7 Amendments of Philip CLAEYS related to 2012/2032(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the right to international protection is a fundamental right enshrinasylum is a fundamental right subject to specific procedures laid down in the international Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees concluded in Geneva, that this right to asylum can be complemented but under no circumstances expanded inby international and Union law which is complementedor by a series of additional rights and principles, such as the principle of non-refoulement, the right to dignity, the prohibition of torture, inhuman or degrading treatment, the right to an effective remedy and the right to private and family life; that this right does not affect the right of each Member State to decide on a soveraign basis what immigration policy it is going to pursue on its territory;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Regrets the rise of xenophobia and racism and of negative and misinformed assumptions about asylum seekers and refugees accompanying socio-economic insecurity in the EU; recommends that Member Statesthe failure of the immigration and asylum policy in the EU and the socio-economic insecurity in the EU; recommends that Member States proceed to the implementation of a proper immigration and asylum policy, including the actual removal of illegal immigrants from their territory, and undertake awareness- raising campaigns on the actual situation of asylum seekers and beneficiaries of international protection;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Takes note of the recommendation of the Commission and Council regarding inter-agency cooperation between EASO and Frontex, and stresses that the full and swift implementation of Frontex’s Fundamental Rights Strategy is a sine qua non for any such cooperation in the context of international protection; emphasises that any cooperation must be viewed any cooperation must be viewed in the context of the implementation of an effective asylum and immigration policy, including the context of increasing protection standards for asylum seekersactual removal of illegal immigrants from the EU Member States’ territory;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that the Dublin Regulation, which governs the allocation of responsibility for asylum applications, while placing a disproportion, quite rightly, the greatest burden on Member States constituting entry points into the EU, does not provide the means for; urges all Member States and them EU to respond adequately to the administrative and financial demands involved; notes that the Dublin system as it has been applied so far has led to the unequal treatment of asylum seekers across the EU while also having an adverse impact on family reunification and integration; stresses, moreover, its shortcomings in terms of efficiency andhelp those Member States in the effective surveillance of the Union’s external borders; regrets that these countries are failing to take measures to ensure adequate control of the Union’s external borders; expresses therefore its full support for initiatives aimed at implementing such control, including the consteffectiveness, since more than half of agreed transfers never take place and multiple applications are still the ruleruction of a closed wall or fence on the Greek-Turkish border;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses that the relevCondemns the Utopiant case-law suspendingwhich makes transfers under the Dublin Regulation, while providing an answer to individual cases, fails to overcome the structural shortcomings of the Dublin system as a whole; welcomes, therefore, the efforts to include additional criteria in Dublin II in order to mitigate the system’s unwanted adverse effects impossible, thus making impossible the asylum and immigration policy with a ‘Gouvernement des juges’ desired by the EU Member States; urges the European Court in Strasbourg in particular to respect the democratic will of the people expressed through elections and in the policy of national Member States; demands that asylum seekers be effectively returned to their first country of arrival in the EU;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Underlines that asylum and migration management can increase mutual trust and solidarity measures only if coupled with a protection-sensitive approach under which border measures are carried out without prejudice to the rights of refugees and persons requesting international protectionfirm respect for the Geneva Convention on Refugees and the criteria laid down therein, as well as the effective control of the external borders and the actual return of rejected asylum seekers and other illegal immigrants;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Notes that restrictive visa regimes and enhanced border controls can have adverse effects on access to international protection in preventing persons in need from reaching the EU and reiterates the need to apply measures in a protection- sensitive mannerare the only way to prevent EU citizens from becoming less supportive towards real asylum seekers; that the surveillance of the external borders should be expanded and intensified considerably, that candidate asylum seekers should be accommodated in closed centres in the first country of arrival pending a quick decision on their application; that rejected asylum seekers should be effectively sent back straight away; that if the country of origin refuses to accept such persons back the EU should discontinue any form of support to that country;