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Activities of Giusto CATANIA related to 2008/2157(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2008/2157(INI)

Amendments (26)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas, while border controls are the responsibility of each Member State as regards its own section of border, the migratory ~~pressure on the Eastern~~flows from east and Ssouth~~ern borders~~ of the EU requires a spirit of joint responsibility and ~~compulsory~~ solidarity to develop among the Member States, so as to facilitate the sharing of ~~the~~ material and human resources ~~which can be mobilised to combat this phenomenon~~,

2008/10/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. welcoming the first quantifiable results from the FRONTEX agency since it launched operations in October 2005, and noting the need to define a medium and long-term strategy, which has become essential at this stage of its development,deleted

2008/10/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas this strategy should be taken as an opportunity to test the viability of the principle of ‘compulsory solidarity’ between Member States (already referred to in the context of Regulation (EC) No 863/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 establishing a mechanism for the creation of Rapid Border Intervention Teams1 (RABIT), which co-ordinates the Union’s rapid reaction capacities in case of emergency) in order to determine the appropriate way of ensuring that the material resources (listed in the Centralised Records of Available Technical Equipment (CRATE)) and human resources needed to enable the Agency to take effective action are made unconditionally available,deleted

2008/10/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas any action taken by the Agency should at any event comply with the standards of international law, in particular those relating to maritime law and human rights, the dignity of the human being and of refugees, particularly the right of asylum ~~and~~, the principle of non-refoulement and the prohibition on group expulsions,

2008/10/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas all the Agency’s actions should take into account the need to take the necessary precautions, and use all necessary means, to respect the most vulnerable, women and children, and in particular pregnant women, unaccompanied minors, older people and people with disabilities or serious illnesses,

2008/10/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas~~, in the light of their success,~~ operations for the training of the specialist staff involved in the functioning of FRONTEX deserve to be continued, and should in particular be extended to ~~staff from third countries who have to cooperate with the Agency on a daily basis~~training in sea rescue operations and the recovery of bodies in the event of shipwreck,

2008/10/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Member States to consider a global approach to the problem of migration, seeking with equal vigour to achieve progress ~~not only in~~in, on the one hand, stepping up checks at the Union’s borders, in combating illegal immigration and returning illegal immigrants to their home countries, and in combating illegal work and the trafficking of human beings, ~~but also in organising~~and, on the other hand, opening channels for legal immigration and measures to facilitate the integration of legal immigrants, in promoting a global partnership with third countries to promote a positive relationship between migration and development, and in establishing a consistent human rights policy at EU level;

2008/10/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Member States, to that end, to formalise as soon as possible a system of ‘~~compulsory and irrevocable~~ solidarity’ to enable FRONTEX, in preparing and completing its missions, to remove the uncertainty as to the extent of the resources it can count on in real time;

2008/10/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for the establishment of permanent and operational joint ~~surveillance~~ patrols all year round in all ~~high-r~~areas where there isk a~~reas, particularly at sea borders~~ serious risk of loss of life, the right to life being the first inviolable fundamental right;

2008/10/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Voices its opposition to the use of instruments of coercion (such as firearms) by staff involved in FRONTEX operations, in particular since such instruments are not necessary for the performance of their duties;

2008/10/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on FRONTEX to send a report to the Council and the European Parliament, detailing in particular the actual use ~~and real availability of the materials listed in the CRATE database, highlighting any difficulties encountered~~procedures for carrying out joint operations at sea;

2008/10/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Member States, in the event of persistent insufficient availability of resources, take a rapid decision on altering the scale of FRONTEX's budget to enable it to rent or purchase its own material to carry out its missions;deleted

2008/10/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Recalls that the European Parliament, as an arm of the budgetary authority, has already increased FRONTEX’s budget since the agency’s inception and will ensure that the budget is correctly implemented ~~and adapted to changes in the agency’s functions~~;

2008/10/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Welcomes the major cooperation efforts achieved by almost all the third countries with which FRONTEX has been called upon to cooperate on a day-to-day basis~~, and which have led to very positive results, for example in the Canary Islands~~;

2008/10/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Calls, conversely, on those third countries whose cooperation has been insufficient – or non-existent – to make every effort to facilitate the work of the Agency, particularly by ensuring that their enforcement services cooperate more effectively;deleted

2008/10/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Points out that the minimum requirement for EU cooperation with third countries must be compliance with international obligations concerning the protection of refugees and asylum seekers and, in particular, with the provisions of the Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (1951);

2008/10/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Member States to permit FRONTEX’s mandate to be reviewed ~~so as to eliminate legal vacuums which could hamper its action~~, setting out in particular the pr~~ecise legal conditions f~~ior its sea rescue operations and for its contribution to return operations, and including the option for third countries to use its equipment, in particular by means of pilot projects from which they would benefity task of sea rescue;

2008/10/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Considers that such a broadening of the tasks of FRONTEX, and its contribution as part of the daily battle against illegal immigration, could justify the structural development of its logistical and administrative capacities, while complying with the proportionality principle;deleted

2008/10/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Considers in particular that ~~, while~~ the rhythm of work and the resources employed do not ~~yet~~ justify creating a large number of decentralised agencies~~, consideration might be given at this stage to setting up two distinct external offices – one coordinating activities at land borders, the other for sea operations~~;

2008/10/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Stresses the need to carry out training for staff deployed in Agency operations – particularly training in maritime law, asylum law and fundamental rights – including, once its mandate has been widened, for staff from the third countries involved; to that end, encourages FRONTEX to cooperate with other institutions such as the International Organization for Migration, the Agency for Fundamental Rights ~~and~~, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Save the Children, Médecins sans frontières and other associations with experience and know-how in these areas;

2008/10/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Welcomes the discussion being carried on the Council aimed at setting up the EUROSUR system with a view to optimising the exploitation of all surveillance systems, essentially by extending their existing cover, which currently reaches only part of the areas where operations need to be carried out;deleted

2008/10/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Urges, therefore, that work begin without delay on the upgrading of the national surveillance systems and their interconnection as a network, and that – in the interest of coherence – FRONTEX be given the task of assembling the available tools, and in particular of managing the secure web-based Information and Coordination Network for Member States’ Migration Management Services (ICONET) and of resuming the work of the Centre for Information, Discussion and Exchange on the Crossing of Frontiers and Immigration (CIREFI); also insists on the need to further the Agency’s cooperation on risk analysis with other European agencies as well as with other international bodies and third country border control authorities;deleted

2008/10/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

~~17. Calls on the Member States to ensure that the concrete needs of the border control services are specifically taken into account in research activities;~~deleted

2008/10/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Stresses the importance of incorporating into the EU’s global border management system the proposed new European border control systems: the Electronic System for Travel Authorisation (ESTA), the entry/exit registration system, fast-tracking, etc.;deleted

2008/10/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on FRONTEX to take the initiative of creating a common information-sharing environment between the competent national authorities in order to optimise the collection, analysis and dissemination of this sensitive data; calls on the European Security Research and Innovation Forum (ESRIF) to make its contribution to achieving this objective, giving priority in its work to common applications for the improvement of and innovation in surveillance tools;deleted

2008/10/21
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20.Calls on the Agency to inform the European Parliament on negotiations to conclude agreements ~~signed~~ with third countries and to publish evaluation reports on joint operations; points out that democratic oversight of the Agency's activities would, among other things, enhance its legitimacy;

2008/10/21
Committee: LIBE