Activities of Cecilia WIKSTRÖM related to 2017/2270(INL)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT with recommendations to the Commission on Humanitarian Visas PDF (464 KB) DOC (81 KB)
Amendments (16)
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Requests that Commission submit, by 31 March 2019, on the basis of Articles 77(2)(b) and 78(2)(g) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, a proposal for a Regulation on establishing a European Humanitarian Visa, following the recommendations set out in the Annex to this resolution;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 2
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 2
– have Articles 77(2)(b) and 78(2)(g) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union as legal basis,
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 4
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 4
– recall that the so-called Asylum Procedures Directive2 and Dublin Regulation3 only apply on the territory of the Member States, while there is, at present, no regular means for asylum applicants to reach the territory where these instruments apply, _________________ 2 Directive 2013/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection (OJ L 180, 29.6.2013, p. 60). 3 Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person (OJ L 180, 29.6.2013, p. 31).
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 4 a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 4 a (new)
– is of the view that a regulation for humanitarian visas should be complementary, in particular to the resettlement regulation, and provide a clear added value which cannot be provided by the instruments of the Common European Asylum System,
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 5
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 5
– have as an objective to lay down provisions on the procedures and conditionguidelines for issuing a humanitarian visa to certain persons seeking international protection, to allow those persons to enter the territory of the Member State issuing the visa for the sole purpose of making an application for international protection in that Member State,
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 6
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 6
– cover in its scope third-country nationals who must be in possession of a visa when crossing the external borders of the Member States, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 539/20014 , and who are in need of protection against a real risk of being exposed to persecution or serious harm,ere the claims of exposure to or risk of persecution as defined in Directive 2011/95/(EU)5 , in line with the prohibition of refoulement, as recognised by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, but who are not covered by [the new Regulation establishing a Union Resettlement Framework or] Directive 2001/55/EC6 ,are manifestly well founded. Member states shall further have the option to limit the scope for the issuing of a humanitarian visa to cases where a manifestly well-founded and immediate risk of persecution or further persecution would likely occur unless the person applying for the visa can avail themselves of the visa in order to leave their current geographical location. _________________ 4 Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 of 15 March 2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (OJ L 81, 21.3.2001, p. 1). 5 Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted (OJ L 337, 20.12.2011, p. 9). 6 Council Directive 2001/55/EC of 20 July 2001 on minimum standards for giving temporary protection in the event of a mass influx of displaced persons and on measures promoting a balance of efforts between Member States in receiving such persons and bearing the consequences thereof (OJ L 212, 7.8.2001, p. 12).
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 6 a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 6 a (new)
– the regulation shall not impose an obligation on Member States to issue a humanitarian visa under certain given criteria but shall create a common framework for those Member States that wish to, on a case-by-case basis, issue humanitarian visas in order to facilitate the access to their territory for third country nationals that would otherwise not have been able to regularly enter into their territory in order to seek international protection.
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 6 b (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 6 b (new)
– a Member State that issues such a humanitarian visa shall have access to the same compensation from the AMIF funds as when a Member State receives a refugee through the European Resettlement Framework.
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 8
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 8
– provide for admissibility criteria for such visa applications, includingthe practical modalities for an application such as the filling out of an application form, the provision of information on the applicant’s identity, including biometric identifiers (ten fingerprints and facial image taken life), and the provision of reasons, as far as possible documented, of the fear of persecution or serious harm,
Amendment 106 #
– provide that applications for such a visa, once declared admissible, be assessed on a prima facie basis to considerestablish whether applicants have an arguable manifestly well founded claim of exposure to a real risk of persecution or serious harm without conducting a full status determination process,
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 12
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 12
– provide that each applicant for such a visa be subject to a security screening, including by searching SIS, ECRIS-TCN,, before the issuing of such a visa, each applicant be subject to a security screening, through the relevant national and Europolean data,bases, in order to ensure that he or she does not pose such aa security risk,
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 16
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 16
– provide for such visas to be issued by means of a common sticker, and registered in a common European database,
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 18
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 18
– provide that applications for such a visa be assessed by properly trained staff of the Member States and staff from competent Member State authorities with knowledge about the country of origin and having adequate expertise in Union asylum and fundamental rights law, having received appropriate training by the European Asylum Support Office,
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 24
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 24
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 25
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 25
– be evaluated after two years from the start of its application in view of deciding on a further progressive roll-out to cover ultimately all relevant refugee- producing third countries,
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 27 – subi. 5
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 27 – subi. 5