Activities of Julie GIRLING related to 2015/2325(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
The situation of women refugees and asylum seekers in the EU (debate)
The situation of women refugees and asylum seekers in the EU (A8-0024/2016 - Mary Honeyball)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas a significant number of women presenting an asylum claim are doing so based on a fear of FGM;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas women seeking asylum have specific protection needs which require that the implementation of all asylum policies be gender sensitive; whereas FGM and other violence- related asylum claims should be dealt with in a way that protects women from secondary victimisation during the asylum procedure;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the UNHCR has estimated that 71% of female EU asylum applicants from FGM- practicing countries are thought to be survivors of FGM;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the main countries of asylum for women and girls coming from FGM- practicing countries are Germany, Sweden, France, Switzerland, the UK, the Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, Norway and Denmark;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission to develop interpretative guidelines on FGM which give full consideration to the UNHCR Guidelines on gender-based persecution and Guidance Note on FGM and which clearly outline Member States’ obligationswith particular focus on identifying and communicating with vulnerable asylum seekers; stresses that FGM survivors may have difficulty in expressing their trauma around FGM;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the Member States to guarantee and publicise the right of women seeking asylum to request a female interviewer and interpreter including the opportunity to have a personal interview separately from their husband/partner and other family members, and to deliver comprehensive and mandatory training for interviewers and interpreters on sexual violence, trauma and memory;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Notes with concern that many asylum case workers in the EU are not familiar with FGM; calls on Member States to work at national level with their asylum authorities to establish better procedures to help support and assist women and girls who have undergone or who are at risk of FGM;