Activities of Lorenzo FONTANA related to 2015/2095(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration (debate) IT
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration PDF (767 KB) DOC (344 KB)
Amendments (23)
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas the working-age population in the EU is projected to decline by 7.5 million by 2020; whereas projections on the development of labour market needs in the EU points to emerging and future shortages in specific fields; and whereas third-country nationals face many difficulties in obtaining recognition of their foreign qualifications, and therefore tend to be over-qualified for their jobsin Europe millions are unemployed and the youth unemployment rate in the EU is 20.4 %, peaking to 50% in certain areas, leaving one in every two young people without work in many parts Europe; considers it illogical, therefore to adduce statistics regarding fresh manpower requirements as evidence of the need for increased immigration;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that solidarity must be the principle upon which Union action on migration is based; notes that the principle of solidarity, as set out in Article 80 TFEU, covers asylum, immigration and border control policies; takes the view that Article 80 provides a legal basis ‘jointly’ with Articles 77-79 TFEU to implement the principle of solidarity in those areasNotes the manifest failure in the eyes of all European citizens, of Europe's much- vaunted solidarity;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes in this regard that the policies adopted by Australia have been increasingly successful in reducing and finally eliminating deaths at sea and calls on the EU and the Member States to follow suit regarding migration;
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls that the process of relocation – that is to say, transferring an applicant for international protection, or a beneficiary of international protection, from one Member State to another – is not a practical example of solidarity within the Union; recalls, in addition, that, since 2009, Parliament has been calling for a binding mechanism for the distribution of asylum seekers among all the Member Sta, since it has not been put into practice at all and has remained a dead lettesr;
Amendment 367 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Takes the view that the establishment of urgent relocation measures is a move in the right direction, and calls on Member States to fulfil their obligations with regard to those measures as soon as possiblehave to date been an manifest disaster, as publicly stated by Commission President Juncker and European Parliament President Schulz;
Amendment 394 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes, in addition, that Member States of first arrival will therefore have to handle the more complicated asylum claims (and appeals), will have to organise longer periods of reception and will have to organise and coord and organise and coordinate with greater vigour and determinateion returns for those ultimately not entitled to international protection;
Amendment 403 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 543 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Observes that the operation of the Dublin III1 Regulation has raised many questions linked to fairness and solidarity in the allocation of the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protectionis outdated; notes that the current system does not take into sufficient consideration the particular migratory pressure faced by Member States situated at the Union’s external borders; believes that the European Union needs to accept the on-going difficulties with the Dublin logic, and to develop options for solidarity both among its Member States and the migrants concernedreview the Dublin arrangements completely; __________________ 1 Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person (recast) (OJ L 180, 29.6.2013, p. 31).
Amendment 738 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. Understands that the safe return of those people who, following an individual assessment of their asylum application, are determined not to be eligible for protection in the Union is some, after the failure of the current immigration policy, that an effective and efficient return system is one of the main things that must be carried outneeds to be implemented rapidly, as part of the proper implementation of the CEAS;
Amendment 834 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
Paragraph 55
55. Notes that, in September 2015, the Commission was obliged to adopt 40 infringement decisions related to the implementation of the CEAS against 19 Member States, which was in addition to 34 cases already pending; reiterates that Parliament should be kept fully informed of proceedings launched by the Commission agains. This clearly indicates that on this issue the EU is not Mdember States that have not implemented, or have not properly implemented, Union legislation in this areaocratically respecting the legitimate decisions taken by individual sovereign Member States;
Amendment 839 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
Amendment 858 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60
Paragraph 60
60. Notes the recent role of Frontex in rendering assistance to any vessel or person in distresthe huge number of vessels used for the illegal transport of migrants at sea, and acknowledges its contribution, through the Triton and Poseidon joint operations, to the rescuing and saving of many lives in the Mediterranean;
Amendment 862 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60 a (new)
Paragraph 60 a (new)
60a. Points out, however, that according to numerous experts, operations like 'Mare Nostrum' have a 'pull factor' effect, encouraging additional migrants to cross the sea, endangering their lives and thus also causing their deaths;
Amendment 957 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74
Paragraph 74
74. Recognises that one of the main purposes of hotspots is to allow the Union to grant protection and humanitarian assistance in a swift manner to those in needwho are entitled to them; emphasises that great care needs to be taken to ensure that the categorising of migrants at hotspots is carried out in full respect for the rights of all migrants; acknowledges, however, that proper identification of applicants for international protection at the point of first arrival in the Union should help facilitate the overall functioning of any reformed CEAS;
Amendment 971 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 75
Paragraph 75
75. Notes that, in its Action Plan on Smuggling, the Commission states that it is considering a revision of Council Directive 2004/81/EC on the residence permit issued to third-country nationals who are victims of trafficking in human beings or who have been the subject of an action to facilitate a Member State can legitimately consider irregular entry and residence within its borders as an illegal immigraction, and who cooperate with the competent authoritiesthat this can be punished and judged as a crime;
Amendment 993 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 80
Paragraph 80
80. Points out that the Global Approach to Migration and Mobility (GAMM) pillar on asylum and international protection should be developed furthecompletely reviewed, given the results it has achieved so far, with greater involvement of third countries; notes that current actions in this field, under Regional Protection Programmes (RPPs) or Regional Development and Protection Programmes (RDPPs), focus on capacity building to tackle criminal smuggling and human trafficking networks within third countries of origin and transit; notes, at the same time, that the resettlement component of these programmes continues to be weak; believes that capacity-building efforts and resettlement activities should be stepped up and carried out together with third countries hosting large refugee populations;
Amendment 1021 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 84
Paragraph 84
84. Recommends thatclose and strong cooperation with third countries involves assessing those countri order to use resources’ asylum systems, their support for refugees, and their ability and willingness to tackle human trafficking and criminal smuggling ind means to prevent mass migration in the countries in question and implemento and through those countries effective return policy;
Amendment 1071 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 89
Paragraph 89
89. Reaffirms that the Union must adopt a long-term strategy to help counteract the ‘push factors’ in third countries (war, persecution, conflict, generalised violence or extreme poverty), which force people into the hands of criminal smuggling networks, which they see as their only chance to reach the Union;
Amendment 1074 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 89 a (new)
Paragraph 89 a (new)
89a. Regrets that the Union did not have the courage loudly to denounce those who, even in Western countries or EU candidate countries, have been directly involved in providing political, logistical and financial support to the Islamic State;
Amendment 1081 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 91
Paragraph 91
91. Highlights that the recent increase in arrivals of refugees into the Union has shown that, on their own, preventive measures are not sufficient for managinghow the Union's foreign policy has been highly inadequate and has helped to cause the current migration phenomena;
Amendment 1152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 104
Paragraph 104
Amendment 1158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 104 a (new)
Paragraph 104 a (new)
104a. Calls for the implementation of a specific, profound and serious policy in support of motherhood, in favour of natural families, instead of encouraging, as we are now, the importation of cheap labour in the form of entire populations who are being forced to migrate and change country, if not continent;
Amendment 1217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 114 a (new)
Paragraph 114 a (new)
114a. Points out that encouraging the arrival of millions of people willing to work below cost certainly does not help to combat labour exploitation;