5 Amendments of Giusto CATANIA related to 2008/2328(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that the right to education must be considered a universal right also guaranteed to the children of migrants, including those temporarily in an irregular situation.
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Believes that reception centres for immigrants must offer a broad range of activities and programmes furthering cultural exchange between immigrants and the host society; considers, in this connection, that each stage of the assimilation process should guarantee migrants' right to education, as required by numerous international instruments;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Recognises that civil society plays an important role in supporting migrants and that it can, in parallel to the official education system, make a vital contribution in areas such as teaching the host language;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Draws attention to the strong current trend to segregation in many education systems, with the creation of separate streams or paths for different categories of pupil, and stresses that, as the Commission itself admits, the best educational results with migrant pupils are achieved in classes which also include children who speak the host language;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Stresses the importance of the existing EU legislation guaranteeing the educational rights of third-country students, such as Directives 38/2004 and 109/2003; calls on the Commission to undertake ongoing monitoring of all measures taken in the Member States tending to curtail or abolish the rights acquired;