Activities of Barbara KUDRYCKA related to 2015/2095(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration (debate) PL
Amendments (35)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
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— having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European UnionGeneva Convention of 1951 and the additional protocol thereto,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
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- having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948,
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
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— having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
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— having regard to the GenevaEuropean Convention of 1951 and the additional protocol thereto,for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the flow of refugees and economic migrants arriving in the EU has reached an unprecedented scale, challenging legal and security capacity at the European, national and local levels;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas according to Frontex data5 , in the first eleven months of 2015, 1.55 million persons were detected while attempting to cross irregularly the EU’s external borders, setting an unprecedented record compared to the 282 000 migrants who arrived in the EU in the course of the whole 2014; and whereas, according to IOM/UNICEF data, around 20 % of all migrants arriving by sea are children6 ; and whereas the estimated number of unknown cases of irregular flows is much higher due to the lack of registration on a large scale, due to counterfeit passports and irregular border crossings; __________________ 5 Frontex news, http://frontex.europa.eu/news/number-of- migrants-arriving-in-greece-dropped-by- half-in-november-cITv3V. 6 IOM and UNICEF, Data Brief: Migration of Children to Europe, http://www.iom.int/sites/default/files/press _release/file/IOM-UNICEF-Data-Brief- Refugee-and-Migrant-Crisis-in-Europe- 30.11.15.pdf.
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Holds that any holistic approach to migration must necessarily contain measures aimed at disrupting the activities of criminal networks involved in the human trafficking and smuggling of people;
Amendment 420 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Is of the opinion that, in addition to the criteria contained in the Relocation Decisions, namely the GDP of the Member State, the population of the Member State, the unemployment rate in the Member State, and the past numbers of asylum seekers in the Member State, consideration should be given to two other criteria, namely, the size of the territory of the Member State and the population density of the Member State; labour market absorption as well as reception capacity of the Member State;
Amendment 640 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Emphasises that hosting Member States must offer refugees support and opportunities to integrate and build a life in their new society and – as provided for in the Qualifications Directive12 – this should also include effective access to democratic structures in societyquaintance with democratic European values ; emphasises that integration is a two-way process and that respect for the values upon which the EU is built must be an integral part of the integration process; __________________ 12 Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted (OJ L 337, 20.12.2011, p. 9).
Amendment 651 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)
Paragraph 40 a (new)
40 a. Points out the rule of law and fundamental rights, such as freedom of speech, equal rights between women and men and respect and dialogue between religious communities are essential elements of the European system;
Amendment 691 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43 a. Emphasises that many EU countries are inexperienced in integration process and coordination of activities between bodies that are obliged to perform tasks in this field is inefficient; it encourages increased exchange of best practices with foreign partners in the field of integration;
Amendment 692 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 b (new)
Paragraph 43 b (new)
43 b. Points out that major decisions concerning the integration policy are adopted at national and international level and implementation is done at the lower levels and in that context collaboration and communication with all levels of government and the social partners (NGOs, universities, companies and local media, as well as churches and religious associations) is required; in the first period focus should be put on cities that already have experience in the reception of refugees;
Amendment 693 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 c (new)
Paragraph 43 c (new)
43 c. Notices that the area of particular interest to Member States should be providing more financial resources on educational programs which will take into account local aspects of the communities and be formed in cooperation with Ministries of Education, schools, NGOs and local governments;
Amendment 696 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Encourages private and community integration programmes for those persons accepted for resettlement, including building on best practices of Member States and local authorities; social partners (NGOs, universities, companies and local media, as well as churches and religious associations);
Amendment 760 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 a (new)
Paragraph 49 a (new)
49 a. Notices that a clear distinction between legitimate asylum seekers and irregular migrants should be made and those who do not qualify for international protection must be returned swiftly; deplores the current lack of effective enforcement of return decisions;
Amendment 766 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
Paragraph 50
50. Believes that the return of migrants should only be carried out safelyight to seek asylum must be respected for those in need of protection, while swift and effective return and readmission measures for those not qualifying must be put in place , in full compliance with the fundamental and procedural rights of the migrants in question, and where the country to which they are being returned is safe for them; reiterates, in that regard, that voluntary return should be prioritised over forced returns; "hot spots" should play a key role in return procedures;
Amendment 845 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58
Paragraph 58
