6 Amendments of Ivo VAJGL related to 2015/2095(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that millions of people are living in miserable conditions in the refugee camps in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and elsewhere and that a large share of the people trying to migrate to Europe are coming from these camps; considers that the improvement of conditions in refugee camps could play a major role in stemming the tide of migration;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Recalls that the root causes of migration must be tackled effectively by improving the living conditions in the countries where people are leaving from in order to find a better life in Europe; recalls that the most important task is to work for peaceful settlement of the armed conflicts in Africa and in the Middle East;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Is of the opinion that new high-level refugee camps should be established in Northern Africa and in the Balkans in cooperation with the countries concerned and the UNHCR; considers that in these camps the UNHCR experts should study individually the right for asylum and those who are accepted as refugees should be received by the Member States inside their national refugee quotas; others could be admitted ‘green cards’ in order to work in the Member States; insists that all Member States should have a national UNHCR quota and receive refugees within this quota;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Calls on the Commission and the Council to invite the United States, as a part of our transatlantic development policy cooperation, to work with us to stem the tide of migration through intensified development cooperation in Africa and in the Middle East and through effective assistance to the millions of people living in the refugee camps;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the persistent instability and conflicts in the EU’s neighbourhood have a serious impact on the mass influx of migrants; believes that a genuine response to the migration crisis in the Mediterranean will come only from tackling the root causes, namely poverty, instability, wars, persecution, violations of human rights and natural disasters; Believes, therefore, that a three-pronged response should be established: (a) With regard to persons persecuted for political or social reasons, violations of human rights and natural disastthe relevant protocols on the reception of refugees should be applied through the allocation of ‘solidarity quotas’ within the EU. This means that all asylum seekers will be identified and registered in the country of first entry, and the current practice of refugees requesting asylum in their country of interest (generally Germany or Sweden) will not be permitted. (b) With regard to migratory flows arising from conflicts (e.g. in Syria, Libya and Iraq), the main factor is that the persons concerned are, owing to the nature of the conflict, ‘temporary refugees’ whose future should lie in their country of origin, to which they will return when circumstances permit (end of the conflict, security in their home country). This means that refugee camps with stable living conditions (in terms of sanitation, education, etc.) need to be constructed in neighbouring countries. At the same time, asylum applications should not be accepted from persons coming from countries in which conflicts are only localised (e.g. Nigeria and Mali). (c) With regard to economic migrants, such persons should be returned to their country of origin and the EU’s economic relations with those countries pegged to the logical requirement that they take back their own nationals. It must not be possible for persons entering the EU by legal means to find themselves in the same situation as persons who have done so by violating its borders;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Advocates broader and intensified EU cooperation with third countries of origin and transit, through bilateral agreements, in order to clamp down on smuggling and trafficking networks, to ensure the appropriate and requisite – and not just minimum – capacity building in the fields of asylum systems and border control, adapting to and differentiating between the various causes of these migratory flows, to provide protection for people in need, to develop frameworks for regular migration and mobility, and to put into force a humane and effective return policy for irregular migrants;