7 Amendments of Ska KELLER related to 2009/0098(COD)
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 1 – point -1 (new)
Regulation (EC) No 377/2004
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
(-1) Article 1, paragraph 1 is amended as follows: "1. In this Regulation "immigration liaison officer" means a representative of one of the Member States, posted abroad by the immigration service or other competent authorities in order to establish and maintain contacts with the authorities of the host country with a view to contributing to the prevention and combating of causes of forced migration, the voluntary return of migrants and the management of legal migration."
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point -1 b (new)
Article 1 – point -1 b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 377/2004
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
(-1b) Article 2, paragraph 2 is amended as follows: "2. Immigration liaison officers shall collect information for use either at the operational level, or at a strategic level, or both. Such information shall in particular concern issues such as: - flows of illegal immigrants originating from or transiting through the host country, - routes followed by those flows of illegal immigrants in order to reach the territories of the Member States, - their modus operandi, including the means of transport used, the involvement of intermediaries, etc., - the existence and activities of criminal organisations involved in the smuggling of immigrants, - incidents and events that may be or become the cause for new developments with respect to flows of illegal immigrants, - methods used for counterfeiting or falsifying identity documents and travel documents, - ways and means to assist the authorities in host countries in fighting the causes of forced migration, - ways and means to facilitate the return and repatriation of illegal immigrants to their countries of origin, - legislation and legal practices relevant to the issues referred to above, - information transmitted via the early warning system, - information about the situation regarding human rights in the host country."
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point -1 c (new)
Article 1 – point -1 c (new)
Regulation (EC) No 377/2004
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
(-1c) Article 3, paragraph 1 is amended as follows: "1. Member States shall systematically and without delay inform one another, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission of their secondments of immigration liaison officers, including a description of their duties. The Commission shall provide a collection of this information to the Council and Member States."
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point -1 d (new)
Article 1 – point -1 d (new)
Regulation (EC) No 377/2004
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
(-1d) Article 3, paragraph 2 is amended as follows: "2. Each Member State shall also inform the others as well as the European Parliament of its intentions as regards the secondment of immigration liaison officers to third countries, so as to allow the other Member States to express an interest in concluding a cooperative agreement with the Member State concerned on such secondment, as referred to in Article 5."
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 377/2004
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Representatives of the Commission, and the FRONTEX Agency established by Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 as well as international independent bodies such as the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) shall be entitled to participate in the meetings organised within the framework of the immigration liaison officers network, although, if required by operational considerations, meetings may be held in the absence of these representatives. Other bodies and authorities may also be invited, as appropriate.
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 377/2004
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The Member State holding the Presidency of the Council of the European Union or, if this Member State is not represented in the country or region, the Member State serving as acting Presidency shall draw up, by the end of each semester, a report to the Council, the European Parliament and the Commission on the activities of immigration liaison officers networks in specific regions and/or countries of particular interest to the European Union, as well as on the situation in those regions and/or countries, in matters relating to legal and illegal immigration, including a human rights based approach. The selection, following a consultation with the Member States, the European Parliament and the Commission, of the specific regions and/or countries of particular interest to the European Union shall be based on objective migratory indicators, such as statistics on legal and illegal migration, the situation of human rights and risk analyses prepared by the FRONTEX Agency, and shall be in line with overall EU external relations policy.
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 377/2004
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall, on the basis of the abovementioned reports, provide a factual summary to the Council and to the European Parliament, on an annual basis, on the development of the immigration liaison officers’ networks and an assessment of their activities, specifically regarding the protection of and respect for international human rights law.