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Lead | LIBE | KELLER Ska (Verts/ALE) | CORAZZA BILDT Anna Maria (EPP), POST Soraya (S&D), UJAZDOWSKI Kazimierz Michał (ECR), MLINAR Angelika (ALDE), BJÖRK Malin (GUE/NGL) |
Legal Basis TFEU 078-p3
Activites
- 2016/06/15 Final act published in Official Journal
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2016/05/26
Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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T8-0232/2016
summary
The European Parliament adopted by 396 votes to 190, with 50 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision establishing provisional measures in the area of international protection for the benefit of Sweden in accordance with Article 9 of Council Decision (EU) 2015/1523 and Article 9 of Council Decision (EU) 2015/1601 establishing provisional measures in the area of international protection for the benefit of Italy and Greece. Parliament stipulated in the recitals that: Sweden formally requested the suspension of its obligations under Council Decisions (EU) 2015/1523 and (EU) 2015/1601, having to face both challenges of being a country of first arrival and final destination; Sweden had in 2015 by far the highest number of applicants for international protection per capita in the EU (11 503 applicants per million inhabitants) and in March 2016, Sweden had received a total of 170 104 applicants, of which 73 331 were children, including 36 181 unaccompanied minors who have special needs and require additional resources in order to provide access to health care, dignified accommodation and education according to Union asylum rules.
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T8-0232/2016
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2016/05/03
Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
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A8-0170/2016
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The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs adopted the report by Ska KELLER (Greens/EFA) on the proposal for a Council decision establishing provisional measures in the area of international protection for the benefit of Sweden in accordance with Article 9 of Council Decision (EU) 2015/1523 and Article 9 of Council Decision (EU) 2015/1601 establishing provisional measures in the area of international protection for the benefit of Italy and Greece. The committee approved the Commission proposal subject to amendments. Members stipulated in the recitals: that Sweden formally requested the suspension of its obligations under Council Decisions (EU) 2015/1523 and (EU) 2015/1601, having to face both challenges of being a country of first arrival and final destination; that in March 2016, Sweden had received a total of 170 104 applicants, of which 73 331 were children, including 36 181 unaccompanied minors who have special needs and require additional resources in order to provide access to health care, dignified accommodation and education according to Union asylum rules.
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A8-0170/2016
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2016/04/28
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2016/02/04
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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2015/12/15
Legislative proposal published
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COM(2015)0677
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PURPOSE: to suspend the obligations of Sweden as a Member State of relocation for the period of one year. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the Council adopts the act after consulting the European Parliament but without being obliged to follow its opinion. BACKGROUND: the considerable increase of irregular border crossing into the EU and of secondary movements across Europe has led to a sharp increase in Sweden of the number of applicants for international protection, who mainly entered the EU via Italy and Greece. Sweden has in 2015 by far the highest number of applicants for international protection per capita in the EU (11 503 applicants per million inhabitants). The above situation has put a very significant strain on the Swedish asylum system, with serious practical consequences on the ground as regards the reception conditions and ability of the asylum system to deal with these applications. As part of the common policy on asylum, Article 78(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU) provides a specific legal basis to deal with emergency situations. Based on a proposal by the European Commission, it enables the Council, after consulting the European Parliament, to adopt provisional measures for the benefit of Member State(s) confronted with an emergency situation characterised by a sudden inflow of nationals of third countries into one or more Member State(s). The provisional measures envisaged by Article 78(3) TFEU are exceptional in nature. They can only be triggered when a certain threshold of urgency and severity of the problems created in the Member State(s)' asylum system(s) by a sudden inflow of third country nationals is met. On the basis of Article 78(3) TFEU, the Council adopted two Decisions establishing provisional measures in the area of international protection for the benefit of Italy and Greece. Under the Council Decision (EU) 2015/1523, 1 369 persons and under the Council Decision (EU) 2015/1601, 4 358 persons are allocated to Sweden for relocation from Italy and Greece. A Member State may, according to Decision 2015/1601, notify the Commission and the Council that it is confronted with an emergency situation characterised by a sudden inflow of nationals of third countries due to a sharp shift of migration flows, giving duly justified reasons. On 8 December 2015, Sweden formally requested the suspension of its obligations under Council Decisions (EU) 2015/1523 and (EU) 2015/1601. CONTENT: in view of assisting Sweden in better coping with this emergency situation, the proposed Decision suspends the obligations of Sweden as a Member State of relocation under Council Decisions (EU) 2015/1523 and Council Decision (EU) 2015/1601 for the period of one year. The suspension should be complemented, as appropriate, by additional support measures coordinated by European Asylum Support Office (EASO) and, where needed, other relevant Agencies. Sweden is still bound to relocate to its territory 1 369 persons under the Council Decision (EU) 2015/1523 and 4 358 persons under the Council Decision (EU) 2015/1601 from Italy and Greece once the present Decision has expired. It should submit to the Council and the Commission a roadmap setting out the measures that it will take in order to ensure the effectiveness of its asylum and migration system and to resume its obligations under Decisions (EU) 2015/1523 and (EU) 2015/1601.
- DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/', 'title': 'Migration and Home Affairs'}, AVRAMOPOULOS Dimitris
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COM(2015)0677
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Documents
- Legislative proposal published: COM(2015)0677
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A8-0170/2016
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T8-0232/2016
- : Decision 2016/946
- : OJ L 157 15.06.2016, p. 0023
Amendments | Dossier |
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2015/0314(NLE)
2016/04/15
LIBE
8 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft legislative resolution Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 2 #
Draft legislative resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 5 (5) Sweden faces an emergency situation characterised by a sudden inflow of nationals of third countries in its territory
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 9 (9) Sweden has in 2015 by far the highest number of applicants for international protection per capita in the EU (11 503 applicants per million inhabitants)
Amendment 5 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 10 (10) Sweden is also facing a difficult situation because of the significant recent increase in the number of unaccompanied minors, with one out of four applicants
Amendment 6 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 11 (11) The above situation has put a very significant strain on the Swedish asylum system, with serious practical consequences on the ground as regards the reception conditions and ability of the asylum system to deal with these applications. In order to help alleviate the significant pressure that Sweden is confronted with and to enable it to continue to receive refugees with dignity, the obligations of Sweden as a Member State of relocation under Council Decisions (EU) 2015/1523 and 2015/1601 should be suspended for the period of one year
Amendment 7 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 11 a (new) (11a) The suspension is without prejudice to Sweden continuing to receive refugees;
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 In order to support Sweden to better cope with the exceptional and disproportionate pressure on its asylum and migration systems, specific support shall be provided, as appropriate, to Sweden through relevant activities coordinated by EASO, including with deployment of hotspots if needed, and, if required, by other relevant Agencies
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