81 Amendments of Martine ROURE
Amendment 155 #
2008/2331(INI)
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 #
2008/2331(INI)
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 #
2008/2331(INI)
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 #
2008/2331(INI)
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 #
2008/2331(INI)
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;
Amendment 2 #
2008/2305(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Dublin system can result in a disproportionate burden being imposed on some Member States, simply as a result of their exposed location, and whereas this has harmful consequences for both Member States and asylum seekers,
Amendment 7 #
2008/2305(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the Frontex Agency to provide detailed data relating to the number of asylum seekers identified as such during its operations and the plight of persons turned backintercepted and sent back to a country of transit or origin during such operations;
Amendment 12 #
2008/2305(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Considers that asylum seekers should, as a matter of principle, not be placed in detention, in view of their particularly vulnerable position; notes the Commission's proposals to lay down rules governing the placing in detention in order to guarantee the principle that no one may be placed in detention on the sole grounds that he or she has applied for international protection and that any detention must be necessary, proportional and subject to consideration of each individual case;
Amendment 36 #
2008/2305(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls on the Commission to consider the possibility of setting up a European mechanism for transferring international protection, under the supervision of the future support office, to allow the movement of refugees in Europe and thus ease the burden borne by some Member States;
Amendment 3 #
2008/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 c (new)
Citation 7 c (new)
Amendment 11 #
2008/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas the Reception Directive 2003/9/EC of 27 January applies to asylum seekers and refugees, but whereas in many of the centres visited asylum seekers and irregular migrants are held on the same premises; whereas everyone, whatever their status, should be guaranteed certain fundamental rights such as the right to live in dignity, the protection of family life, access to health care and the right of effective recourse against detention in accordance with the principles of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms,
Amendment 25 #
2008/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Expresses its satisfaction with the Commission's proposals for the recasting of Directive 2003/9/EC, and welcomes the fact that the stated objective is to ensure higher standards of treatment for asylum seekers in order to ensure a decent standard of living and to permit greater harmonisation of the national rules governing reception conditions;
Amendment 26 #
2008/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Expresses its satisfaction with the Commission’s proposal to expand the scope of Directive 2003/9/EC to cover subsidiary protection in order to ensure that the same level of rights attaches to all forms of international protection;
Amendment 29 #
2008/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to establish a permanent system of visits and inspections; hopes that the LIBE Committee can continue its visits with a view to ensuring compliance with Community law concerning reception conditions; and the holding of an annual debate on the outcome of these visits; at a plenary sitting of the European Parliament
Amendment 73 #
2008/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Member States to ensure that these associationasylum seekers and irregular migrants have access without legal or administrative obstacles to asylum seekers and irregulaid – from actors independent of the national authorities – in defending their mrigranhts, including those in detention centreduring detention; calls on the Member States to guarantee civil society a legal right of access to places of detention for foreign nationals;
Amendment 82 #
2008/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Notes the Commission’s proposals to establish rules governing the placing of persons in detention with a view to safeguarding the principle that no-one should be placed in detention solely on the grounds that they have applied for international protection, and that any detention should be necessary, proportionate and considered on a case- by-case basis;
Amendment 96 #
2008/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Calls on the Member States to publish an annual report on the number, location and the number of persons held there and operation of closed detention centres and the number of persons held there,
Amendment 98 #
2008/2235(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 c (new)
Paragraph 28 c (new)
28c. Calls on the Member States to ensure the regular inspection of closed detention centres and of the conditions in which people are held there by creating a national detention centres ombudsman;
Amendment 10 #
2008/0078(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11A a (new)
Article 11A a (new)
Amendment 11 #
2008/0078(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12
Article 12
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall expire on the date to be fixed by the Council, acting in accordance with Article 55(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006, and in any event no later than on 30 June 2010..
Amendment 10 #
2008/0077(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Article 11A a (new)
Article 11A a (new)
Amendment 11 #
2008/0077(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Article 12
Article 12
This Decision shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall expire on the date to be fixed by the Council, acting in accordance with Article 71(2) of Council Decision 2007/533/JHA, and in any event no later than on 30 June 2010.
