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23 Amendments of Mara BIZZOTTO related to 2015/2095(INI)

Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomeCondemns the fact that the Commission has adopted an ambitious European migration agenda; urges the European Council not to show the same level of ambition and to support the Commission by deeds;
2015/12/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the Commission’s commitment to take measures in order to respond to the unprecedented crisis in the Mediterranean and to improve management of migration in all its aspects by reinforcing its migration policy and adopting a strategic European Agenda on Migration, which is a good first step;
2015/07/24
Committee: PETI
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that thousands of migrants have already reached Europe and that the resources needed to cater for them are not available;
2015/12/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Urges the Commission to stop putting the interests of third-country nationals before those of European citizens, who are already being crushed by the crisis and the EU;
2015/12/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Reminds the Commission that as more and more migrants are taken so the resources available to and the prospects for the peoples of Europe are steadily being reduced;
2015/12/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that as regards the medium term, the issue being raised by Europe’s current refugee crisis is the integration of refugees into European society; calls on the Commission, therefore, to opt for a plan geared towards social and occupational integration of refuge, but also, and above all, the well-being of Europeans; calls on the Commission, therefore, to allow the Member States to act individually and take the measures required in their territories;
2015/12/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that, given the scale of the recent tragedies and the alarming increase in irregular arrivals and deaths at sea, the EU and the Member States can no longer be mere observers but must take ownership of the debate and fully endorse the Commission Agenda on Migration; the current reception and redistribution mechanism needs to be reviewed, efforts need to be stepped up to break up criminal organisations which profit from people’s desperation and the individuals responsible for the daily trafficking in human beings need to be identified and prevented from continuing to commit their crimes;
2015/07/24
Committee: PETI
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that action taken by the EU needs to be regularly monitored and enhanced; points out that appropriate interception and deterrent measures need to be taken to prevent Europe from becoming a magnet for unrestrained migration;
2015/07/24
Committee: PETI
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Maintains that labour market data have to be taken into account in the permanent relocation mechanism for refugees in order to ensure that it will not worsen the social and economic situation for refugees’ home territories and their populations; points out that the brutal, unannounced relocation of migrants may give rise to a lack of security and hygiene and, as a result, health problems and disease;
2015/12/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Maintains that labour market, purchasing power and insecurity data have to be taken into account in the permanent relocation mechanism for refugees in order to ensure that it will not worsen the social and economic situation for refugees’ home territories and their populations;
2015/12/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that, in the Commission’s view, there is nothing to prevent European funds, including the European Social Fund, from beingEuropean Social Fund ‘is Europe’s main instrument for supporting jobs’1, and thus cannot be used to help integrate refugees; calls on fund managing authorities, however, to use the funds as effectively as possible without damaging other recipients; __________________ 1European Commission website, http://ec.europa.eu/esf/main.jsp?catId=35 &langId=en
2015/12/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that, in the Commission’s view, there is nothing to prevent European funds, including the European Social Fund, from being used to help integrate refugees; calls on fund managing authorities, however, to use the funds as effectively as possible without damaging other recipients; points out, further, that this fund is not unlimited and each improper use made of it would penalise beneficiaries who have already been registered;
2015/12/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the EU and the Member States to adopt, as a matter of urgency, a comprehensive European migration and asylum policy, based on a genuine sharing of responsibilities and burdens, on respect for human rights and dignity, international standards and the values on which the EU is built;
2015/07/24
Committee: PETI
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission, in consultation with the Member States, to set up a sysallow the Member Statems to speed up diploma equivalence and the recognition of skills, thereby helping refugees and migrants to integrate socially; maintains that refugees and migrants must receive language training as soon as they arrive in the country to which they have been relocre-establish borders, in order to monitor people entering and leaving their territories, thereby combating insecurity and the terrorist threat, and take in only as many migrants as they can accommodated;
2015/12/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Considers the important preventive measures contained in the Commission’s agenda for fighting smuggling networks and tackling the root causes of migration to be long- term objectives, but recalls that, meanwhile, flows of people will continue and that a permanent relocationmonitoring mechanism for people inarrivals of people who land on our shores is needed of international protection based on fair objective criteria is needed as a matteras a matter of urgency in order to prevent infiltrations of terrorists who threaten the security of ourgency citizens;
2015/07/24
Committee: PETI
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that all European integration proposals are based on one-way journeys, leading to permanent uprooting;
2015/12/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure a meaningful revision of the Dublin Regulation in order to alleviate sudden and disproportionate migration pressure on Member States such as Italy and Malta, which are more directly exposed to migrant flows, without undermining the security of the Union’s external border and which therefore need additional funding and resources;
2015/07/24
Committee: PETI
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Points out to the Commission that illegal work by migrants constitutes a danger; notes that under the ‘Sanctions’ Directive1 and the ‘Seasonal Workers’ Directive2, employers can be punished for exploiting migrant labour; calls on the Commission, however, to work towards a morstresses that, unfortunately, many migrants are not coming to Europe with the integrantion-oriented system serving to encompass all aspects of this problem of settling and integrating here, but in the hope of claiming benefits here; __________________ 1 Directive 2009/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 providing for minimum standards on sanctions and measures against employers of illegally staying third- country nationals, OJ L 168, 30.6.2009, p. 24. 2 Directive 2014/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the conditions of entry and stay of third-country nationals for the purpose of employment as seasonal workers, OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 375.
2015/12/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points out that the proper integration of migrants is possible only if the persons in question demonstrate the desire actually to integrate into the host country; stresses, in this context, that encouraging long-term dependence on handouts will not offer migrants an incentive to integrate; reiterates, therefore, that the integration of migrants seems impossible under these circumstances;
2015/12/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Strongly condemns the EU’s decision to allocate EUR 10 billion to fund reception arrangements for migrants, even though, at the same time, the European population is facing the worst crisis in its history, characterised by unprecedented poverty levels;
2015/12/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Points out that when they sign an asylum-seeker’s employment contract, the employee and the employer are both running a risk to the extent that the application for asylum might be rejected; considers that this could also jeopardisesupports and encourages the Commission’s aims regarding the policy of return to the home country;
2015/12/16
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the EU and the Member States to provide an international framework for dialogue and a comprehensive debate on migration with third countries of origin and transit in order to ensure closer solidarity and cooperation with the EU, to address the root causes of migration, combat terrorism and ensure progress on negotiations and full implementation of readmission agreements;
2015/07/24
Committee: PETI
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to adopt an ambitious approach when revising the ‘Blue Card’ Directive3 in order to make it clearer and more effective in attracting highly qualified labour. __________________ 3 Council Directive 2009/50/EC of 25 May 2009 on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of highly qualified employment, OJ L 155, 18.6.2009, p. 17.deleted
2015/12/16
Committee: EMPL