5 Amendments of Martin KASTLER related to 2013/2115(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Member States to: allow undocumented women to access health services and education; enable them to have access to the legal system and confidential advice in emergencies without fear of this resulting directly in measures to terminate their residence; ensure that the European platform against poverty and social exclusion as well as networks of existing aid organisations, churches and civil society are involved in this action; and, where necessary, establish specific forms of data protection for the women concerned;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. CStresses that undocumented women in particular are often the victims of precarious, isolated, unhealthy or unfair working conditions, in some cases experience abuse and violence and are prevented by extreme dependency on their employers from asserting their fundamental and labour rights; calls on the Member States and social partners to address the specific situation of undocumented women in the workplace and help those concerned, thereby enabling them to better exercise their rights - including through the application of EU Directive 2009/52/EC providing for minimum standards on sanctions and measures against employers of illegally staying third-country nationals;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Condemns any form of violence, human trafficking, abuse and discrimination against undocumented women; stresses the need for access to the help on offer in these situations without the fear of this resulting directly in measures to terminate residence;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Draws attention particularly to the situation of undocumented women who are pregnant or have children: they need special protection for the unborn child and a legal entitlement to health care by doctors and midwives, both during and after childbirth, access to psycho-social and spiritual counselling and the right to a birth certificate for their children in accordance with Article 7 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; they must have access to appropriate medical care and to registry offices without having to fear that this will result directly in measures to terminate their residence; calls for special forms of data protection for women who in such situations turn to doctors, clinics and registry offices;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, through more extensive and linked research, to close the gaps in reliable data and existing knowledge on the number and situation of undocumented persons in Europe, to draw the attention of Eurofound to the situation of undocumented women and to take greater account of these women when implementing the inclusion targets of the Europe 2020 strategy;