6 Amendments of Daniël van der STOEP related to 2013/2184(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Express its deepest regret at the recent tragedy in Lampedusa in which over 350 migrants lost their lives; calls on the EU and Member States to facilitate access to protection in Europe in accordance with the lawagreements applicable in this respect for people fleeing war, internal conflicts and persecution; highlights the fact that expulsions can have irreparable consequences if people are returned to countries where their lives or freedom would be at risk;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of enhancing tailored approaches to assisted voluntary return programmes, which should explicitly and primarily answer reintegration needs at economic, social and psycho-social levels; calls on the EU and Member States to improveclarify all dimensions of return management through use of the concept of integrated management based on common standards, allowing persons to be returned in a humane manner, fully respecting their fundamental rights and paying special attention to vulnerable groups such as elderly people, women, children and disabled persons;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Asks the Commission to enhance an independent monitoring system to ensure that assisted return programmes and reintegration processes are effective and fully respect the human rights of migrants, particularly for vulnerable groups;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the fact that the legal framework of readmission agreements guarantees that no person may be removed from any Member State if that person could be subject to torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in the recipient country; stresses, however, that the actual administrative and judicial practices applied in the field are important and that additional measures to enhance the human rights of returnees should be foreseen in future readmission agreements;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Asks for the establishment of common EU rules on the voluntary return of unaccompanied minors to improve operational cooperation between legal guardians in host countries and countries of origin and to avoid forced expulsionin order to secure expulsion as quickly as possible;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that in, accordance with Article 208 of the Lisbon Treaty, the EU must ensure the coherence of all policies likely to affect developing counties – including migration policy – with the EU’s development objectives focused on poverty eradication; urges the EU, in close cooperation with third countries, to address the political, socioeconomic and cultural circumstances as these have an impact on irregular migration flows.