5 Amendments of Maria Eleni KOPPA related to 2008/2157(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that fighting illegal immigration is arom the fundamental point of view of protecting human rights, fighting illegal immigration, together with the management and protection of all EU borders, are high priorityies for the European Union, and considers it crucial in this connection that Frontex should conclude operational cooperation agreements with the border control authorities of countries which have common borders with the European Union, together with exchanges of best practices and measures to encourage day to day cooperation between border control authorities, and with those of countries which, according to a wide range of risk analyses, are regarded as transit countries for illegal immigration;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Considers cooperation between Frontex , the Member States and third countries necessary in order to dismantle illegal immigration networks;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers it necessary that Frontex should, as soon as possible, immediately reach an agreement with the authorities of Turkey and that the Turkish national police, the gendarmerie and the Coast Guard Command should all be involved in this future cooperation, given that large numbers of illegal immigrants enter Greece from this country on a daily basis; advocates systematic and thorough evaluation of the implementation of a future agreement between Frontex and the Turkish authorities; notes in this connection that the last round of negotiations on a repatriation agreement between the European Union and Turkey dates back to December 2006 and that the European Commission even openly acknowledges that the negotiations have reached a complete impasse;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that negotiations on an agreement between Frontex and the border control authorities of a third State, and more particularly a candidate Member State, and particularly an accession country, are conducted against the background of the political and economic relations which exist between the European Union as a whole and the State in question and that active refusal by a State to cooperate with Frontex must have direct consequences for those relations;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Reminds third countries to implement strictly existing bilateral agreements and readmission protocols which they have concluded with the EU Member States;