58. Recommends that EASO be developed, in the long term,should be a focal point for expertise and assistance and in the long term should be developed into a principal coordinator of the CEAS with a view to guaranteeing common application of the rules of that system; reiterates that, as the CEAS becomes genuinely European, EASO needs to develop from a collection of experts from Member States into a fully- fledged Union agency providing operational support to Member States and at the external borders; emphasises, in that regard, that it must be provided with the necessary funding and human resources in the short, medium and long term;
Amendment 865 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60 a (new)
Paragraph 60 a (new)
60 a. In principle, supports the strengthening of the management of the external borders of the EU Member States by creating European Border and Coast Guard, and underlines that the improvement of border protection can be achieved through the full implementation and improvement of already existing cooperation mechanisms and systems;
Amendment 894 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 64 a (new)
Paragraph 64 a (new)
64 a. Calls on the EU Member States to take serious and immediate and full use of the Schengen evaluation mechanism and immediate measures to protect the EU's external borders by proper security checks for people entering the EU; lack of actions ultimately jeopardizes the Schengen Acquis;
Amendment 895 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 64 b (new)
Paragraph 64 b (new)
64 b. Points out that the Member State should ask for the support of the EU and other Member States at an early stage when it is under high pressure due to the massive influx of people and cannot tackle these problems alone;
Amendment 950 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73
Paragraph 73
73. Calls for the hotspots to be set up as soon as possible in order to give concrete operational assistance to those Member States; where migrants will be swiftly identified and registered upon arrival and asylum requests can be processed; the EU and Member States should support this common effort with staff, financial and technical assistance;
Amendment 961 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74
Paragraph 74
74. Recognises that one of the main purposes of hotspots is to allow the Union to grant protection and humanitarian assistance in a swift manner to those in need by significantly reduced time between the registration of a person and the decision on the asylum application ; emphasises that great care needs to be taken to ensure that the categorising of migrants at hotspots is carried out in full respect for the rights of all migrants; acknowledges, however, that proper identification of applicants for international protection at the point of first arrival in the Union should help facilitate the overall functioning of any reformed CEAS;
Amendment 1017 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 83 a (new)
Paragraph 83 a (new)
83a. Notes that finding sustainable solutions to conflicts in our neighbourhood is crucial and Europe must take on its responsibility with international support to achieve a political solution to the crisis in unstable countries in the region in order to enable these refugees to come back as quickly as possible to their country;
Amendment 1018 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 83 b (new)
Paragraph 83 b (new)
83b. The EU should undertake a diplomatic offensive together with the US, Russia and other international partners to convince other countries in the region, such as Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Iran, of a common strategy to fight Da'esh and to stop the proxy war in the region;
Amendment 1023 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 84
Paragraph 84
84. Recommends that cooperation with third countries involves assessing those countries’ asylum systems, their support for refugees, and their ability and willingness to tackle human trafficking and criminal smuggling into and through those countries; strongly encourages Arab States to provide assistance to asylum seekers and refugees in saving lives and sharing the burden;
Amendment 1028 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 85 a (new)
Paragraph 85 a (new)
85a. Calls on of fast and effective implementation of the 17- point plan on 25 October on refugee flows along the Western Balkans and Valletta Summit Action Plan on 9th November and provide support on a number of strategic areas in particular in exchange of information on reception, size and movement of migratory flows;
Amendment 1056 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 88
Paragraph 88
88. Welcomes the fact that the Action Plan on Smuggling links the launching of new awareness-raising campaigns to the assessment of existing ones; recommends that any such campaigns run at the EU level as well as in third countries should contain information on the criteria to be used to determine protection status in the Union, since such information may convince some migrants – who risk embarking on a perilous journey only to be returned if they are not granted protection – not to make the journey;
Amendment 1062 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 88 a (new)
Paragraph 88 a (new)
88a. Points out that that closer cooperation with Internet services providers and social media should be established and Europol should support national authorities to detect and where appropriate request the removal of the internet contents by smugglers;
Amendment 1063 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 88 b (new)
Paragraph 88 b (new)
88b. Notes that it is crucial for preventing prospective migrants, including vulnerable people as children from embarking on hazardous journeys also from transit countries by developing special campaigns in the Internet as well as using counter- narrative in the media, including social media and involvement of the diaspora communities in the EU;
Amendment 1175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 107
Paragraph 107
107. States that the legal basis for the management of legal migration at Union level is set out in Article 79 TFEU; established on the principle of subsidiarity, to be based on labour market needs in Member States;
Amendment 1187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 110 a (new)
Paragraph 110 a (new)
110a. Calls on the Union to the full implementation of existing EU legislation in this area, such as the Single permit, seasonal workers and ICTs directives, the swift conclusion of the students and researchers directive, and the revision of the Blue Card directive;