5 Amendments of Martine ROURE related to 2008/2331(INI)
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 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses the need for a genuine European dimension in return policy through the mutual recognition of return decisions; urges more co-operation among Member States in the implementation of returns and the strengthening of the role of FRONTEX in joint return operations;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. WelcomNotes the commitments made by Member States in the above-mentioned European Pact on Immigration and Asylum in relation to the need for solidarity; welcomes in particular the inclusion of a voluntary burden-sharing mechanism which enables the intra-EU reallocation of beneficiaries of international protection from Member States which are faced with specific and disproportionate pressures on their national asylum systems, due in particular to their geographical or demographic situation, to other Member States; welcomes also the allocation of EUR 5 million in the EU’s 2009 budget for this purpose under the European Refugee Fund; calls on the Commission to implement this mechanism forthwith and to propose immediately a legislative initiative to establish such a mechanism at European level on a permanent basis;
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;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Observes, however, that development policy cannot constitute the only alternative to migration, as there can be no development based on solidarity without permanent mobility;