5 Amendments of Barbara LOCHBIHLER related to 2015/2095(INI)
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the persistent instability and conflicts in the EU's neighbourhood have a serious impact on the mass influx ofincreasing number of refugees and migrants; believes that a genuinelong-term response to the migration crisis in the Mediterranean will come only from tackling the root causes, namely ill- governance, poverty, instability, wars, persecution, violations of human rights, climate change and natural disasters; is convinced that tackling these root causes implies wide-ranging reforms on the European level, including of the EU's trade and foreign policies;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. AStresses that any agreement with a third country, including in the South Mediterranean region, in the field of migration should be concluded after a careful human rights impact assessment and include a suspension clause in relation to human rights; advocates broader and intensified EU cooperation with third countries of origin and transit, through bilateral agreements, in order to clamp down on smuggling and trafficking networks, to ensure capacity building in the fields of asylum systems and border control, to provide protection for people in need, and to develop frameworks for regular migration and mobility, and to put into force a humane and effective return policy for irregular migrant; calls on the Commission to develop monitoring mechanisms, which allow for public scrutiny of migration policies, including by involving civil society in third countries;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on key origin and transit countries for irregular migration to the EU to implement the existing bilateral readmission agreements fully and effectively; highlights, furthermore, the need to improve cross-border cooperation with neighbouring EU Member States in this respect, including through enhanced operational and technical cooperation with FRONTEX; believes, at the same time, that the EU should establish a binding resettlement programme with yearly quotas and a permanent mandatory and automatically triggered relocatiBelieves that the EU should establish a binding resettlement programme with yearly quotas and a permanent mandatory and flexible relocation system across the EU based on fair objective criteria, such as family and cultural ties, and as far as possible on asystem across the EUlum seekers own preferences;
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomNotes the launch of the EUNAVFOR Med operation against smugglers and traffickers in the Mediterranean and supports the reinforcement of the management of the Union's external borders; insists, however, on the need for sustained; stresses the need to transform this operation into a purely and permanent, coordinated European search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean to save lives and; rejects VP/HR Mogherini's initiative to launch phase two of the operation which could lead to the unintentional use of lethal force against unarmed migrants and refugees; calls for an EU policy on asylum, subsidiary protection and temporary protection which fully comply with binding obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and respect the non-refoulement principle;
Amendment 138 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that fairer trade and development assistance plays a crucial role in tackling the root causes of migration; calls, therefore, on all EU Member States to fulfil their promises in terms of development assistance, including the 0,7- percent target; stresses the need for continuous EU support to international efforts towards poverty reduction, as well as to peace-building, promotion of democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms, regional, political and economic stability, security and prosperity.;