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28 Amendments of Kati PIRI related to 2016/0225(COD)

Amendment 253 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
For the purposes of this Regulation 'resettlement' means the admission of third- country nationals and stateless persons in need of international protection from a third country to which or within which they have been displaced to the territory of the Member States with a view to granting them international protection upon referral from UNHCR or Member States.
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 273 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) contribute to the reduction of the risk of a large-scale irregular inflow ofneed for third-country nationals and stateless persons in need of international protection to travel irregularly to the territory of the Member States;
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 276 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) contribute to international resettlement initiatives, thereby increasing the overall number of resettlement places available in the Member States.
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 279 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
In determining the regions or third countries from which resettlement shall occur within the Union Resettlement Framework, in accordance with the implementingdelegated acts referred to in Articles 7 and 8, the following factors shall be taken into consideration:
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 284 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the number of persons in need of international protection displaced to or within a third country and any onward movement of those persons to the territory of the Member Stateseligible for resettlement as indicated by the UNHCR;
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 285 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) The number of vulnerable third- country nationals or stateless persons who are in need of international protection, especially those in protracted refugee situations;
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 287 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) complementarity with financial and technical assistance provided to third countries to which or within which persons in need of international protection have been displaced;deleted
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 294 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the Union's overall relations with the third country or countries from which resettlement occurs, and with third countries in general;deleted
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 303 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – introductory part
(d) a third country's effective cooperation with the Union in the area of migration and asylum, including:regions hosting protracted refugee situations.
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 305 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i
(i) reducing the number of third- country nationals and stateless persons irregularly crossing the border into the territory of the Member States coming from that third country;deleted
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 309 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
(ii) creating the conditions for the use of the first country of asylum and safe third country concepts for the return of asylum applicants who have irregularly crossed the border into the territory of the Member States coming from or having a connection with the third country concerned;deleted
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 311 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iii
(iii) increasing the capacity for the reception and protection of persons in need of international protection staying in that country, including through the development of an effective asylum system; ordeleted
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 312 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iv
(iv) increasing the rate of readmission of third-country nationals and stateless persons irregularly staying in the territory of the Member States such as through the conclusion and effective implementation of readmission agreements;deleted
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 315 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) the scale and content of commitments to resettlement undertaken by third countries.deleted
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 326 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) third-country nationals, who are outside the country of nationality or the part of that country in which they formerly habitually resided, or stateless persons, who are outside of the country of former habitual residence or of the part of that country in which they formerly habitually resided, and in respect of whom substantial grounds have been shown for believing that they, if returned to or staying in their country of origin or former habitual residence, would face a real risk of suffering serious harm, and are unable, or, owing to such risk, are unwilling to avail themselves of the protection of that country;
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 330 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii – point i (new)
(i) third-country nationals or stateless persons with a right to international protection who are outside the country of nationality and are not able to integrate in the host country or to return to the country of nationality and for whom no durable solutions are available, especially those in protracted refugee situations;
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 346 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i – indent 6
– persons with socio-economic vulnerability;deleted
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 352 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii – introductory part
(ii) family members of third-country nationals or stateless persons or Union citizens legally residing in a Member State, only if other legal alternatives, such as family reunification under Council Directive 2003/86/EC, do not apply:
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 387 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) persons for whom there are reasonable grounds for considering that they are a danger to the community, public policy, security, or public health or the international relations of the Member State examining the resettlement file, including where a second Member State has required the Member State examining the resettlement file to consult that second Member State during the examination in relation to specific third- country nationals or stateless persons or specific categories of third-country nationals or stateless persons, that second Member State has justifiably objected to their resettlement on these grounds, stipulated in a reasoned opinion;
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 393 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) persons who have irregularly stayed, irregularly entered, or attempted to irregularly enter the territory of the Member States during the five years prior to resettlement;deleted
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 405 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f – paragraph 1
persons whom Member States have during the last five years prior to resettlement refused to resettle in accordance with this paragraph.deleted
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 415 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Third-country nationals or stateless persons may be excluded from targeted Union resettlement schemes established in accordance with Article 8, where one of the grounds for exclusion referred to in points (a) or (b) of paragraph 1 applies prima facie.
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 428 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the maxinimum totalarget number of persons to be resettled to the Member States in total;
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 439 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall adopt implementing actsdelegated acts in accordance with Article 14, supplementing this Regulation, in order to establishing targeted Union resettlement schemes consistent with the annual Union resettlement plan adopted pursuant to Article 7. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 15(2), in accordance with paragraph 2.
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 444 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the precise number of persons to be resettled from the maximum totaltotal target number as set out in the annual Union resettlement plan provided for in point (a) of Article 7(2) and details about the participation of the Member States in the targeted Union resettlement scheme;
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 464 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) social or cultural links, or other characteristics that can facilitate integration in the participating Member State, provided that this is without discrimination based on any ground such as sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation, without prejudice to differences in treatment necessary for the assessment referred to in the first subparagraph;deleted
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 474 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
After third-country nationals and stateless persons have been identified by UNHCR, according to UNHCR priorities and vulnerable categories, and referred to the Member States for resettlement, the Member States shall assess whether the third-country nationals or the stateless persons referred to in paragraph 2 meet the eligibility criteria set out in Article 5 and whether they are not excluded in accordance with Article 6(1).
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 491 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 7 – point a
(a) grant refugee status where the third-country national or the stateless person concerned qualifies as a refugee or subsidiary protection status where the third-country national or the stateless person concerned is eligible for subsidiary protection. The Member State shall notify the third-country national or the stateless person concerned of that decision. The decision to grant refugee status or subsidiary protection status shall have the same effect as a decision to grant refugee status or to grant subsidiary protection status referred to in Articles 13 and 19 of Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Qualification Regulation], once the person concerned has entered the territory of a Member State;
2017/05/03
Committee: LIBE