12 Amendments of Roselyne LEFRANÇOIS related to 2008/2331(INI)
Amendment 23 #
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, as they often have the impression that decisions are being imposed on them unilaterally;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Regrets that, so far, too little has been done to establish a common legal immigration policy and that, apart from the document concerning the 'blue card', only the control aspect of immigration has made real progress since the Tampere Summit in 1999;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Considers that the development of a common immigration policy could benefit substantially from regular consultation of representatives of civil society, particularly migrants' associations;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that legal migration is necessary in order to address Europe'sshould be encouraged both because of what it can contribute to Europe in terms of demographic,y, the labour market and skills needs; it alsoand because it contributes to the development of third countries, particularly through migrant remittance by means of the exchange of knowledge and know- how which it entails; calls for the implementation of secure systems which facilitate these financial transfers to third countries;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the approach initiated by the document on the 'blue card' for a common legal immigration policy, but calls on Member States to make more progress towards common rules on an immigration policy which is not limited to highly skilled workers;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that integration should be based on social inclusion, anti- discrimination, equal opportunities, education, intercultural dialogue and diversity management in schools and the workplace; access to social rights (employment, housing, health and education), political rights (the right of long-term residents to vote in local elections), intercultural dialogue and diversity management in schools and the workplace; stresses in this context the important role played by trade unions, professional federations and associations of other kinds in the integration of migrants;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 k (new)
Paragraph 12 k (new)
Amendment 106 #
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 territory;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Recalls that illegal immigration is often operated by criminal networks which have, so far, proved to be more effective than common European action; is convinced that this cynical network is responsible for the death of hundreds of people whose lives are lost at sea every year; calls, therefore, on the Commission and on Council to redouble their efforts in the fight against organised crime and human trafficking and particularly to try to dismantle all the networks by tackling not only the people smugglers, who are merely the visible linchpin, but those who, at the top of the ladder, derive the most advantage from these criminal operations;
Amendment 155 #
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; welcomnot entitled to international protection and whose irregular situation has been duly established by means of an administrative procedure (application for asylum or for a residence permit) have to be required to leave the territory of the European Union; notes, in this regard, the adoption of the Return Directive and urgescalls on Member States to transpose it as so, in the context of its transposition, to preserve more favourable provisions as possiblelready laid down in their domestic law; 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, and that detention is used only as a last resort;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Alerts Member States to the risk of externalisation of the management of migratory movements; reiterates that it firmly rejects the idea of creating reception or detention centres for immigrants without identity documents or asylum-seekers outside the borders of the EU and in the regions of origin of immigration;