Activities of Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO related to 2015/2316(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on human rights and migration in third countries
Amendments (12)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Warns that the human rights of third- country migrants are systematically violated in the EU, at its borders and in its partner countries; stresses that this happens particularly in detention centres, and that migrants are often victims of deportation, illegal refoulement, and violations of their rights to health and educationCalls on countries of origin, transit and destination to better respect human rights of migrants and refugees; stresses that particular attention should be put in relation to detention centres where individuals, suspected of visa violations, illegal entry or unauthorised arrival and those subject to deportation and removal in detention until a decision is made by immigration authorities to grant a visa and release them into the community, are kept;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the European Commission and the EEAS to enhance the exchange of good practices with third countries, specifically in providing training to aid workers and police authorities to identify more efficiently the different characteristics, backgrounds and experiences of migrants, in order to better protect and help these migrants in accordance with their needs; particularly attention should be paid to women and girls who are vulnerable, as they are exposed to all kinds of danger directed to them, both in the regions of conflict and in the mass of influx of refugees;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. States that human traffickers sell a distorted picture to many refugees; reiterates the importance of combating human trafficking, cutting the money flow and dismantling the networks, as this will have a positive effect on the human rights situation of refugees in third countries intending to flee war and terror;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Calls on the EEAS to promote the importance of education for children, including for those who are displaced or who are living in refugee camps, as education provides normality to a child’s life, which in consequence provides dignity and restores the human right for a child to have a caring childhood;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Stresses the need for the European Union to step up its foreign policies in bringing peace and stability in those areas where war and conflict triggers enormous migration flows to the European Union;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Reiterates the recent statement by the United Nations’ High Commissioner for Refugees that a large number of migrants are victims of terrorism and of serious violations of human rights, and that therefore these refugees should be treated accordingly;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the EU and its Member States to assume their responsibilities with respect to forced migration and human rights violations in third countries, and to address the root causes both of human rights violations in third countries and of forced migraddress the root causes of migration from third countries to Europe; emphasises that those causes are linked to increasing effects of conflicts and wars, human rights violation, lack of good governance and spreading corruption fromin third countries to Europe;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Condemns the negaStresses positive effects of activities by EUsocially responsible multinationals and of EU sustainable trade policies in third countries, such as general impoverishment and the systematic violation of human rights through the exploitation of these countries’ human and natural resources; calls on the Commission to urgently present and implement a legally binding inteconomic growth, stimulated investment and developing productive capacity, with a positive effect on employment;; calls on the Commission to promote CSR in order to enable companies opernational instrument on business activities in thirdng in developing countries to countries and human rightsbute to social welfare;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Condemns the use of development funds to finance migration policies, and rejects any instrumentalisation of development cooperation agreements aimed at imposing migration, trade and economic policies in third countries and interfering in their internal affairs and economic planningStresses that development funds must not finance migration- related policies;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the link between military interventions by EU Member States in third countries and the increase in human rights violations and forced migration; callsat expenditure related to security is particularly relevant in the current efforts to comprehensively address the security-development nexus and deliver on Goal 16 onf the Commission to present and implement a legally binding regulation that forbids any arms trade with countries in conflict or in which human rights are violated2030 Development Agenda; believes that promoting peace, security and justice in developing countries is of paramount importance in order to address the root causes of poverty; however, emphasises that such funding which does not constitute ODA must come from other instruments than from the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI) or the European Development Fund (EDF);
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for the cancellation of the external debt of impoverished countries, as such debt makes it impossible for their governments todebt relief of impoverished countries, in order to help them develop public policies that guarantee respect for human rights.;