Amendment 7 #
2007/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Council to expandassess, in its future Human Rights reports, the overview of the human rights protection system within the EU, enabling the citizens of the Union to observe developments in this fieldits requirements as regards human rights in the world at the same time as the fundamental rights situation within the EU, which would evidence the Union's equal involvement in the protection of human rights both inside and outside its borders;
Amendment 31 #
2007/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Maintains that the European Union should introduce a cogent immigration policy that focuses on migrants' rights, opportunities for legal immigration and combating human-trafficking rings;
Amendment 1 #
2007/2262(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to its reports on the visits by its Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs to detention centres in several Member States,
Amendment 3 #
2007/2262(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas asylum legislation and practice still vary widely from country to country and that, the recognition rate for asylum applications can vary up to a hundredfold between different Member States and, as a result, asylum-seekers receive different treatment from one Dublin State to another,
Amendment 4 #
2007/2262(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas there is evidence thatimplementation of the Dublin Regulation implies an obligation for at least one Member State to conduct a full examination of the asylum seeker’s need for protection, and whereas it is apparent that in implementing this Regulation some Member States do not guarantee effective access to a procedure for determining refugee status,
Amendment 5 #
2007/2262(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas some Member States systematically place persons subject to the Dublin system in detention,
Amendment 6 #
2007/2262(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the high level of multiple requests and the low level of effected transfers are indicators of the deficiencies of the Dublin system and of the need to establish a European asylum system,
Amendment 7 #
2007/2262(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas a correstrict implementation of the Dublin Regulation may well result in the unequal distribution of responsibility for persons seeking protection, to the detriment of some Member States particularly exposed to migration flows simply on the grounds of their geographical location, and whereas that has negative consequences for persons seeking protection and for the quality of decisions on asylum applications,
Amendment 11 #
2007/2262(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the Dublin Regulation establishes a system which is designed to determine the Member State responsible for dealing with a claim, but iwas not and cannotoriginally set up to be a burden sharing mechanism,
Amendment 16 #
2007/2262(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas it is essential that individuals lodging claims are fully apprised of the Dublin process, in a language they understand, and its possible consequences,
Amendment 18 #
2007/2262(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas in 2005 nine of the new Member States stated that they were registering more ‘incoming’ transfers under the Dublin Regulation and Member States with no external land border of the Union stated that they were registering more ‘outgoing’ transfers,
Amendment 19 #
2007/2262(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M b (new)
Recital M b (new)
Mb. whereas the Commission has been unable to evaluate the cost of the system and whereas that information is important to be able to assess its effectiveness,
Amendment 20 #
2007/2262(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Strongly believes that unless a satisfactory and consistent level of protection is achieved across the European Union, the Dublin System will always produce unsatisfactory results from both the technical and the human viewpoints, and asylum seekers will continue to have valid reasons for wishing to lodge their application in a specific Member State and thus to try to circumvent the systemto take advantage of the most favourable national rules;
Amendment 22 #
2007/2262(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Strongly believes that in the absence of a genuine European asylum system and a single procedure the Dublin system will continue to be unfair both to asylum seekers and certain Member States;
Amendment 27 #
2007/2262(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission, pending the introduction of European burden-sharing mechanisms, to consider providing for mechanisms within the Dublin Regulation to correct the adverse effects of its implementation for the Member States at the Union’s external borders;
Amendment 30 #
2007/2262(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Asks the Commission to provide for a binding mechanism to stop transfers of asylum applicants to Member States that do not guarantee full and fair treatment of their claims;
Amendment 31 #
2007/2262(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Member States to stop all transfers to Member States that do not guarantee full and fair treatment of asylum applications while the infringement proceedings are in progress;
Amendment 33 #
2007/2262(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Amendment 37 #
2007/2262(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to assess the possibility for individuals concerned by a transfer to another Member State under the Dublin system to be able to be transferred to their country of origin, solely at their explicit request and on the basis of full compliance with procedural rights;
Amendment 46 #
2007/2262(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Deplores the systematic use of detention by certain Member States for asylum seekers awaiting transfer to the country responsible for examining their application; believes that such individuals should not be placed in detention;
Amendment 51 #
2007/2262(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Expresses its concern that no cost assessment of the Dublin system is currently available; calls on the Commission to remedy this as it is an important aspect of the evaluation of the system;
Amendment 2 #
