19 Amendments of Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA related to 2008/2235(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the situation of applicants for asylum and/or international protection differs substantially from that of immigrants who have reached the Member States illegally,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas, during theirsome visits, the Members noted on several occasions, where this was necessary owing to the poor conditions in a particular centre, that the detention conditions were intolerable from the point of view of hygiene, overcrowding and the equipment available, and whereas the people detained were not systematically informed of the reasons for their detention, of their rights and of the progress in their case,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas detention is a temporary administrative measure that differs from criminal detention,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets that thsome visits revealed that the existing directives were still being poorly applied, or not at allwere not being applied, by thsome Member States; calls on the Commission to take the necessary measures to ensure that the directives are transposed and complied with;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to show more solidarity - not limited to technical and/or financial solidarity - with the countries most affected by the challenges of immigration; calls on the Commission to study the possibility of proposing a European burden-shsolidaringty instrument to improve efficiency for the Member States and afford a aimed at relieving the burden posed by the high number of refugees received by Member States with external borders, whigch would be based on the principle of respect for the wishes of asylum seekers and would afford a high level of protection for asylum seekers;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Expresses its concern over the lack of interpreters in some of the centres visited, including at official interviews; urges the Member States to provide a public interpreting service free of charge, if necessary by telephone;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Regrets that access to free legal aid appears limited for asylum seekers and detained illegal immigrants and amounts sometimes to no more than a list of lawyers’ names, resulting in people without sufficient funds being left without assistance;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that it is particularly difficult for people in detentiondetainees to find appropriate legal assistance given the difficulties of external communication;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that continuity of access to lawyers is made more difficult when detainees are moved between different reception or administrative detention centres;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges those Member States which do not yet do so to provide free and effective public legal aid to allboth asylum seekers and detained illegal immigrants;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Is concerned at the prison-like conditions in which irregular migrants and asylum seekers are keptasylum seekers and illegal immigrants are kept in some of the detention centres visited even though they have committed no crime; calls for such persons to be detained in separatebuildings other than prison buildings in order to ensure their protection;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Notes that access to health care, and particularly to psychological care, is often made difficult by the prison condition, since some detention centres are located in prison establishments; calls on the Member States to provide appropriate, independent medical attention in detention centres, including psychological care, day and night;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Member States to improve contact with the outside world where this is possible, including by allowing regular visits, increasing telephone access and making iInternet access available in all the centres;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Calls on the Member States to consider all appropriatternative measures tother than detention and to demonstrate that those measures are not effective before detaining families which include minors, where appropriate and before detaining families which include minors, to demonstrate that the alternatives considered are not effective;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Calls on the CommissionMember States to lay down mandatory common standards for identifying vulnerable persons likely to be eligible for international protection, particularly victims of torture or human trafficking;