7 Amendments of Cecilia WIKSTRÖM related to 2011/2157(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
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1. Considers it essential that the EU fulfil, through its revised neighbourhood policy, the aspirations of those who fought for democracy and human rights, including the right to mobilityby providing not only humanitarian support but also assistance for political and economic reforms;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
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3. Calls on the Council and the Commission to set up a structured dialogue with third country authorities in order to develop a win-win approach to mobility and progress towards visa liberalisation beyond a visa facilitation only for targeted groups; and to evaluate the existing mobility partnerships, particularly the interdependence between development aid, regular migration and irregular migration as defined in the Global Approach to Migration;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
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4. Calls on the Member States and the EU to ratify the UN Migrant Workers Convention and the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
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5. Calls on the Commission to favour the channellingcilitate the accessibility of EU funds to projects aimed at protecting migrants' rights; supports the EC Thematic Programme "Cooperation with Third Countries in the areas of Migration and Asylum" - 2011-2013 Multi-Annual Strategy Paper;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
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5. Calls on the Commission to favour the channelling of EU funds to projects aimed at protecting migrants' rights, especially the rights of unaccompanied minors;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
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6. Strongly supports the partnership with societies approach and thus calls on the Commission and the Vice-President/High Representative to develop mechanisms to ensure its full application, in particular by setting up a monitoring mechanism involving civil society in the definition of objectives and benchmarks and in the implementation and monitoring of all agreements with partnersapply it to the full by involving and consulting civil society; by maintaining a transparent dialogue on JHA matters with democratically elected authorities and national parliaments; and by increasing the democratic scrutiny of the EP in all mechanisms and dialogues on migration;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
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7. Calls on the Commission and the Council to urgently address the refugee crisis by conducting an enquiry into the shipwrecks of boat people, providing the EP with a detailed report on the Frontex Hermes operation, condemning the agreement concluded between the Italian authorities and the Transitional National Council of Libya, providing support to Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey and Lebanon, in particular by exploring the possibility of setting up a humanitarian corridor, and unblocking without delay the negotiations on the Joint EU Resettlement Programme;