Activities of Anna ZÁBORSKÁ related to 2017/2270(INL)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION with recommendations to the Commission on Humanitarian Visas
Amendments (6)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas gender isthe race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion are a ground for protection under the 1951 UN Convention relating to the status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol (the Refugee Convention) and women worldwide are affected disproportionately by sexual and others forms of gender-based violence;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas, according to the Article 79 (1) of the TFEU, the Union shall develop a common immigration policy aimed at ensuring, at all stages, the efficient management of migration flows, fair treatment of third-country nationals residing legally in Member States, and the prevention of, and enhanced measures to combat, illegal immigration and trafficking in human beings; whereas, according to the Article 79 (2c) of the TFEU, the European Parliament and the Council, shall adopt measures in the area of illegal immigration and unauthorised residence, including removal and repatriation of persons residing without authorisation;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas humanitarian visas should be regarded as a legal instrument for those whose lives are threatened and not as a regular instrument of the EU´s immigration policy;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the current lack of a possibility to request protection on humanitarian grounds outside of the Union means that persons seeking asylum are forced to enter Europe in an irregular manner thereby risking their lives and health, with particular and gendered consequences for women, girls and LGBTI person and girls;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Condemns the ongoing situation where in order to seek asylum in the EU, women and girls, as well as LGBTI persons put themselves under the serious risk of sexual and gender-basedphysical, psychological and notably sexual violence along migratory routes and in reception centeres;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for a separate instrument on humanitarian visas, in addition and complementary to a Union programme on resettlement and humanitarian admission, to be established at the Union level and calls on the Commission to deliver the legislative proposal wherein the third country nationals will receive the possibility to apply for a European humanitarian visa directly at any consulate or embassy of the Member States, while ensuring its gender-sensitive approach and effective protection of persons suffering gender-based persecutio, while ensuring effective protection of all applicants, especially children and women.