Activities of Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA related to 2020/2045(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Implementation report on the EU Trust Funds and the Facility for Refugees in Turkey (continuation of debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the implementation report on the EU Trust Funds and the Facility for Refugees in Turkey
Amendments (8)
Amendment 2 #
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 of Fundamental Rights; whereas Turkey has repeatedly used immigrants to blackmail the European Union, provoking a number of humanitarian crises at the Greek and Bulgarian borders; whereas most of these funds are dedicated to directly or indirectly improving Turkish service infrastructure and whereas this helps to strengthen the Erdoğan government;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Whereas to date the European Commission has set up four trust funds with differing objectives, including the Trust Fund for Colombia, the EU Emergency Trust Fund for stability and addressing root causes of irregular migration and displaced persons in Africa, the Trust Fund in response to the Syrian crisis (Madad Trust Fund) and the Trust Fund for the Central African Republic (Bêkou Trust Fund);
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas migrant smuggling and human trafficking networks operate in the north of Africa due to their strategic locations between sub-Saharan Africa and Europe; whereas national anti- trafficking framework and capabilities differ greatly across the continent and funding is often insufficient; whereas human smuggling to Europe has been considered by Europol to be one of the fastest growing criminal markets, with connections to other types of criminal activities, including drug trafficking, money laundering or financial fraud;
Amendment 46 #
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 ante and ongoing impact assessments on fundamental rightsinstitutional dialogue on the EU level;
Amendment 55 #
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 fundamone of the main objectives of the EUTF is to contribute to better migration management, including tackling illegal migration to the EU; stresses that the existing strategy is not working effectively as the current strength of human-trafficking mafias, the exponential rights associated with this approach.increase of arrivals of irregular migrants, and the low return rates can prove;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that of the EUR 6 billion budget of the EU Facility for Refugees in Turkey, EUR 4 billion has already been disbursed; calls on the European Commission to allocate, in view of the repeated actions by Turkey against Member States' interests, the remaining EUR 2 billion to the financing of actions aimed at returning refugees to their places of origin, once these are safe, and at rebuilding their homes, communities and infrastructure;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses that development aid and support for refugees from the EU and the Member States to partner countries must be conditional to a loyal cooperation and to their compliance with migration management and border control, returns and readmissions; regrets, in this regard, the lack of action from the European Commission against the threats and hostility coming from beneficiary countries such as Turkey and Morocco;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Regrets that EUTF funding for anti-trafficking and anti-smuggling activities represents only 5% of the EUTF's migration, mobility and forced displacement related budget. Stresses the need for current and future funding instruments to focus and prioritise on improved migration management, including containing and preventing illegal migration, fighting human trafficking and migrant smuggling, contributing to effective return and readmission and capacity building law enforcement;