11 Amendments of Maria Eleni KOPPA related to 2010/2269(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to the High Representative and Commission report on Climate Change and International Security of 14 March 2008, to the related recommendations of 18 December 2008, and to the Council conclusions of 8 December 2009,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)
Citation 8 b (new)
- having regard to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime of December 2000 and the protocols thereto,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 c (new)
Citation 8 c (new)
- having regard to the EU common immigration and asylum policy, as outlined by the European Pact on Immigration and Asylum and further developed by the Stockholm programme, adopted by the European Council in December 2009, as well as to the Commission Action Plan - Implementing the Stockholm Programme (COM(2010)0171),
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas political and economic, demographic, socio- economic and environment instability is thare major driving forces behind migration, particularly irregular migration, depriving affected communities of viable local prospects and, hence, of the right to choose whether to migrate or not and leaving them with migration, often irregular migration, as their only option,
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas economic instability has a particularly strong impact on younger generations, who are left without employment prospects and may more easily fall victim to violence, radicalism and recruitment by terrorist groupsorganised crime,
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas climate change is linked with food and water scarcity, deforestation and land degradation and is increasingly identified as a major threat to international security and stability,
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas people forced from their homes by large-scale disasters brought on by climate change need to be assisted and protected; whereas, however, the existing refugee law does not recognise international protection right to climate refugees,
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the exploitation of irregular migration is also combined with arms smuggling and drug trafficking - with an alarming strengthening of linkages between drug traffickers in Latin America and in States in West and Central Africa - and coincides with escape routes and enhanced mobility for terrorist groups, which can easily relocate to other regions and countries to pursue their activitiesmigrant smuggling affects almost every country in the world; whereas the exploitation of irregular migration is a known source oflso combined with arms smuggling, drug trafficking and funding ofor radical and terrorist groups,
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas measures should be taken to avoid new waives of racism and xenophobia in receiving and transit countries,
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas remittances, which can play a potentially positive role in fostering economic development, can at home; whereas, however, in some cases, as was the case infor Somalia and Eritrea, money transfers can become a financing tool for forces which seek to undermine any prospect of stability; whereas maximum transparency should thus be ensured in the transmission of such funds and particular care should be taken to secure the migrants' right to support their families and invest in their countries,
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. calls on the EU to continue to be at the forefront of international efforts to combat climate change, to systematically integrate climate change into all external and development cooperation policies, and to actively support the most affected third countries in their efforts to prevent or deal with the consequences of climate change; underlines, in this regard, the importance of transferring climate- friendly technologies and promoting the deployment of alternative energy and energy-efficiency innovations in the developing world; while expressing its concern that environmentally induced migration might grow in the future, welcomes the European Council mandate to the Commission to analyse the effects of climate change on international migration, including its potential effects on migration to the EU; supports an active participation of the Commission and EU Member States in the ongoing debate on Protection gaps and Responses launched by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the framework of the 2010 High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges which aims at the improvement of the existing international protection framework for forcibly displaced and stateless people;