2007/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas although current estimates put organ trafficking at a relatively low level among all forms of trafficking, trafficking in organs and tissues is becoming an increasing global problem which occurs within and across national borders and is demand driven (estimation of 150-250 cases/year in Europehe commercialisation of transplants and transplant tourism is a growing phenomenon involving the exploitation of the citizens of less-favoured countries by those from more powerful countries (including the EU Member States);
Amendment 6 #
2007/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission's initiative to prepare a legal framework on safety and quality for donation and transplantation, and calls for minimum standards of requirements to be defined in a flexible manner, bearing in mind that transplantation could be a lifesaving treatment for the patient, in which case even a higher riskrisk level higher than that for tissues and cells can be accepted;
Amendment 7 #
2007/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Asks the Commission and the Council to update the Action Plan on Trafficking in human beings and include trafficking in organsin it an action plan for the fight against trafficking in organs, in order to enable closer cooperation by the authorities concerned;
Amendment 11 #
2007/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges Member States to adopt or maintain strict legal provisions in connection with transplantation from unrelated living donors, in order to make the system transparent and exclude the possibility of illicit organ selling or coercion of donors; thus, donations by unrelated living donors can only be made under the conditions defined in national law and following authorisation by a suitable independent body;
Amendment 13 #
2007/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the practice of organ and tissue trafficking should be universally banned, including the transplantation of organs and tissues from executed prisoners; calls on the Commission and the Member States to raise the awareness of the international community on this issue, with a view to identifying networks in third countries which practise the clandestine removal of organs from persons sentenced to death without their consent;
Amendment 14 #
2007/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the practice of organ and tissue trafficking should be universally banned, including the transplantation of organs and tissues from executed prisoners, minors or the mentally handicapped;
Amendment 16 #
2007/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Urges Member States, where necessary, to amend their criminal codes to ensure that those responsible for organ trafficking are adequately prosecuted, including sanctions for medical staff involved in transplantation of organs obtained from trafficking, while making every effort to discourage potential recipients from seeking trafficked organs and tissues; this should include, in third countries, the criminal responsibility of European citizens who have purchased organs inside or outside the Union;
Amendment 19 #
2007/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses importance of financing organ procurement and transplantation under a separdedicated budget line, so as not to make transplantation a disincentive for hospitals;
Amendment 24 #
2007/2210(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to take into consideration the further development and expansion of the existing European web- page on organ donation www.eurodonor.org (and/or www.eurocet.org), as well as that of the WHO (www.transplant-observatory.org), on all EU Member States in all official EU languages, with the aim to provide all relevant information and data on organ donation and transplantation.
Amendment 4 #
2007/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
- having regard to its reports on visits to detention centres for immigrants in an irregular situation,
Amendment 6 #
2007/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the European Parliament, as the directly elected representative of the citizens of the Union and guarantor of their rights, believes it has a clear responsibility to uphold these principles, in particular as the Treaties in their current form greatly restrict the individual’s right to bring actions before the Community courts,
Amendment 13 #
2007/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that if the constitutional traditions common to the Member States can be drawn on by the Court of Justice as a source of inspiration in the framing of its judicial doctrine on fundamental rights, the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union constitutes a common basis of minimum rights, and that the Member States cannot use the argument that the Charter would provide a lower level of protection of certain rights than the guarantees offered under their own constitutions as a pretext for watering down those guarantees;
Amendment 35 #
2007/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Expresses concern at the fact that international cooperation in the fight against terrorism has often served to diminish the level of protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms and takes the view that the EU should act with greater resolve at international level to promote a genuine strategy based on full compliance with international standards and obligations in the area of human rights and protection of personal data and privacy in accordance with Articles 7 and 8 of the Charter; takes the view that a strategy such as this must take account of the need for effective judicial control of the intelligence services so as to avoid use of information obtained by torture, ill- treatment or other methods not meeting international human rights standards as evidence in judicial procedures, including at the investigative stage;
Amendment 45 #
2007/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. CWelcomes the Commission’s proposal for a horizontal directive based on Article 13 of the EC Treaty, but calls on the Commission to continue its work with a view to submitting a proposal for a legislative package including the proposal, deferred to date, to extend the scope of Directive 2000/43/EC to all other forms of discrimination, thus implementing Article 21 of the Charter, which provides greater leeway than Article 13 of the Treaty establishing the European Community in that it makes reference to further forms of discrimination: colour, social origin, genetic features, language, political or other opinions, membership of a minority, property and birth; stresses once more that the effect of granting preferential treatment in legislation to particular forms of discrimination is to introduce a kind of hierarchy between them, which should not be the case;
Amendment 51 #
2007/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Calls on the Council to ado its utmost to reach agreement onpt as soon as possible the Commission proposal for a Council framework decision on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law further to the political agreement of December 2007; points to its opinion of 29 November 2007, which endorsed the proposal; calls on the Commission, after consulting the Agency, to propose similar legislation to combat homophobia;
Amendment 54 #
2007/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Is concerned at the poor level of knowledge of anti-discrimination legislation in the Member States and notes that, in order to exercise their rights, citizens of the Union have to have recourse to European legislation in this area; calls on the Commission and Member States to redouble their efforts to raise that level; stresses the fact, at the same time, that legislation is effective only if citizens have easy access to the courts, since the protection regime laid down by the anti- discrimination directives hinges on initiatives taken by victims;
Amendment 67 #
2007/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Takes the view that the social marginalisation of, and discrimination against, Roma communities is an established fact in spite of the legal, political and financial instruments introduced at European level to combat this; notes that the Union’s and Member States’ piecemeal and uncoordinated efforts have not succeeded, to date, in making structural and lasting improvements to the situation of the Roma, in particular in crucial areas such as access to education, health, housing and employment, a failure which is now publicly acknowledged;
Amendment 69 #
2007/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Stresses the need for a global, human rights based approach to non- discrimination reflecting the European dimension of discrimination against the Roma; takes the view that a European Union framework strategy for Roma inclusion should seek to tackle the following problems: - segregation of the Roma as regards access to housing and education, and their exclusion from employment and public education, - frequent denial of their rights by public authorities and their political under representation, - the very inadequate guarantees against racial discrimination at local level and too few appropriate integration programmes; blatant discrimination in health care, including forced sterilisation and a lack of appropriate information on family planning and access to contraception, - discrimination by the police, in particular (deliberate) shootings, arson, assault or other violent acts, which are not impartially investigated and prosecutions are not brought; the police’s racial profiling – inter alia by taking fingerprints or other forms of data collection – and wide discretionary powers, which give rise to abuses with no disciplinary consequences; training and awareness raising programmes on non- discrimination by the police, which are largely non-existent; - the particularly vulnerable situation of Roma women, who are subject to multiple forms of discrimination;
Amendment 78 #
2007/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)
Paragraph 44 a (new)
44a. Calls on Member States and the EU to combat multiple discrimination. Many women face multiple discrimination, on the grounds of sex and at the same time on another ground, for example ethnic, religious or sexual identity;
Amendment 80 #
2007/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 b (new)
Paragraph 44 b (new)
44b. Stresses the need for Member States to take measures to eliminate discrimination against women in all matters relating to marriage, partnership and other family relations;
Amendment 90 #
2007/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)
Paragraph 47 a (new)
47a. Calls on Member States to guarantee to all women sexual and reproductive health and rights. Women must be given the right to choose freely if and when to have children. All women must have the right and access to well developed and confidential counselling and health care in relation to maternity, regardless of residence status. All women must have free of charge access to safe contraception methods and abortion;
Amendment 112 #
2007/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57 a (new)
Paragraph 57 a (new)
57a. Calls on those Member States who have adopted legislation on same-sex partnerships to recognise provisions with similar effects adopted by other Member States; calls on the Commission to draw up guidelines for mutual recognition of existing legislation between Member States in order to guarantee that the right of free movement within the European Union for same-sex couples applies under conditions equal to those applicable to heterosexual couples;
Amendment 137 #
2007/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Title between paragraphs 67 and 68
Title between paragraphs 67 and 68
Access to protecinternational protection and legal immigration
Amendment 141 #
2007/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69
Paragraph 69
69. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to introduce realistic, long- term migration policies and more flexible rules governingto guarantee genuine access to their territory and to a procedure for asylum seekers, rather than focusing all their efforts on preventing illegal immigration, deploying to that end a growing range of frontier checks which lack the mechanisms needed to identify potential asylum seekers at Europe’s borders, a shortcoming which leads to violations of the principle of non- refoulement, as enshrined in the 1951 Convention on the Status of Refugees;
Amendment 145 #
2007/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 70
Paragraph 70
70. Calls on the Council to clarify the respective roles of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (FRONTEX) and the Member States where there is a lack of clarity and transparency regarding the exact extent of FRONTEX’s coordination function and the way in which these operations are conducted, with a view to ensuring that border checks are carried out in a manner consistent with respect for human rights; takes the view that there is an urgent need to amend FRONTEX’s remit to incorporate rescue at sea; calls for democratic oversight by the European Parliament of the conclusion by Frontex of agreements with third countries, particularly as regards joint organisation of returns;
Amendment 148 #
2007/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73
Paragraph 73
73. Calls for the harmonisation at European level via the adoption of a common European asylum system of the criteria on the basis of which refugee status is granted, with the aim of equalising rates of recognition of that status across the Member States; notes that the current system is creating an ‘asylum lottery’ as demonstrated by the way in which rates of recognition of refugee status for similar groups of asylum seekers differ radically from one Member State to another; emphasises that these criteria must reflect high standards, not ldowest common denominatorsnward harmonisation, since the ability to receive and protect asylum seekers is an identifying feature of our European societies;
Amendment 155 #
2007/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 80
Paragraph 80
80. Asks that particular attention be paid to the situation of refugee, asylum seeker and migrant children, and to the children of parents who are asylum seekers, refugees or undocumented, so that every child can fully exercise its rights, as defined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, including the right to non discrimination, with the higher interests of the child being given the highest possible priority in all actions taken; condemns the development in some Member States of a two-tier education system and different care and assistance arrangements for children of nationals and non-nationals; condemns situations in which higher priority is given to the application of immigration laws than to arrangements designed to protect the child;
Amendment 174 #
2007/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 89
Paragraph 89
89. Stresses that it is the responsibility of Member States to monitor the living and integration conditions of individuals repatriated to their country of origin and to take measures to provide those individuals with appropriate assistance; calls on the Member States to study the possibility of providing financial assistance for returnees which would allow repatriated persons to create new lives for themselves in their country of origin; regards it as all the more urgent to introduce arrangements to monitor the situation of migrants who have returned to transit countries;
Amendment 219 #
2007/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 130
Paragraph 130
130. Recognises that some Member States do not have national legislation laying down a minimum wage and that the minimum wage is very low or beneath subsistence level in many Member States, and therefore hopes that a methodology for setting the national minimum wage will be put in place at European level in order to guarantee that all workers in the EU are paid a wage that covers their basic needs;
Amendment 5 #
2007/0243(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) Where the services are offered on EU territory, Article 11(4) shall apply irrespective of the CRS’s geographical location.
Amendment 6 #
2007/0243(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 b (new)
Recital 13 b (new)
(13b) Personal data shall be processed in the course of the activities of a CRS exclusively for the purpose of making reservations or issuing tickets for transport products. The competent police authorities in Member States or third countries shall not have access to personal data in the CRS.
Amendment 7 #
2007/0243(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11, paragraph 3
Article 11, paragraph 3
3. Where special categories of data referred to under Article 8 of Directive 95/46/EC are involved, such data shall only be processed where the data subject has given his explicit and informed consent to the processing of those data.
Amendment 8 #
2007/0243(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11, paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 11, paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The transfer of data to third countries shall be allowed only for billing-dispute reasons and only in accordance with Article 25 of Directive 95/46/EC.
Amendment 9 #
2007/0243(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11, paragraph 9 a (new)
Article 11, paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. The data-processing security provisions in Directive 95/46/EC shall apply; they may be supplemented in order to lay down specific security provisions for the data processed by the CRS. Appropriate security measures shall accordingly be taken to ensure that the different types of data in the CRS are processed separately, each according to its function.
Amendment 21 #
2007/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
(1) In Article 1, paragraph 1 ishall be replaced by the following: "1. Passports and travel documents issued by Member States shall comply with the minimum security standards set out in the Annex. They shall be issued as individual documents." Passports issued for minors shall include a special field containing the name of the person(s) who has (have) parental responsibility for the child. In these passports, provision shall be made for the addition of other special fields where it is possible to enter the name of a person authorised by the person who has parental responsibility for the child to travel with the child on a particular journey."
Amendment 26 #
2007/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004
Article 1 b (new)
Article 1 b (new)
Amendment 78 #
2007/0094(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 - paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 - paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States may provide for a simplified system of obligations for employers where the latter are private individuals employing someone to perform activities relating to domestic help and personal services. They shall nevertheless take the necessary measures to combat domestic slavery.
Amendment 86 #
2007/0094(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 - paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 - paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States may provide for reduced financial penalties in cases where the employer is a private individual employing a third country national to provide domestic help or personal services, while taking care to ensure there is no domestic slavery involved.