25 Amendments of Geoffrey VAN ORDEN related to 2015/2342(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
Citation 2
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas this challengee high levels of migration requires global solutions; whereas, however,ith 86 % of the world’s refugees live in developing regions, with least developed countries hosting 26 % of the total; whereas the million people who arrived in the EU in 2015 represented 0.2 % of the EU population, compared with much higher percentages in neighbouring countrieing in developing regions;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas refugees, and migrants are legally two distinct categories but in reality often people are part of large-scale mixed movements of people – with political, economic, social, developmental, humanitarian and human rights implications that cut across bordersylum seekers and economic migrants are distinct categories;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the uncontrolled arrival of large number of people from different cultures may create difficulties in the host societies in terms of the impact on public services and on the way of life in certain areas, particularly where there is reluctance on the part of newcomers to integrate or where they are subject to the same political and cultural influences that they may have hoped to leave behind;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the increase in human mobilitymigration, if managed in a safe, orderly, regular and responsible manner, can provide significant benefits, as recognised by the 2030 Agenda, but these are often largely underestimated; whereas the ageing of the European population requires, among other measures, relying on foreign workers in order to guarantee an adequate balance between active and retired people;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the fact that we are witnessing in today’s world an unprecedentedThat high levels of human mobility, and stresses that one of the most urgent actions the international community must undertake is the strengthening of a common response to address the challenges and opportunities that this phenomenon represents; stresses that this response must be guided by the full protection of the rights and dignity of everyone forced by any circumstance to flee their homes in search of a better life; underlines that, though their treatment is governed by separate legal frameworks, refugees and migrants haveinternational migration often require a common response to address the challenges and opportunities that this phenomenon represents; recalls that member states abiding by democratic values and principles and international law, are entitled to respond to the crisis as they same universal human rights and fundamental freedoms, which need to be safeguarded regardless of their status; recalls that the EU must abide by its values and principles in all common policies and promote them in its external relationee fit and notes the recent referendum in Hungary as evidence that not all citizens have the same response to a crisis;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. StressNotes that well-managed international migration represents an important contribution to socioeconomic development, as it has done historically, and that it is necessary to encourage this by changing the current narrative and developing a positive one, countering xenophobic, populist and nationalistic discourses and adopting policies focused on the medium and long term and not exclusively guided by immediate political pressures, while also addressingdevelopment, provided that numbers are controlled and newcomers are given every opportunity to integrate, recognises that there are legitimate concerns regarding border management, social protection for vulnerable groups and integration of refugees and migrants;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises that the humanitarian aid system is dangerously overstretched and that it will never be sufficient to respond to forced displacement crises, in particular given the protracted nature of a majority of them; welcomes therefore the new policy framework outlined in the Commission communication on ‘Forced Displacement and Development’ of April 2016needs to be reformed, in particular given the protracted nature of a majority of crises; notes the importance of promoting closer humanitarian- development links and the need to engage with different partners – governments, local authorities, civil society, including refugees themselves, and the private sector – to develop targeted evidence-based strategies to tackle this challenge;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that EU development cooperation should continue to address the root causes of forced displacement by promoting peace, democracy and, security, and the rule of law, reducing poverty and inequalitycorruption, strengthening basic services, addressing state fragility and promoting human rights and good governance, in line with Sustainable Development Goal 16 in the new 2030 Agendathrough better targeted and well controlled aid programmes;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the crucial role of women in cases of forced displacement, not only as they are more vulnerable to certain abuse, but also because of the role they play in responding to emergencies, their socioeconomic contributions and their active participation in conflict resolution and prevention; notes that a focus on women’s empowerment is therefore necessary to address the deeper causes of forced displacement; reiterates the importance of adding a gender perspective to the EU policies addressing movements of migrants and refugees;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that children – particularly unaccompanied ones –, people with disabilities and the elderly are particularly vulnerable to abuse, including sexual and gender-based violence, even once they have reached places deemed secure; calls for these groups to be given special assistance and humanitarian protection as part of their resettlementbelieves that there is a danger that children are sometimes exploited by their own families in the migration process;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. WelcomRecognises the UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting to Address Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants of 19 September 2016 and the hosting of the Leaders’ Summit by the USA, as migration flows are a global responsibility which demand a global response and enhanced cooperation between all stakeholders; welcomes the outcome of these summits as the expression of a political commitment of unprecedented force, initiating the path towards a truly international sharing of responsibilities for refugees and large migration movements; regrets however the lack of specific pledges or legally binding commitments in terms of aid or reform, which are needed to close the current gap between rhetoric and reality; calls on all the parties involved to ensure continued political engagement, funding and concrete acts of solidarity in support of host countries; calls for the EU and itscalls for Member States to take the lead in international efforts, particularly as regardas well as ensuring that the agreements – including the future compacts on refugees and on safe, orderly and regularcontrolled migration – are