4 Amendments of Kati PIRI related to 2015/0125(NLE)
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) According to data of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders (Frontex), the Central and Eastern Mediterranean route were the main areas for irregular border crossing into the Union in 2014. In 2014, more than 170 000 migrants arrived in Italy alone in an irregular manner, representing an increase of 277% compared to 2013. A steady increase was also witnessed by Greece with more than 50 000 irregular migrants reaching the country, representing an increase of 153% compared to 2013. Statistics for the first months of 2015 confirm this clear trend in respect of Italy. In addition, Greece has facedAccording to UNHCR 67 5000 irregular migrants arrived in Italy by sea between January and 29 June 2015. In addition, in the first monthshalf of 2015 Greece has faced a sharp increase in the number of irregular border crossings, corresponding to more than 50% of the total number of irregular border crossings in 2014 (almost 28 000 in the first four months of 2015a 124% increase compared to the previous year as a whole (68 000 from January to 26 June 2015 according to UNHCR data, in comparison to a total number of almost 55 000 in 2014). A significant proportion of the total number of irregular migrants detected in these two regionMember States included migrants of nationalities which, based on the Eurostat data, meet a high Union level recognition rate (in 2014, the Syrians and the Eritreans, for which the Union recognition rate is more than 75%, represented more than 40% of the irregular migrants in Italy and more than 50% of them in Greece; from January to end- June 2015 Syrians and Eritreans represented 30% of the arrivals to Italy and 57% to Greece). According to Eurostat, 30 505 Syrians were found to be irregularly present in Greece in 2014 compared to 8 220 in 2013.
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1
Article 1
This Decision establishes provisional measures in the area of international protection for the benefit of Italy and Greece in view of enabling them to cope with an emergency situation characterised by a sudden inflow of nationals of third countries or stateless persons in those Member States.
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. 245 000 applicants shall be relocated from Italy to the territory of the other Member States as set out in Annex I.
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. 1625 000 applicants shall be relocated from Greece to the territory of the other Member States as set out in Annex II.