1 Amendments of Cristian Dan PREDA related to 2009/2199(INI)
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Reiterates its request for Member States to develop as a matter of priority a coordinated policy on the issuing of emergency visas for Human Rights Defenders and members of their families, for which special schemes in Spain and Ireland can serve as example; strongly believes that giving the new delegations of the European Union the power to make recommendations to Member States on the issuing of emergency visas would be a great step forward for the human rights policy of the Union; takes the view that a clear reference to this possibility in the Draft handbook for the processing of visa applications and the modification of issued visas would be of great help to achieve this common approach, as has already been expressed by the European Parliament during the process of legal scrutiny for the above mentioned measure;