swiftly put into practice, establishing follow-up mechanisms as needed;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines that the resettlement of forcibly displaced persons is a responsibility of the international community; considers it crucial to implement as a matter of urgency a coordinated response in third countries to grant asylum for people in need of international protection, instead of leaving the burden on the front-line states or countries neighbouring conflict zones; highlights the fact that financial support is outpaced by the scope and scale of displacement, compounded by the lack of solutions to address the root causes of this forced displacement, including the "pull" effect of policies in many western countries;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses nonetheless the need to find political solutions to violent conflicts and to invest in early-warning and conflict-prevention mechanisms so as to reduce them in the future; calls for the EU to take a more active and effective role in the field of prevention and mediation; stresses that the response to forced displacement needs to be rights-based and take account of the population’s vulnerabilities – in particular as regards women and minors – and not be limited to humanitarian assistance but also involve development actors; calls for Member States to take a more active and effective role in the field of prevention and mediation;
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. StresRecognises that EU external action should be forward-looking instead of mainly reactive with changing objectives in response to new crises; recalls that the migration phenomenon stems from a complex set of causes such as a growing population, poverty, insufficient job creation, political instability and climate change, as well as the EUs own policies;
Amendment 359 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for the establishment of a genuine, value-based common European migration policy – with adequate legal channels for migration as a sustainable long-term policy to promote growth and cohesion within the EUmember states that wish to take in migrants – in order to set a clear framework for EU relations with third countries; welcomes the EU Action Plan against migrant smuggling (2015- 2020), which envisages closer cooperation with third countries, but underlines that the implementation of a common EU legal migration policy would be instrumental in breaking the business model of smugglers;
Amendment 371 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. WelcomRecognises the new Partnership Framework with third countries as a signal of real political action; stresses that the success of the approach outlined in the communication of June 2016 depends on the EU’s capacity to offer real, commonly agreed incentiveshighlighting the importance of humanitarian aid offered to thirdese countries and is concerned by the limited offer mainly focused on border management or Assisted Voluntary Return schemes, which – while essential and needed – constitute only a partial response to the situation; highlights the need to balance and complement this responportance of a policy of holding refugees whilst asylum claims are processed, focusing on the development of local economies, qualification and regional mobility and improved levels of protection in countries of transit and origin;to allow assisted return
Amendment 413 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. WelcomNotes the high-level dialogues carried out by the VP/HR and the Commission, and in some cases by Mmember Sstates on behalf of the EU as a whole, as good and effective practices fostering coordination; stresses that coordination should be undertaken by the Commission and the EEAS; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to keep Parliament regularly informed of these dialogues and to report on the exact opat the UN General Assembly in September 2016 to come up with a truly international implementation of the Rabat and Khartoum processes and the priority initiatives agreed at the Valletta Summit; notes that the packages designed for priority countries as part of the new Partnership Framework, by the Commissirather than European response to the migrant crisis that affects the world beyon,d the EEAS and the Member States, have neither been presented nor debated by the elected representatives of European citizens28 members of the EU;
Amendment 438 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Is extremely concerned by the continuing conflict in Syria,Recognises that refugees are best sheltered in their own culturally similar regions; in wthich violence against civils regard recognises the enormous endeavour made by the Turkish, Jordanians and violations of international humanitLebanese authorities in particulari an law over the past five years have led to the forced displacement of half of the country; expresses its full support to Lebanon and Jordan, which continue to demonstrate extraordinary solidarity in hosting millions of refugees in spite of limited resourcd applauds the work of the European Commission and of the British Government, which alone has provided over £1billion of direct financial support and material assistance to the refugee camps in addition to its contribution to EU initiatives;
Amendment 494 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Underlines that without sufficient funding the EU cannot perform the functions it is expected to, nor meet the expectations of the European people; underlines the political and economic costs of inaction; notes that the mid-term revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) – or the negotiation of the next MFF at the latest – provides a necessary opportunity for the revision of the external instruments related to migration, and also to increase the EU’s budget in such a manner that it would allow an end to ad hoc instruments and restore the unity of the budget;
Amendment 503 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 521 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. WelcomNotes the use of common security and defence policy (CSDP) missions such as EUCAP Sahel Niger and EUNAVFOR MED, cooperation with NATO, and EU initiatives such as Europol’s Joint Operational Team (JOT) Mare to gather intelligence and fight smugglers, while underlining that global mobility should not be considered a threat; recommends the use of CSDP tools for early warning (forecasting), mediation and conflict resolution, while stressing the importance of starting to plan for durable solutions as early as possible in conflict situations;
Amendment 539 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to provide Parliament and the public with a detailed overview of the various funding instruments and programmes – and how they fit together withcomplement Member State programmes – in dealing with the crisis and in the 16 priority countries4 with which the EU engages in high-level dialogues on migration, and under the Global Approach to Migration and Mobility (GAMM); recalls that the GAMM remains the overarching framework of the EU external migration and asylum policy, but notes that recent policy initiatives have made limited reference to it and calls for a clarification of the GAMM’s relevance in the current context; _________________ 4 Ethiopia, Eritrea, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan.