10 Amendments of Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES related to 2011/2157(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers it essential that the EU fulfil, through its revised neighbourhood policy, the aspirations of those who fought for democracy and humdemocratic, political, economic, cultural and social aspirations of citizens and nationals of the states covered by the European rNeightsbourhood Policy (ENP), including their right to mobility and free movement;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that the review of the ENP creates an opportunity for the EU to effectively carry out its obligations as laid down in Articles 2, 3, 6, 8 and 21 of the TEU; and to modify all aspects of its relations with the ENP countries – including the economic and social dimensions – accordingly, with a view to facilitating democratisation and the success of the ENP in those countries and the implementation of more humane migration policies consistent with the international standards the EU has agreed upon with those countries;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Expresses disappointment at the continued adoption in the EU countries of an approach consisting in outsourcing the management of immigration to the EU to third countries, in particular those on the southern shore of the Mediterranean;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Deplores the fact that the new neighbourhood strategy proposed by the Commission continues to be based on the principle of making access to closer cooperation in other areas conditional on effective action to combat illegal immigration, inter alia through re-entry agreements that also apply to third country nationals;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Expresses disappointment, therefore, at the discrepancy between, on the one hand, the EU’s statements of intent concerning the promotion of democracy and human rights in neighbouring countries and, on the other, the way in which these aspects are addressed in the context of migration policy; calls, therefore, for the EU to act on its statements about human rights and democracy by making the promotion of, and respect for, migrants’ rights a key focus of the strategy it intends to develop with its neighbourhood partners, in particular those in the south;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Agrees with the Commission’s observations concerning the situation with regard to migration for family reasons, and calls on it to present a Green Paper on the subject by the end of the year;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Council and the Commission to set up a structured dialogue with third country authorities in order to develop a win-win approach to mobility and progress towards visa liberalisation beyond a visa facilitation only for targeted groups; and to evaluate the existing mobility partnerships, particularly the adverse effects of the interdependence between development aid, regular migration and irregular migration as defined in the Global Approach to Migration;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States and the EU to ratify the UN Migrant Workers ConventionConvention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, which has been ratified by the south Mediterranean countries;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to favour the channelling of EU funds to projects aimed at protecting migrants’ rights, and more generally – in conjunction with other EU bodies, in particular the European funding and investment organisations (such as the EIB and the EBRD) – to projects seeking to promote democratisation, economic growth and cultural and social development in the ENP countries;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the Council to urgently address the refugee crisis by conducting an enquiry into the shipwrecks of boat people, providingrelated cases of failure to lend assistance at sea, the problems encountered by NATO ships in disembarking shipwrecked migrants and the virtually systematic ‘refoulement’ of migrants to Tunisia, to work in cooperation with the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly, to provide the EP with a detailed report on the Frontex Hermes operation, to condemning the agreement concluded between the Italian authorities and the Transitional National Council of Libya, to ask the Italian Government for the text of the agreement concluded with the Tunisian Government, to providinge support to Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey and Lebanonthe countries concerned, including Egypt and Tunisia, in particular by exploring the possibility of setting up a humanitarian corridor, and to unblocking without delay the negotiations on the Joint EU Resettlement Programme;