8 Amendments of Sylvie GUILLAUME related to 2009/0098(COD)
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Immigration liaison officers have to collect information concerning illegalrregular immigration for use either at operational level or at strategic level, or both. Such information could substantially contribute to the FRONTEX Agency’s activities related to risk analysis, and closer cooperation between the immigration liaison officers’ networks and the FRONTEX Agency should be established to that effect.
Amendment 6 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Council, the European Parliament and the Commission should be informed regularly about 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 illegalrregular immigration. The selection of the specific regions and/or countries of particular interest to the European Union should be based on objective migratory indicators, such as statistics on illegalrregular migration and risk analyses prepared by the FRONTEX Agency, and should be in line with overall EU external relations policy.
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point -1 a (new)
Article 1 – point -1 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 377/2004
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
(-1a) 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 irregular immigrants originating from or transiting through the host country, - routes followed by those flows of irregular 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 irregular immigrants, - methods used for counterfeiting or falsifying identity documents and travel documents, - ways and means to assist the authorities in host countries in preventing irregular immigration flows originating from or transiting through their territories, - ways and means to facilitate the return and repatriation of irregular immigrants to their countries of origin, - legislation and legal practices relevant to the issues referred to above, - information transmitted via the early warning system, - ways and means to help launch immediate humanitarian aid in the event of the mass arrival of migrants at the border, - ways and means to facilitate legal immigration."
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 377/2004
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
- exchange information and practical experience of good practices in combating irregular immigration and human trafficking networks, in the ways and means of ensuring that asylum-seekers have access to procedures and in the management of legal immigration, in particular at meetings and via ICONet.
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 - sub-point a a (new)
Article 1 – point 2 - sub-point a a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 377/2004
Article 4 – paragraph 1 - indent 8 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 - indent 8 a (new)
a a) The following indent (8a) is added to paragraph 1: "- implement a common information policy aimed at making the population in the countries of origin aware of the existence of legal channels of immigration and warning them of the dangers of irregular immigration and of human trafficking networks."
Amendment 15 #
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 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 reporting to the national administrations responsible for the management of migration flows may also be invited, as appropriate.
Amendment 18 #
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 specificthe regions and/or countries of particular interest towhere the issue of migration flows is a particularly sensitive one for the European Union, as well as on the situation in those regions and/or countries, in matters relating to illegalrregular immigration. The selection, following a consultation with the Member States 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 illegalrregular migration and risk analyses prepared by the FRONTEX Agency, and shall be in line with overall EU external relations policy.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 377/2004
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a (new)
(3 a) The following Article is added to the Regulation: "Article 6 a In its activities, the immigration liaison officers' network shall respect democratic principles, fundamental rights, the principle of transparency, and the national sovereignty of the countries and their laws."