10 Amendments of Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER related to 2015/2321(INI)
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas professional integration is a stepping stone to social inclusion;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the fact that in order to facilitate the social inclusion and integration of refugees into the labour market, it is necessary to address serious and multi-faceted issues such as discrimination, linguistic barriers – which are the first obstacle to integration, diverse socio-economic and cultural backgrounds, health needs, including psychosocial and post-trauma support, family reunification and the significant share of disadvantaged groups among refugees, in particular worrying numbers of children, including unaccompanied children, people with disabilities, the elderly and women8, who require responses tailored to their specific problems; _________________ 8 http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset- Management/oecd/social-issues-migration- health/making-integration-work- humanitarian-migrants_9789264251236-en
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls the extremely worrying situation of women in the refugee camps in Europe, and in particular their living and hygiene conditions, which require emergency sanitary measures;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Points up the major differences in social and economic circumstances within the EU; stresses the importance of taking them into account when refugees are relocated, in order to maximise their vocational integration prospects;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Points out that, too often, asylum seekers are first relocated to places where they cannot be vocationally integrated; stresses the importance of providing solutions that allow persons who have been given refugee status to settle in places where they can be vocationally integrated;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the need for an early, fair, transparent and free-of-charge assessment of refugees and asylum seekers’ formal and non-formal skills, as well as recognition of their qualifications, in order to develop tailored measures allowing them to make full use of their potential, and to match labour supply and demand in the host countries; stresses the importance of promptly introducing more effective arrangements for recognising and validating qualifications, experience and skills; points out that EU citizens as a whole would benefit from such effective arrangements;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights that the main EU funds available for social inclusion and integration into the labour market, in particular the European Social Fund (ESF), as well as the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF), the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Fund for Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD), have differing focuses, target groups and management modes at Member State level; points out that the objective of vocational integration of refugees must be reflected in greater importance being attached to the European Social Fund;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on Member States to cut red tape in order to make it easier for employable persons to enter the labour market; points out that such action would be both conducive to the integration of refugees and, more generally, benefit EU citizens as a whole;
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Encourages the Member States to shorten the processing time of applications for international protection, with due regard for the rights of the individuals concerned, and to extend early intervention measures such as language training, skills assessment and civic integration courses in particular to those asylum seekers who have good prospects of being granted international protection;