38 Amendments of Giusto CATANIA related to 2008/2331(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Indent 13 a (new)
Indent 13 a (new)
- having regard to its report on 'The Future of the Common European Asylum System' adopted on [10 March 2009],
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises the significance of a well- planned integration policy for the host state and for creating appropriate opportunities for the immigrants themselves; considers that the integration policy should be a two- way process, multidimensional, taking account of the specific situation in each of the Member States; further considers that immigration policy should promote harmonious integration and address issues such as education and training, recognition of professional and educational qualifications, access to the labour market, social services, healthcare services and housing, as well as active participation in social, political and cultural activities;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights the importance of inclusion into the social and civil life of the country of residence, supporting, for instance, actions fostering participation in civil society, political parties or trade unions as well as acknowledging as a priority the recognition of the right to vote in local and European elections;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to take the necessary measures to ensure financial support for the structural and cultural integration of immigrants, including the implementation of EU programmes such as Lifelong Learning, Europe for Citizens, Youth in Action and, Culture 2007 and the Integration Fund;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas legal migration represents an opportunity from which both migrants and Member States may benefit, whereas, however, progress in the area of legal migration must go hand-in-hand with effective action on combating illegal imrregular migration,
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights that school programmes and lifelong learning play an important role in the integration process by developing skills, notably language skills; considers, too, that access to and participation in training programmes, all levels of school programmes and lifelong learning are a right and an opportunity for newly arrived immigrantall third country nationals;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that reception structures for migrants should be open places designed to facilitate all activities or programmes fostering cultural exchanges between migrants and the host society; in this perspective, considers it essential to grant at any stage of the reception process the right to education of children, as already foreseen by several international provisions;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates that the management of migration requires genuine partnership and cooperation with third countries of origin and transit; emphasises that such cooperation can only take place when the third country respects international laws on human rights and protection, and is a signatory to the 1951 Geneva Convention;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the need for a comprehensive assessment of the EU’s skills and market needs; considers, however, that each Member State should retain control on the number of persons required for its labour market needs;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Calls on the Commission to propose a functioning system where a Member State issuing an EU Blue Card to a highly qualified third-country worker shall provide professional education for two persons of the country/region of origin of the EU Blue Card holder concerned;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Recalls that projections presented by the Commission estimate the need for 60 million migrant workers by 2050 and this requires the opening-up of channels for legal migration; calls on the Commission to propose a system for residence permits for third country nationals for the purpose of seeking employment in the EU;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Encourages the Member States to increase their coordination, sharing their best practises for integration;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that integration, which is a two-way process involving both host society and migrants, should be based on social inclusion, anti- discrimination, equal opportunities, education, intercultural dialogue and diversity management in schools and the workplace, while ensuring that migrants can maintain their native culture;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Underlines that a good integration process is the best tool to eliminate mistrust and suspicion between the native citizens and migrants and is fundamental to removing any xenophobic ideas or actions;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 f (new)
Paragraph 12 f (new)
12f. Recalls that a key element is the inclusion of the migrant organisations who play unique roles in the integration process by giving migrants opportunities for democratic participation; calls on the Members States to facilitate systems for the support of civil society in the integration process through enabling migrants' presence in the host society's civil and political life, enabling participation in political parties, trade unions and the opportunity to vote in local elections;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 i (new)
Paragraph 12 i (new)
12i. Calls on the Member States to ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families adopted by UN General Assembly resolution 45/158 of 18 December 1990;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 n (new)
Paragraph 12 n (new)
12n. Stresses that special attention has to be paid to the special integration needs of many migrant women, namely facilitating access to employment and social services, and protecting their fundamental social rights;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 p (new)
Paragraph 12 p (new)
12p. Calls on the European Commission to ensure that mandatory integration measures (including pre-entry integration exams) are not in contradiction with international human rights conventions and obligations and with Articles 21 and 22 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Emphasises that integrated management of borders requires more investment in new technologies, such as biometrics, while takingmust take due account of data protection and privacy laws;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for the replacement of current national Schengen visas with uniform European Schengen visas, allowing for equal treatment of all visa applicants, and calls for a study into the setting up of a system requiring third-country nationals to obtain electronic authorisation to travel before travelling to EU territorya faster and more uniform procedure when entering various Schengen Member States;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. WelcomeAwaits the Commission’s initiative for ato proposal toe a review of the mandate of FRONTEX and considers that its reinforcement is necessary to strengthen its urgently required, in particular by extending its optraining in international law regarding human rights and protection, ensure access to application procedures for international capacity and its ability to protection for all migrants encoundtertake permanent missioned, and to focus ion areas which face high migratory pressurscuing activities;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that FRONTEX requires adequate resources, not just financial onese.g. for training in international law, if it is to fulfil its mandate in a meaningful manner and; calls on Member States to increase the pooling of technical means and on the Commission to bring forward legislative proposals to establish compulsory solidarity for the Central Record of Available Technical Equipment (CRATE) on the same basis as that envisaged for the Rapid Border Intervention Teams (RABITs)the Commission to propose a system for independent monitoring of FRONTEX' activities;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Considers that migrants who are illegally staying on the territory of the Member States and who are not entitled to international protection have to be required to leave; welcomes in this regard, the adoption of the Return Directive and urges Member States to transpose it as soon as possible; calls on Member States to ensure that returns are conducted with due regard to the law and the dignity of the persons involved, giving due preference to voluntary return;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Calls on the Commission to establish monitoring and support for social and professional reintegration mechanisms in countries of origin for migrants having been returned;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls foron the strengthening of co- operation, including through consular co- operation, with countries of origin to facilitate readmission procedures and calls on the Commission toCommission to conduct a study evaluateing existing readmission agreements with a view to facilitating their implementationreview those where the full respect of human rights of the people being readmitted can not be guaranteed and to draw lessons for the negotiation of any future agreements;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 c (new)
Paragraph 28 c (new)
28c. Calls on the Commission to ensure that Member States only have bilateral readmission agreements with third countries providing full guarantees for the respect of the readmitted's human rights and having signed the 1951 Geneva Convention;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. SupportWelcomes the reviewcast of Council Regulation (EC) No 343/2003 ("the Dublin Regulation")2 so as to ensure a more equitable allocation of responsibility in 1 2 the examination of asylum applicand the proposed provisions for a mechanism to suspend Dublin OJ L 50, 25, 2.2003, p. 1. OJ L 50, 25, 2.2003, p. 1. transfers if there are concerns that Dublin transfers could result in applicants not benefiting from adequate standards of protection in the responsible Member States, in particular in terms of reception conditions and access to the asylum procedure, as well as in cases where these Dublin transfers would add to the burden on those Member States which are faced with specific and disproportionate pressures due, in particular, to their geographical or demographic situations;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 b (new)
Paragraph 31 b (new)
31b. Takes the view that public health cannot be protected unless every person staying on the territory of a Member State – under whatever circumstances – is allowed access to treatment; maintains that each Member State must therefore guarantee that every person staying on its territory, regardless of the circumstances, will receive treatment in an emergency or in essential cases, on the understanding that this will not lead to any report to the authorities and that the costs charged will be comparable to those borne by needy citizens of the Member State concerned:
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33