the Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees; urges Member States to lead by example by adhering to the UN Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers, as one of the core UN human rights conventionsMember States to interpret the Geneva Convention as was originally intended;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that the EU must not take a leading role in supporting policy and normative developments in relation to the rights of migrants in multilateral fora; calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide financial and political support for the relevant international and regional bodies, including NGOs, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and UNRWA, as well the OHCHR and the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants;