2015/2321(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Draft opinion
Citation - 1 (new)

- having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, as well as the international obligations found in the 1951 Convention relating to the status of refugees and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and considering the fundamental right of all children to have access to free primary education, independent of their gender, race, ethnic or social origin,

Amendment 10 #

Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jana TOOM, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Member States to tackle the current refugee crisis with a holistic strategy that gives priority to the social and economic integration of refugees ~~and asylum seekers, including~~ through early education and culture targeted measures;

Amendment 100 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Emphasises the importance of promoting and further developing educational apps, videos and exercises, as well as learning platforms for refugees, in order to facilitate and complement their education and training;

Amendment 101 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Welcomes the new Expert Working Group on "Intercultural Dialogue and integration of migrants and refugees through arts and dialogue" established by the Commission that is expected to publish an handbook of good practices by the end of 2017;

Amendment 102 #

Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jana TOOM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Welcomes the decision of the Council to dedicate specific actions in the 2015- 2018 Work Plan for Culture on the role of culture, the arts and intercultural dialogue for the integration of migrants and to take stock of existing good practices in the Member States;

Amendment 103 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Emphasises that participating in arts projects is highly beneficial for refugees´ social integration, as it impacts participants in a number of ways including: building self-esteem, improving communication skills, an increased ability to express themselves with confidence, resilience, integration into host communities and networks, developing higher aspirations, and advancing leadership skills; Stresses that the use of art as an integration tool should be better promoted and refugees´ participation in arts activities should be facilitated and enhanced;

Amendment 104 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Expresses concern, however, at the statements made by Commissioner Tibor Navracsics, who recently announced a ‘restructuring’ of key actions by the Commission in the field of education, notably as concerns the financing of free languages courses for migrants;

Amendment 105 #

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Andrew LEWER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Points out that humanitarian actions should not impinge on the funding of key EU education programmes such as Erasmus+, which has, moreover, already been frozen for over a year now in Greece;

Amendment 106 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for the EU and the Member States to establish ‘education corridors’ by promoting agreements with European universities and the Mediterranean Universities Union (UNIMED) to host refugee students coming from conflict areas.deleted

Amendment 107 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Calls for the EU and the Member States to establish ‘education corridors’ by promoting agreements with European universities and~~Encourages the EU, through its Member States, to negotiate with countries experiencing vast waves of emigration and countries bordering conflict zones to establish ‘education corridors’ in those areas to allow students from war zones to continue to study as close to home as possible, which would also avoid their being completely uprooted; emphasises the role that could be played, to that effect, by the Mediterranean Universities Union (UNIMED) toin hosting refugee students coming from conflict areas.;

Amendment 108 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on Member States and education facilities to look at ways to enable migrant students to access education, including at university level, without prejudice to national rules and competences on access to education and training; welcomes the initiatives adopted in this regard by a number of European universities and their partnerships; calls for the EU and the Member States to establish ‘education corridors’ by promoting agreements with European universities and the Mediterranean Universities Union (UNIMED) to host refugee students coming from conflict areas.;

Amendment 109 #

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Paragraph 7

Amendment 11 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Member States to tackle the current refugee crisis with a holistic strategy that gives priority and fosters durable solutions to the social and economic integration of refugees and asylum seekers, as well as to the challenges faced by the host society, including through education and culture;

Amendment 110 #

Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jana TOOM, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

Amendment 111 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Acknowledges the essential role of teachers in integrating refugee and migrant children in education; stresses on the importance of improving teachers education and in particular reinforcing and further develop teachers’ multicultural skills and competences; encourages, in this regard, Member States to include multicultural skills in the mandatory curriculum of basic teacher training; acknowledges the importance and the need of more qualified teachers with immigrant background;

Amendment 112 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Notes the importance to prevent the brain waste of highly skilled migrants in order to safeguard their wellbeing and to reinvigorate labour markets of host countries; stresses the urgent need to develop validation and accreditation mechanisms for the qualifications of migrants, since many of those entering the EU come with no proof of their formal qualifications; welcomes the European and national programmes as well as private initiatives launched by non-profit institutions which provide assistance to migrant academics in science and other professional areas and advocates for their development and support;

Amendment 113 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Emphasises the need for Member States’ Education Ministries and the EU to cooperate in order to ensure equal access to high- quality education by reaching out newly arrived migrants and refugees, integrating them in a positive learning environment;

Amendment 114 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Stresses the vital importance of high quality language learning programmes provided for the refugees as the basis for their future development and success in the host country;

Amendment 115 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the EU to ensure special protection for minors under all refugee transfer, reception and residence agreements with third countries, in line with international provisions regarding in particular guaranteed access to schools and educational facilities, counselling and linguistic and cultural mediation;

Amendment 116 #

Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jana TOOM, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Calls on Member States to facilitate enrolment of refugee students at all educational level; notes that refugee children tend to be concentrated together in schools near refugee centres or in immigrant neighbourhoods and are, as a result, partially segregated and less likely to learn the host language; asks the Member States to make bigger efforts to distribute pupils throughout their school systems more effectively;

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 13 #

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Andrew LEWER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Member States to tackle the current refugee crisis with a holistic strategy that gives priority to the social and economic integration of refugees and asylum seekers, including through education and culture, guaranteeing in particular children's right to education, regardless of their refugee status, as set out in Art 22 of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child, giving priority to the best interests of the child;

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Insists on exhaustive analysis through studies, research and statistics in order to assess the potential for integration of refugees currently residing in the EU into the EU labour market and in order to make the best suggestions for policy initiatives and action, with a view to ascertaining what their education, specifically adult learning strategy should be, whilst taking note of their current qualifications;

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Reemphasises the importance of the swift and complete implementation of the European Asylum system that is composed of the revised Asylum Procedures Directive, the revised Reception Conditions Directive, the revised Qualification Directive, the revised Dublin Regulation and the Eurodac Regulation into the national laws of the Member States; calls on the Member States for a speedy and comprehensive implementation; stresses that in order to enable the integration of refugees throughout Europe, the rapid implementation of the revised Reception Conditions Directive is crucial;

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Believes that expanding access to lifelong learning can open up new possibilities for the active inclusion of refugees, their enhanced social participation and integration into the labour market;

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Deeply regrets the present disappearance of cultural networks due to the new orientation of Creative Europe, such as Banlieues d’Europe, as with them disappears a tremendous and essential experience on dealing with issues like segregation, exclusion in multicultural regions and areas;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Emphasises the difference in treatment that needs to be applied, in view of the limited material and financial resources available, on the one hand to asylum seekers, whose long-term stay in Europe remains uncertain, and on the other hand to refugees enjoying official international protection after their application has been considered by the Member States;

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Stresses that asylum seekers whose applications have been rejected by the Member State in which these were filed should no longer be eligible to participate in programmes for the integration of refugees and asylum seekers;

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Citation - 1 a (new)

- having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 26 November 2015 on education for children in emergency situations and protracted crises (2015/2977(RSP)),

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Stresses that the refugee crisis the EU is experiencing is long-term in nature; calls therefore on the Member States and the Commission to take this into account during the mid-term review of the multiannual financial framework, in the interests of ensuring a constant and consistent policy vis-à-vis refugees and their inclusion; nevertheless underlines that the EU cannot substitute for Member State policy, the effectiveness of which is dependent on the adoption of appropriate measures and funding by the Member States;

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Asks the Member States to work on the implementation of the country-specific recommendations set in the framework of the European Semester;

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to create significant budgetary room and readiness in the annual budgets and multiannual financial framework (MFF) provisions, enabling more swift and substantial support to the Member States as regards their actions for reception and integration of refugees into their existing school systems;

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that in order to address the current humanitarian crisis, access to educational services and assistance for refugee children and youth is a precondition for their social inclusion, protection, long-term integration into the labour market and prevention of exploitation; underlines the need to ensure cultural and linguistic mediation as well as the learning of the host country’s language for refugees and asylum seekers, and to develop initiatives for the recognition of competences and qualifications, including through platformsnd notably the uprooting of children and young refugees, long-term solutions need to be implemented in the country of departure that centre on effective co-development policy, particularly in the fields of education and culture, between European nations and countries experiencing wholesale emigration;

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that in the current humanitarian crisis, access to educational services and assistance for refugee children and youth is a precondition for their social inclusion, protection, long-term integration into the labour market and prevention of exploitation; underlines the need to ensure cultural and linguistic mediation as well as the learning of the host country’s language for refugees and asylum seekers, and to develop initiativduty to European, national, regional and local institutions and these should provide refugees and asylum seekers with education and training, developing their knowledge of the host country´s languages, cultural and social values, their employability and ultimately their integration ; calls for efforts to promote recognition of competences and qualifications across Europe, by strengthening the role of the European Qualification Framework and promoting the validation of non-formal and informal learning; advocates support at EU, national, regional and local level for non- profit institutions acting as intermediaries for the recognition of ~~competence~~skills and qualifications~~, including through platform~~ of refugees;

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that in the current humanitarian crisis, firstly appropriate reception structures to ensure decent living conditions and subsequently access to educational services and assistance for refugee children and youth ~~is a~~are preconditions for their social inclusion, protection, long-term integration into the labour market and prevention of their exploitation; underlines the need to ensure cultural and linguistic mediation as well as the learning of the host country’s language for refugees and asylum seekers, and to develop initiatives for the recognition of competences and qualifications, including through platforms;

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that in the current ~~humanitarian~~refugee crisis, access to educational services and assistance for refugee children and youth is a precondition for their social inclusion, protection, long-term integration into the labour market and prevention of exploitation; underlines the need to ensure cultural and linguistic mediation as well as the learning of the host country’s language for refugees and asylum seekers~~, and to develop initiatives for~~ who have good prospects of being granted international protection while their applications are being processed, and to develop initiatives for non-formal education, lifelong learning, professional training, the recognition of competences and qualifications, including through platforms;

Amendment 27 #

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Paragraph 2

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that in the current humanitarian crisis, access to quality educational services and assistance for refugee children and youth is a key precondition for their social inclusion, protection, long-term integration into the labour market and prevention of exploitation; underlines the need to ensure cultural and linguistic mediation as well as the learning of the host country’s language for refugees and asylum seekers, and to develop initiatives for the recognition of competences and qualifications, including through platforms;

Amendment 29 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Recital - A (new)

- A. whereas the children have come from conflict areas where their school attendance has been interrupted or restricted, sometimes for long periods, or from refugee camps where only a minority of them have been able to obtain any form of education or attend local schools;

Amendment 30 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that in the current humanitarian crisis, access to educational services and assistance for refugee children and youth is a precondition for their social inclusion, protection, long-term integration into the labour market and prevention of exploitation; underlines the need to ensure cultural and linguistic mediation as well as the learning of the host country’s language for refugees and asylum seekers, and to develop initiatives for the recognition of competences and qualifications, including through platforms; welcomes solutions for practice-oriented and understandable initial information on formal and non- formal education, political processes and the social involvement of the host country that are available on site, such as multilingual leaflets or information from refugee guides and coordinators;

Amendment 31 #

Momchil NEKOV

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses the importance to prevent formation of segregated communities which limit prospects for integration in the society and participation in its labour market; calls to reflect upon past experiences of unsuccessful integration and implement policy of decentralised housing of refugees within the wider community with active policies in place to attract them to smaller cities which ensure more effective interaction between newcomers and their host communities and in the long run, results in more sustainable urban and social structures across the country;

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Member States to intensify their efforts to guarantee access to information for refugees in several languages and to offer language courses for refugee children, youth but also adults;

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses the need for the social and cultural inclusion of child refugees and asylum seekers as a means of accelerating the social and cultural integration of the family as a whole;

Amendment 35 #

Isabella ADINOLFI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Takes the view that, in certain EU Member States, the current management and financing mechanisms used by reception centres for refugees and asylum seekers could give rise to major legal infringements, corruption, abuses and fundamental human rights violations; calls on the EU and Member States take effective coordination, control and enforcement measures to prevent this;

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Points out that the countries experiencing major emigration are being deprived of the human and economic resources essential to the development and stability of society as a whole; feels, therefore, that the humanitarian aid intended for these countries should encourage their populations to remain in their countries by fine-tuning their school systems and infrastructure so that children and young people there can become the managers and entrepreneurs of the future;

Amendment 37 #

Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jana TOOM, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses the need to provide refugees and asylum seekers with initial language learning of adequate duration and quality, as well as with ongoing opportunities for language training, including in conjunction with other activities such as vocational training, work placements or volunteering;

Amendment 38 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Emphasises that refugees of all ages need to gain access to education and training services as soon as possible after their arrival, in order to ensure that integration begins immediately; underlines that for achieving better integration of children, youth and adults from immigrant backgrounds, every individual should be provided with sufficient pedagogical support for learning;

Amendment 39 #

Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jana TOOM, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Encourages Member States to ensure preparatory instructions for basic education as an individual right of the pupils regardless where they start living in Europe;

Amendment 4 #

Marc JOULAUD, Bogdan Brunon WENTA

Draft opinion
Recital - A a (new)

-Aa. whereas one out of four of asylum seekers and refugees are children, and half of them are between 18 and 34 years old, with increasing numbers of children, and considering that education and training policies are crucial for well- managed reception and integration of refugees in the labour market;

Amendment 40 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Stresses the need to raise the awareness of refugees and asylum seekers to their rights on the labour market;

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Calls on the Member States to provide targeted support to refugee children and youth as they enter the school system, such as through intensive language and general induction programs to allow them to participate in mainstream classes as soon as possible;

Amendment 42 #

Marc JOULAUD, Bogdan Brunon WENTA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Highlights the importance of flexible and targeted education programmes that respond to the distinct needs and vulnerabilities of specific groups of learners, in particular women, unaccompanied minors, adults without basic education;

Amendment 43 #

Isabella ADINOLFI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Calls on the EU Member States to provide full and effective protection of the fundamental rights of refugees and asylum seekers, stepping up measures to combat human trafficking, enslavement and all forms of labour exploitation;

Amendment 44 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Emphasises the need for effective procedures to enable a smooth transition between the educational facilities available in refugee camps and the official educational structures of the Member States in which child refugees and asylum seekers have filed their applications;

Amendment 45 #

Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jana TOOM, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. States that language courses represent a relevant tool to promote integration and should be made available at a very early stage of the integration process1, providing refugees, and refugee women in particular, with a basic instrument to strengthen their sense of belonging to the community and their independence from the family background2; Underlines that language courses should be pared with an overview of the local culture, practical skills, everyday problem-solving knowledge of one’s own rights, vocational training, and information on how to access services; 1 ECRE (1999), Good Practice Guide on the Integration of Refugees in the European Union. Education, available at: http://www.ecre.org/topics/areas- ofwork/integration/184.html. 2 Chung, K., Hong, E. and Newbold, B. (2013: Resilience among single adult female refugees in Hamilton, Ontario, in “Refuge”, Vol. 29, No. 1.

Amendment 46 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Emphasises the need for specialised teaching staff and advanced training for teachers to qualify them for the challenges the integration of refugee children and youth into the national school systems may bring;

Amendment 47 #

Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jana TOOM, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2d. Emphasises the importance of voluntary work for the integration of refugees, stresses that necessary measures should be taken to properly train those who are voluntarily engaging in the integration and education of refugees;

Amendment 48 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2d. Highlights the importance of bilingual children’s mother tongue for their overall personal and educational development and stresses that that the level of development of refugee children’s mother tongue is a strong predictor of their second language development as children with solid foundation in their mother tongue develop stronger literacy abilities in the school language1; Recommends, in this regard, that supplementary language classes in the home country language, in a situation where the language of educational instruction is different from the mother tongue, should be provided from early childhood to the end of the secondary education; 1 Baker, C. (2000: A parents’ and teachers’ guide to bilingualism. 2nd Edition. Clevedon, England: Multilingual Matters; Cummins, J. (2000: Language, power, and pedagogy. Bilingual children in the crossfire. Clevedon, England: Multilingual Matters; Skutnabb-Kangas, T. (2000: Linguistic genocide in education-or worldwide diversity and human rights?, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Amendment 49 #

Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jana TOOM, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)

2e. Notes that all EU and EEA states have a designated National Academic Recognition Information Centre which provides a way to compare academic qualifications; stresses however that employers are not aware of recognition procedures and rely on accreditations from local-country professional bodies; calls in this regard for boosting the profile of this service in order to improve the positive labour market impact of having qualifications and experience gained in third countries recognised and to speed up the process of recognition of foreign qualifications;

Amendment 5 #

Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jana TOOM, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT

Draft opinion
Recital - A b (new)

- Ab. whereas, according to figures supplied by Europol in 2015, ten thousand unaccompanied children disappeared following their arrival in Europe;

Amendment 50 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)

2f. Underlines that all Member States should have a legal framework in place for the recognition of third country qualifications; stresses that framework recognition procedures must be flexible, fast, transparent, simple and easily accessible and that alternative assessment methods such as exams to prove prior knowledge and working experience, inclusion of alternative documents and interviews to clarify previous education, should be (further) developed;

Amendment 51 #

Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jana TOOM, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 g (new)

2g. Recommends that qualifications of third country nationals should be included in the development of a European Qualifications Framework; suggests that all Member States should have skills audits in place to assess the competences of third country nationals and portfolio building should be further developed as a tool to assess skills, experience and qualifications as soon as possible after arrival in the host country; suggests that the assessment should lead to the issuing of formal certificates, which can be used for the purposes of further education, vocational training or searching for a job; recommends, furthermore, the involvement of the employers in the assessment procedures;

Amendment 52 #

Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jana TOOM, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 h (new)

2h. Encourages Member States to set up dedicated Internet portals aimed at providing concise and easily accessible information about recognition possibilities and provide structured overview on the various recognition procedures for the different professions, and lists the responsible institutions and information about related counselling services as well as to provide online counselling services; underlines that refugees´ access to recognition should be facilitated providing multilingual information on recognition procedures and authorities in the context of the integration programmes;

Amendment 53 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Underlines the importance of guaranteeing access to education for children in emergency situations, including refugee children; welcomes the target of 4 % funding for education of the EU’s overall humanitarian aid budget for 2016, and calls on the Commission and the Member States to continue to advocate at international level ~~the doubling~~an increase of funding for education in emergencies within existing aid programmes in view of the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul in May 2016;

Amendment 54 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Underlines the importance of guaranteeing access to education for children in emergency situations~~, including refugee children; welcom~~; notes the target of 4 % funding for education of the EU’s overall humanitarian aid budget for 2016, and calls on the Commission and the Member States to continue to advocate at international level the doubling of funding for education in emergencies in view of the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul in May 2016;

Amendment 55 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Underlines the importance of free, public education and guaranteeing access to ~~education~~it for children in emergency situations, including refugee children; welcomes the target of 4 % funding for education of the EU’s overall humanitarian aid budget for 2016, and calls on the Commission and the Member States to continue to advocate at international level the doubling of funding for education in emergencies in view of the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul in May 2016;

Amendment 56 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Advocates that, in order to boost employability, comprehensive lifelong learning strategies are needed; calls on Member States, therefore, to enhance quality and broaden access to Early Childhood Education and Care, Vocational Education and Training and Adult Learning;

Amendment 57 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Emphasises that the funding of programmes to promote refugee integration calls for the adoption of new, specific and lasting financial measures, and that this funding should not draw on existing programmes intended specifically for EU citizens, such as Erasmus+ or the ESF;

Amendment 58 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Notes that social inclusion of refugee children falls largely on the shoulders of teachers and school leadership who urgently need financial and personnel backing and ongoing professional support; expresses concern that a half of teacher trainers in OECD countries feels that teacher training does not sufficiently prepare them to handle diversity effectively and encourages Member States to address this problem urgently including fostering peer-learning activities in this field among the Member States within ET2020 platform;

Amendment 59 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses the urgent need to ensure that unaccompanied minors receive particular protection from exploitation at work, violence and trafficking; underlines the need for mentors and specific measures for girls in particular, who are often more vulnerable and exposed to various forms of exploitation, trafficking and sexual abuse and more likely to be deprived of educational opportunities;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Recital - A c (new)

-Ac. whereas recognition of the training and qualifications of adult refugees, together with specific provisions for them to obtain academic qualifications and specific skills, are essential for their entry on the employment market;

Amendment 60 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Stresses the importance of launching educational support actions, in particular with a view to providing suitable facilities in EU hotspots and hubs, of underpinning the efforts of humanitarian organisations and NGOs that have already begun to organise educational and other activities in the camps and of providing incentives and support for the development of formal educational structures in refugee camps, including those located in third countries;

Amendment 61 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Supports the idea of setting up helpdesks for teachers offering them timely help in handling various types of diversity in the classroom, promotion of intercultural dialogue and guidance when they are confronted with conflicts or students at risk of being radicalised;

Amendment 62 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Calls on Member States to help those migrant teachers and professors find teaching jobs to both improve their situation and put their language and teaching skills and experience to good use in European schools systems;

Amendment 63 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the crucial role of culture, appreciation of national heritage, intercultural and interreligious dialogue, lifelong learning, and particularly basic skills such as reading, writing, history and mathematics, youth and sports policy in fostering ~~the~~ integration and social inclusion ~~of refugees and asylum seekers~~ in Europe and in contributing to building a more cohesive and inclusive society based on ~~cultural diversity~~respect for national cultural characteristics and the promotion of common values;

Amendment 64 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the crucial role of culture, intercultural and interreligious dialogue, lifelong learning, youth and sports policy in fostering the integration and social inclusion of refugees and asylum seekers in Europe, in combating racism, xenophobia and extremism and in contributing to building a more cohesive and inclusive society ~~based on~~that develops through cultural diversity and the promotion of common values;

Amendment 65 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the crucial role of free public education, culture, intercultural and interreligious dialogue, lifelong learning, youth and sports policy in fostering the integration and social inclusion of refugees and asylum seekers in Europe and in contributing to building a more cohesive and inclusive society based on cultural diversity and the promotion of common values;

Amendment 66 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the crucial role of culture, intercultural and interreligious dialogue, non-formal education, lifelong learning, youth and sports policy in fostering the integration and social inclusion of refugees and asylum seekers in Europe and in contributing to building a more cohesive and inclusive society based on cultural diversity and the promotion of common values; calls therefore for such offers to be extended and highlights the need to create a framework for providers which offers legal certainty for their work and schemes to provide volunteers and professionals working with refugees with skills and further training;

Amendment 67 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the crucial role of ~~culture,~~ intercultural and interreligious dialogue, lifelong learning, youth and sports policy in fostering the integration and social inclusion of refugees ~~and asylum seekers~~ in Europe and in contributing to building a more cohesive and inclusive society based on cultural diversity and the promotion of common European values;

Amendment 68 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the crucial role of culture, intercultural and interreligious dialogue, lifelong learning, youth and sports policy in fostering the integration and social inclusion of refugees and asylum seekers in Europe and in contributing to building ~~a more~~ cohesive and inclusive societyies based on ~~cultural diversity and the promotion of common values~~shared values and respecting cultural diversity;

Amendment 69 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the crucial role of culture, intercultural and interreligious dialogue, lifelong learning, youth and sports policy in fostering the integration and social inclusion of refugees and asylum seekers in Europe a~~nd in~~s well as the understanding and solidarity of the host countries, contributing to building a more welcoming, cohesive and inclusive society based on cultural diversity and the promotion of common values;

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Member States to ~~tackle~~draw the consequences of the current refugee crisis w~~ith a holistic strategy that gives priority to the social and economic integration of refugees a~~hich is placing the peoples of Europe as well as the incoming migrants in a situation of great social and economic precarity; suggests that this precarity should notably be combatted through assimilation policies hinging around bas~~ylum seekers, including through educ~~ic courses on the history of the country, language and nation ~~and~~al culture;

Amendment 70 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

Amendment 71 #

Isabella ADINOLFI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the crucial role of culture, intercultural and interreligious dialogue, lifelong learning, youth and sports policy in fostering the integration and social inclusion of refugees and asylum seekers in Europe and in contributing to building a more cohesive and inclusive society based on cultural diversity and the promotion ~~of common values~~and protection of fundamental rights in line with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the highest international standards that have been set in this respect;

Amendment 72 #

Momchil NEKOV

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the crucial role of culture, intercultural and interreligious dialogue, non-formal, informal and lifelong learning, youth and sports policy in fostering the integration and social inclusion of refugees and asylum seekers in Europe and in contributing to building a more cohesive and inclusive society based on cultural diversity and the promotion of common values;

Amendment 73 #

Bogdan Brunon WENTA, Marc JOULAUD, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the crucial role of education, culture, intercultural and interreligious dialogue, lifelong learning, youth and sports policy in fostering the integration and social inclusion of refugees and asylum seekers in Europe and in contributing to building a more cohesive and inclusive society based on cultural diversity and the promotion of common values;

Amendment 74 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Underlines an important role of sport as an instrument fostering social and intercultural dialogue and calls on the European Institutions and Member States to implement programmes aimed at social integration of refugees through sport;

Amendment 75 #

Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jana TOOM, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses the importance of schools in providing the necessary facilities, including counselling and opportunities to learn the language of the host country, disseminating democratic values, for example through civic education and active citizenship programmes, ensuring the recognition of refugees' qualifications and deployment of their skills more closely in line with employment requirements and playing a key role in ensuring the integration of not only students but also their families;

Amendment 76 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses the significant importance of training activities in promoting, at the same time, refugees´ social integration and labour market integration, and in combatting social exclusion1; underlines that employers should be involved in the development of vocational training programmes as they know better the skills needed in the job market; 1France Terre d’Asile (2006), Insertion des réfugiés statutaires: une analyse des parcours professionels, September, available at: http://www.france-terre- asile.org/images/stories/publications/pdf/ CduS_11-vweb-finale.pdf.

Amendment 77 #

Marc JOULAUD, Bogdan Brunon WENTA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses the importance of promoting the establishment of positive links between the local population and refugees and asylum seekers, particularly through joint cultural or sporting activities;

Amendment 78 #

Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jana TOOM, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Acknowledges the scarce access to information, advice, guidance, and training for refugee women; underlines the importance of proper training, tailoring services and integration measures on their specific needs, aimed at enhancing refugee women’s skills and education; calls therefore for the involvement of refugee and asylum- seeking women in training programmes in order to break isolation, enhance their empowerment and independence and foster acquaintance of these subjects related to their local daily life, thus restoring a sense of equality, belonging and self-esteem;

Amendment 79 #

Bogdan Brunon WENTA, Marc JOULAUD, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Supports the existing initiatives of sport organisations and encourages exchange of best practices between different entities engaged in sport activities aimed at social integration of refugees;

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the EU and Member States to tackle the current refugee crisis with a holistic strategy ~~that gives priority~~based on humanitarian principles and solidarity that gives priority to the creation of safe and legal channels and to the social and economic integration of refugees and asylum seekers, including through education and culture;

Amendment 80 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Stresses the importance of investing in projects for the integration of refugees on the employment market through increased attention to lifelong training and apprenticeships; calls on the Member States to channel more investment towards technical, professional and business training, work experience for school pupils and dual education schemes, making use of the Structural Funds and other resources;

Amendment 81 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Asks the Member States to promote initiatives to ~~fos~~ensure greater cooperation ~~among public authorities, NGO~~, policy coherence, and dialogue among public authorities, NGOs, social partners, civil society organizations and refugee communities in order to enhance mutual knowledge and understanding;

Amendment 82 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Asks the Member States to promote initiatives to foster absolutely optimal and transparent cooperation among public authorities, appropriate NGOs and refugee communities in order to enhance mutual knowledge and understanding;

Amendment 83 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

Amendment 84 #

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Andrew LEWER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Asks the Member States to promote initiatives to foster cooperation among public authorities, and NGOs ~~and refugee communities in order to enhance mutual knowledge and understanding~~so as to ensure that refugees assimilate the language, culture and values of the host country;

Amendment 85 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Ask~~Suggests theat Member States ~~to promote~~evaluate potential initiatives to foster cooperation among public authorities, NGOs and refugee communities in order to enhance mutual knowledge and understanding;

Amendment 86 #

Momchil NEKOV

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Asks the Member States to promote initiatives to foster cooperation among public authorities, civil society, NGOs and refugee communities in order to enhance mutual knowledge and understanding;

Amendment 87 #

Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jana TOOM, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Asks the Member States to promote initiatives to foster cooperation among public authorities, NGOs and refugee communities in order to enhance mutual knowledge and understanding; encourages Member States to promote and facilitate better cooperation between professional bodies, training providers and universities in order to provide training courses to upgrade qualifications tailored to the needs of third country nationals; Suggests the establishment of cooperation channels for teachers so that they can share their experiences, exchange best practices and receive peer support;

Amendment 88 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Member States to extend offers of political education and to provide appropriate further training opportunities and educational materials so as to clarify why people flee and to combat extremism;

Amendment 89 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Welcomes the potential for solidarity within refugees communities, but points out that these communities should integrate fully into the society of the host Member State and not develop independently of it;

Amendment 9 #

Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Jana TOOM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 90 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Underlines that successful cultural integration requires, on one hand, common understanding of the core values that underlie the cultures of democratic European countries, notably human rights, the principle of equality, the protection of minorities, democracy, the separation of state and church, and the rule of law and on another hand better understanding and acceptance of refugees´ values and diverse cultures; underlines, at the same time, that Member States need to promote cultural awareness and sensitivity as well as knowledge of and contact with the many different cultures within their societies; encourages, in this regard, Member States to launch courses on cultural differences and to better promote multiculturalism and tolerance; suggests to Member States to promote community education campaigns in areas where refugees are settled in order to foster more harmonious community relationships;

Amendment 91 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Asks the Member States to promote initiatives to foster cooperation among regional authorities, employment agencies and companies for a better integration of refugees into the labour market;

Amendment 92 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Asks the Member States to develop a platform for the exchange of best practices;

Amendment 93 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the new calls for proposals dedicated to cultural ~~and~~, educational ~~project~~and sports programmes and youth mobility programmes aimed at intercultural dialogue, cultural and social inclusion and integration under Creative Europe and Erasmus+;

Amendment 94 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Welcom~~Notes the new calls for proposals dedicated to cultural and educational projects aimed at intercultural dialogue, cultural and social inclusion and integration under Creative Europe and Erasmus+;

Amendment 95 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the new calls for proposals dedicated to cultural and educational projects aimed at intercultural dialogue, cultural and social inclusion and integration under Creative Europe and Erasmus+, noting that reallocation of existing funding should be foreseen for their financing in the 2014-2020 programming period;

Amendment 96 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the new calls for proposals dedicated to cultural and educational projects aimed at intercultural dialogue, cultural and social inclusion and integration under Creative Europe and Erasmus+, while remaining aware of the need to draw on other funds, such as the European Agenda on Migration and the Social Fund in the development of structured long-term actions and strategies;

Amendment 97 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the new calls for proposals dedicated to cultural and educational projects aimed at intercultural dialogue, cultural and social inclusion and integration under Creative Europe and Erasmus+; underlines in this connection the need to break down existing barriers to applications and to facilitate access to the programmes for all relevant applicants as far as possible;

Amendment 98 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the new calls for proposals dedicated to cultural and educational projects aimed at intercultural dialogue, cultural and social inclusion and integration under Creative Europe and Erasmus+, stresses that potential obstacles that might hinder the application of projects aimed at the integration of refugees should be removed;

Amendment 99 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Commission to adopt an integrated approach on the EU migration policy, and to increase the profile of culture, education and training in those operational measures undertaken as part of the European Agenda on migration; invites the Commission to adopt a specific policy on intercultural dialogue;

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2016/04/01 EMPL 377 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)

- having regard to Article 78 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),

Amendment 10 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, João PIMENTA LOPES

Motion for a resolution
Citation 26 a (new)

- having regard to Articles 33.1 and 33.2 of the Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (1984),

Amendment 100 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Also calls for effective steps to be taken outside European territory both to ensure that those who are entitled can reach host countries safely and with a view to managing applications for international protection and containing undefined migration flows and hence preventing persons from entering Europe when they are not entitled to do so;

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the European Commission to monitor the legal frameworks and policies of Member States to ensure that equal treatment and good working conditions are guaranteed to all refugees and asylum seekers in order to avoid asymmetric access conditions to the labour market for these vulnerable groups;

Amendment 102 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights the fact that in order to facilitate the social inclusion and integration of refugees into the labour market, it is necessary to address serious and multi-faceted issues such as discrimination, linguistic barriers, diverse socio-economic and cultural backgrounds, health needs, including psychosocial and post-trauma support, family reunification and the significant share of disadvantaged groups among refugees, in particular worrying numbers of children, including unaccompanied children, people with disabilities, the elderly and women8; _________________ 8http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset- Management/oecd/social-issues- migration-health/making-integration- work-humanitarian- migrants_9789264251236-endeleted

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

Amendment 104 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights the fact that in order to facilitate the social inclusion and integration of refugees into the labour market, it is necessary to address serious and multi-faceted issues such as ~~discrimination,~~ linguistic barriers, diverse socio-economic and cultural backgrounds, health needs, ~~including psychosocial and post-trauma support, family reunific~~discrimination and the significant share of disadvantaged groups among refugees, in particular worrying numbers of children, including unaccompanied children, people with disabilities, the elderly and women8 ; _________________ 8 http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset- Management/oecd/social-issues-migration- health/making-integration-work- humanitarian-migrants_9789264251236-en

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights the fact that in order to facilitate the social inclusion and integration of refugees into the labour market, it is necessary to address serious and multi-faceted issues such as discrimination, linguistic barriers, development of an approach which prescribes appropriate adaptation and presupposes cooperation, dealing with diverse socio-economic and cultural backgrounds, health needs, including psychosocial and post-trauma support, family reunification and the significant share of disadvantaged groups among refugees, in particular worrying numbers of children, including unaccompanied children, people with disabilities, the elderly and women8 ; _________________ 8 http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset- Management/oecd/social-issues-migration- health/making-integration-work- humanitarian-migrants_9789264251236-en

Amendment 106 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights the fact that in order to facilitate the social inclusion and integration of refugees into the labour market, it is necessary to ~~address~~develop responses to serious and multi-faceted issues such as discrimination, linguistic barriers, diverse socio-economic and cultural backgrounds, health needs, including psychosocial and post-trauma support, family reunification and the significant share of disadvantaged groups among refugees, in particular worrying numbers of children, including unaccompanied children, people with disabilities, the elderly and women8; _________________ 8 http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset- Management/oecd/social-issues-migration- health/making-integration-work- humanitarian-migrants_9789264251236-en

Amendment 107 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, João PIMENTA LOPES, Kostadinka KUNEVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights the fact that in order to facilitate the social inclusion and integration of refugees who are likely to remain in their host country into the labour market, it is necessary to address serious and multi-faceted issues such as discrimination, linguistic barriers, diverse socio-economic and cultural backgrounds, health needs, including psychosocial and post-trauma support, family reunification and the significant share of disadvantaged groups among refugees, in particular worrying numbers of children, including unaccompanied children, people with disabilities, the elderly and women8; _________________ 8 http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset- Management/oecd/social-issues-migration- health/making-integration-work- humanitarian-migrants_9789264251236-en

Amendment 108 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights the fact that in order to facilitate the social inclusion and integration of refugees into the labour market, it is necessary to address serious and multi-faceted issues such as discrimination, racism, xenophobia, labour market segmentation, linguistic barriers, diverse socio-economic and cultural backgrounds, poor diversity management in companies, health needs, including psychosocial and post-trauma support, family reunification and the significant share of disadvantaged groups among refugees, in particular worrying numbers of children, including unaccompanied children, people with disabilities, the elderly, LGTBI people, trafficking victims, people with mental health problems and women1; _________________ 1 http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset- Management/oecd/social-issues-migration- health/making-integration-work- humanitarian-migrants_9789264251236- en.

Amendment 109 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, João PIMENTA LOPES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights the fact that in order to facilitate the social inclusion and integration of refugees into the labour market, it is necessary to address serious and multi-faceted issues such as discrimination, linguistic barriers – which are the first obstacle to integration, diverse socio-economic and cultural backgrounds, health needs, including psychosocial and post-trauma support, family reunification and the significant share of disadvantaged groups among refugees, in particular worrying numbers of children, including unaccompanied children, people with disabilities, the elderly and women8, who require responses tailored to their specific problems; _________________ 8 http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset- Management/oecd/social-issues-migration- health/making-integration-work- humanitarian-migrants_9789264251236-en

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 26 b (new)

- having regard to the Declaration on Territorial Asylum (adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in its resolution 2312 (XXII), of 14 December 1967),

Amendment 110 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights the fact that in order to facilitate the social inclusion and integration of refugees into the labour market, it is necessary to address serious and multi-faceted issues such as discrimination, linguistic barriers, diverse socio-economic, education and cultural backgrounds, housing, health needs, including psychosocial and post-trauma support, family reunification and the significant share of disadvantaged groups among refugees, in particular worrying numbers of children, including unaccompanied children, people with disabilities, the elderly and women8 ; _________________ 8 http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset- Management/oecd/social-issues-migration- health/making-integration-work- humanitarian-migrants_9789264251236-en

Amendment 111 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights the fact that in order to facilitate the social inclusion and integration of refugees into the labour market, it is necessary to address serious and multi-faceted issues such as discrimination, linguistic barriers, the recognition of skills, diverse socio- economic and cultural backgrounds, health needs, including psychosocial and post- trauma support, family reunification and the significant share of disadvantaged groups among refugees, in particular worrying numbers of children, including unaccompanied children, people with disabilities, the elderly and women8; _________________ 8 http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset- Management/oecd/social-issues-migration- health/making-integration-work- humanitarian-migrants_9789264251236-en

Amendment 112 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights the fact that in order to facilitate the social inclusion and integration of refugees into the labour market, it is necessary to address serious and multi-faceted issues such as discrimination, linguistic barriers, diverse socio-economic and cultural backgrounds, health needs, including psychosocial and post-trauma support, family reunification and the significant share of ~~disadvantaged~~vulnerable groups among refugees, in particular worrying numbers of children, including unaccompanied children, people with disabilities, the elderly and women8 ; _________________ 8 http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset- Management/oecd/social-issues-migration- health/making-integration-work- humanitarian-migrants_9789264251236-en

Amendment 113 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Underlines that women have different healthcare needs to men because they have more exposure to multiple risks, including gender-based violence, complications in reproductive health and cultural barriers in access to health care; considers therefore that policies in this area cannot be gender-neutral, because women have to face gender-specific challenges in the host country and reception and integration policies should be gender-sensitive;

Amendment 114 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Underlines that comprehensive language training for refugees is of the utmost importance; and that this should begin as early as possible and that occupational language skills are essential for integration in enterprises;

Amendment 115 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Points to the importance of differentiating between emergency measures and measures to be taken in the medium to long term in order to cope effectively with disparate needs;

Amendment 116 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Calls for refugees who are likely to remain in their host country to be required by Member States to take a comprehensive and targeted language course;

Amendment 117 #

5c. Calls for Member States to be able to require refugees who are likely to remain and find a job to take a comprehensive and work-related language course;

Amendment 118 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)

5d. Is convinced that language instruction should already begin in hot spots and reception centres;

Amendment 119 #

Brando BENIFEI, Marita ULVSKOG, Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 e (new)

5e. Believes that incentive and penalty mechanisms should be created with a view to language learning;

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 32 a (new)

- having regard to the work and reports of the European Council of Refugees and Exiles,

Amendment 120 #

5f. Calls on Member States to establish a unified language training system, closely linking general and vocational language training;

Amendment 121 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 g (new)

5g. Emphasises the great demand for literacy programmes;

Amendment 122 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 h (new)

5h. Advocates preparatory classes in which children initially focus on language learning;

Amendment 123 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Reiterates the importance of recognising the gender dimension of refugee status determination9 , the needs of women who apply for international protection and the specific social inclusion and labour market integration challenges that women face; calls for gender to be fully mainstreamed into all policies and procedures relating to asylum and migration; _________________ 9EP Draft Report: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getD oc.do?pubRef=- %2F%2FEP%2F%2FNONSGML%2BC OMPARL%2BPE- 571.702%2B01%2BDOC%2BPDF%2BV 0%2F%2FENdeleted

Amendment 124 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Reiterates the importance of recognising the gender dimension of refugee status determination9, the needs of women who apply for international protection and the specific social inclusion and labour market integration challenges that women face; calls for gender to be fully mainstreamed into all policies and procedures relating to asylum and migration; _________________ 9EP Draft Report: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getD oc.do?pubRef=- %2F%2FEP%2F%2FNONSGML%2BC OMPARL%2BPE- 571.702%2B01%2BDOC%2BPDF%2BV 0%2F%2FENdeleted

Amendment 125 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Reiterates the importance of recognising the gender dimension of refugee status determination9, the needs of women who apply for international protection and the specific social inclusion and labour market integration challenges that women face; calls for gender to be fully mainstreamed into all policies and procedures relating to asylum and migration; _________________ 9 EP Draft Report: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getD oc.do?pubRef=- %2F%2FEP%2F%2FNONSGML%2BC OMPARL%2BPE- 571.702%2B01%2BDOC%2BPDF%2BV 0%2F%2FENdeleted

Amendment 126 #

Anne SANDER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Reiterates the importance of ~~recognising the gender dimension of refugee status determination9,~~taking into account the needs of women who apply for international protection and the specific social inclusion and labour market integration challenges that women face; calls for gender to be fully mainstreamed into all policies and procedures relating to asylum and migration; _________________ 9 EP Draft Report: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDo c.do?pubRef=- %2F%2FEP%2F%2FNONSGML%2BCO MPARL%2BPE- 571.702%2B01%2BDOC%2BPDF%2BV0 %2F%2FEN

Amendment 127 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Reiterates the importance of recognising the gender dimension of refugee status determination9, the needs of women who apply for international protection and the specific social inclusion and labour market integration challenges that women face; calls for ~~gender to be fully mainstrea~~the non-discriminatory treatment of men and womedn into all policies and procedures relating to asylum and migration; _________________ 9 EP Draft Report: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDo c.do?pubRef=- %2F%2FEP%2F%2FNONSGML%2BCO MPARL%2BPE- 571.702%2B01%2BDOC%2BPDF%2BV0 %2F%2FEN

Amendment 128 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Reiterates the importance of recognising the gender dimension ofwhen determining refugee status ~~determination~~9, the needs of women who apply for international protection and the specific social inclusion and labour market integration challenges that women face; calls for gender to be fully mainstreamed into all policies and procedures relating to asylum and migration; _________________ 9 EP Draft Report: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDo c.do?pubRef=- %2F%2FEP%2F%2FNONSGML%2BCO MPARL%2BPE- 571.702%2B01%2BDOC%2BPDF%2BV0 %2F%2FEN

Amendment 129 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Reiterates the importance of recognising the gender dimension of refugee status determination9, the needs of women who apply for international protection and the specific social inclusion and labour market integration challenges that women face; calls for ~~gender to be fully mainstrea~~the equal treatment of men and womedn into all policies and procedures relating to asylum and migration; _________________ 9 EP Draft Report: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDo c.do?pubRef=- %2F%2FEP%2F%2FNONSGML%2BCO MPARL%2BPE- 571.702%2B01%2BDOC%2BPDF%2BV0 %2F%2FEN

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 35 a (new)

- having regard to the experience gained via the Equal programme and the lessons learned,

Amendment 130 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, João PIMENTA LOPES, Kostadinka KUNEVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Reiterates the importance of recognising the gender dimension of refugee status determination9 [1], the needs of women who apply for international protection and the specific social inclusion and labour market integration challenges that women face; calls for gender to be fully mainstreamed into all policies and procedures relating to asylum and migration; ~~_________________ 9 EP Draft Report: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDo c.do?pubRef=- %2F%2FEP%2F%2FNONSGML%2BCO MPARL%2BPE- 571.702%2B01%2BDOC%2BPDF%2BV0 %2F%2FEN~~recalls that quality and affordable childcare provision and flexible working arrangements are crucial examples of how to improve access to labour markets for parents;

Amendment 131 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Reiterates the importance of recognising the gender dimension of refugee status determination2, the needs of women who apply for international protection and the specific social inclusion and labour market integration challenges that women face; calls for gender to be fully mainstreamed into all policies and procedures relating to social inclusion, labour integration, asylum and migration; _________________ 2 EP Draft Report: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDo c.do?pubRef=- %2F%2FEP%2F%2FNONSGML%2BCO MPARL%2BPE- 571.702%2B01%2BDOC%2BPDF%2BV0 %2F%2FEN.

Amendment 132 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Calls for targeted support for refugees who have the desire as well as the capacity to study;

Amendment 133 #

Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Emphasizes the benefits of education on social inclusion and integration into the labour market; stresses the importance to guarantee for all refugees, in particular girls and women, an access to formal, informal and non-formal education and long-life trainings combined with work experience; calls furthermore for robust and transparent procedures for recognising qualifications obtained abroad, outside the European Union;

Amendment 134 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Recalls the extremely worrying situation of women in the refugee camps in Europe, and in particular their living and hygiene conditions, which require emergency sanitary measures;

Amendment 135 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, João PIMENTA LOPES, Kostadinka KUNEVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses the importance of a tailor- made integration approach based on equal opportunities, with the necessary attention for the needs and specific challenges of different target groups;

Amendment 136 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Notes the particular needs of the most vulnerable people, who are exposed to greater risks of poverty and social exclusion, such as women, pregnant women, single-parent families, LGTBI people, minors, young people, elderly people, immigrants, sick people and people with disabilities;

Amendment 137 #

Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Bearing in mind that women take more often than men the responsibility for the care of children as well as for elderly, ill and dependent family members, highlights the crucial importance of accessible, high-quality childcare and care for other dependants in enabling economic and social empowerment of women refugees;

Amendment 138 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Believes that granting refugees access to the labour market is important to restoring their human~~Points to the importance of work for the dignity and self- worth ~~and is also cost-efficient, as it would allow them to be self-sufficient and to gain economic independence, which is an essential step f~~of all individuals; notes that in Europe there are more their inclusion into society, and a responsible approach towards public finances, easing the cost borne by Member States while also enabling them to become active fiscal contributors, which is generally considered beneficial for their individual growth, development and self-esteeman 21 million unemployed, roughly 4 million of whom are young people under 25;

Amendment 139 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Believes that granting refugees access to the labour market is important to restoring their human dignity and self-worth, and stresses that this is also cost-efficient, as it would allow them to be self-sufficient and to gain economic independence, which is an essential step for their inclusion into society, and a responsible approach towards public finances, easing the cost borne by Member States through the integration of refugees while also enabling them to become active fiscal contributors, which is generally considered beneficial for their individual growth, development ~~and~~, self- esteem and recognition in society;

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 35 b (new)

- having regard to the Common Basic Principles for Immigrant Integration Policy in the EU, 2004, particularly principles 3, 5, 7,

Amendment 140 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Believes that granting refugees access to the labour market is important to restoring their human dignity and self-worth ~~and is also cost-efficient~~, as it would allow them to be self-sufficient and to gain economic independence, which is an essential step for their inclusion into society, and a responsible approach towards public finances, easing the cost borne by Member States while also enabling them to become active fiscal contributors~~, which is generally considered beneficial for their individual growth, development and self- esteem~~;

Amendment 141 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Believes that granting refugees access to fundamental rights (housing, health, education, social protection) and the labour market is important in order to restor~~ing~~e their human dignity and self-worth and is also cost-efficient, as it would allow them to be self-sufficient and to gain economic independence, which is an essential step for their inclusion into society, and a responsible approach towards public finances, easing the cost borne by Member States while also enabling them to become active fiscal contributors, which is generally considered beneficial for their individual growth, development and self- esteem, and for the host society and community as a whole;

Amendment 142 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Believes that granting refugees access to the labour market is important to restoring their human dignity and self-worth and is also cost-efficient, as it would allow them to be self-sufficient ~~and~~, to gain economic independence and contribute in a positive way to society, which is an essential step for their successful inclusion into society, and a responsible approach towards public finances, easing the cost borne by Member States while also enabling them to become active fiscal contributors, which is generally considered beneficial for their individual ~~growth,~~ development and self- esteem;

Amendment 143 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Believes that ~~gran~~facilitating refugees access to the labour market is important to restoring their human dignity and self- worth and is also cost-efficient, as it would allow them to be self-sufficient and to gain economic independence, which is an essential step for their inclusion into society, and a responsible approach towards public finances, easing the cost borne by Member States while also enabling them to become active fiscal contributors, which is generally considered beneficial for their individual growth, development and self- esteem;

Amendment 144 #

Brando BENIFEI, Jutta STEINRUCK, Marita ULVSKOG, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Elena GENTILE, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Believes that granting refugees access to the labour market and making labour markets inclusive at local and national level is important to restoring their human dignity and self-worth and is also cost- efficient, as it would allow them to be self- sufficient and to gain economic independence, which is an essential step for their inclusion into society, and a responsible approach towards public finances, easing the cost borne by Member States and local authorities while also enabling them to live their life in dignity and to become active fiscal contributors, which is generally considered beneficial for their individual growth, development and self- esteem, while at the same time bearing in mind that not all refugees arriving in the EU are able to work due to health, age or other issues; Recalls that the Qualifications Directive and the Reception Conditions Directive provide for the right to access to the labour market and vocational training, both for asylum seekers and beneficiaries of international protection;

Amendment 145 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Believes that granting refugees and asylum seekers effective access to the labour market is important to restoring their human dignity and self-worth and is also cost-efficient, as it would allow them to be self-sufficient and to gain economic independence, which is an essential step for their inclusion into society, and a responsible approach towards public finances, easing the cost borne by Member States and local authorities while also enabling them to become active fiscal contributors, which is generally considered beneficial for their individual growth, development and self- esteem, also bearing in mind that not all refugees and asylum seekers arriving in the EU are able to work due to health, age or other issues;

Amendment 146 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Believes that granting refugees access to the labour market is important to guaranteeing their survival and restoring their human dignity and self-worth and is also cost-efficient, as it would allow them to be self-sufficient and to gain economic independence, which is an essential step for their inclusion into society, and a responsible approach towards public finances, easing the cost borne by Member States while also enabling them to become active fiscal contributors, which is generally considered beneficial for their individual growth, development and self- esteem; maintains that if refugees are to be integrated into the labour market in a genuinely sustainable and effective way, the social and economic state of host countries needs to be assessed in order to ensure that integration will not further exacerbate already difficult situations;

Amendment 147 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Believes that, while assigning preference to EU citizenship, granting refugees access to the labour market, provided that they are suitably qualified, is important to restoring their human dignity and self-worth and is also cost- efficient, as it would allow them to be self- sufficient and to gain economic independence, which is an essential step for their inclusion into society, and a responsible approach towards public finances, easing the cost borne by Member States while also enabling them to become active fiscal contributors, which is generally considered beneficial for their individual growth, development and self- esteem;

Amendment 148 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 (new)

7a. Concerned by increasing xenophobia in Europe and that refugees are increasingly victims of discrimination such as Afrophobia and Islamophobia including in their access to the labour market;

Amendment 149 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Feels, moreover, that access to employment, the tax system and self- esteem should be given as a priority to the more than 21 million unemployed Europeans who also have a right to their place in society;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 35 c (new)

- having regard to its report on the integration of migrants, its effects on the labour market and the external dimension of social security coordination,

Amendment 150 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Notes that administrative obstacles to access the labour market can constitute a significant barrier in some Member States;

Amendment 151 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Member States to ensure that welcoming new migrants goes hand- in-hand with a solid integration policy, such as mandatory language courses, introduction in EU values and social inclusiveness;

Amendment 152 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Points out that early intervention is crucial to ~~allow for successful~~guarantee social inclusion and integration of refugees into the labour market;

Amendment 153 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Points out that early intervention is crucial to allow for successful social inclusion and integration of refugees into the labour market; and thus into society as a whole;

Amendment 154 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Points out that early and continuous intervention is crucial to allow for successful social inclusion and integration of refugees into the labour market; Reminds that early intervention measures could include early participation through volunteering, internships, mentoring and community engagement;

Amendment 155 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Points out that early intervention is crucial to allow for successful social inclusion and integration of refugees into the labour market and their respective communities, in order to diminish future chances of isolation, feelings of inadequacy and misfit;

Amendment 156 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Points out that early intervention isand full respect for European values are crucial to allow for successful social inclusion and integration of refugees into the labour market;

Amendment 157 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Points out that early intervention is crucial to allow for successful social inclusion and integration of refugees into the labour market as effectively as possible;

Amendment 158 #

Joëlle MÉLIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Points out that early intervention is crucial to allow for successful social inclusion and integration of refugees into the labour market, provided that they do not return;

Amendment 159 #

Brando BENIFEI, Marita ULVSKOG, Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Points out that early intervention is crucial to allow for successful social inclusion and integration of refugees into the labour market, which will also help to make the receiving Member State successful;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 a (new)

- having regard to the Asylum Information Database Annual Report 2014-2015 'Common Asylum System at a turning point: Refugees caught in Europe's solidarity crisis';

Amendment 160 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Points out that early ~~intervention~~and effective intervention for the integration of refugees is crucial to allow for successful social inclusion and integration of refugees into the labour market;

Amendment 161 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Acknowledges the importance of the work of civil society and volunteer organisations providing support for empowerment, integration and self- resilience to all asylum seekers and refugees before and during their participation into the labour market; notes the importance of the establishment and building of social and community networks among and with refugee and migrant communities in order to facilitate access to the labour market;

Amendment 162 #

Brando BENIFEI, Jutta STEINRUCK, Marita ULVSKOG, Flavio ZANONATO, Javi LÓPEZ, Georgi PIRINSKI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Elena GENTILE, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

Amendment 163 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. ~~Highlights the fact that labour market conditions within host countries are a determining factor for the successful and durable integration of refugees; s~~Stresses that unemployment in the EU, in particular youth unemployment, is still at alarming levels, and that the Commission and the Member States should continue to prioritise policies and investments aimed at quality job creation and economic growth for EU citizens;

Amendment 164 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Highlights the fact that labour market conditions within host countries are a determining factor for the successful and durable integration of refugees, provided that suitable numbers of people arrive with skills and competitive knowledge; stresses that unemployment in the EU, in particular youth unemployment, is still at alarming levels, which makes the waves of migration even more alarming from the point of view of the age composition of the people arriving and their qualifications, and that the Commission and the Member States should continue to prioritise policies and investments aimed at ~~quality job c~~short-term creation of jobs, including jobs which can be done by relationvely unskilled people, and economic growth;

Amendment 165 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Highlights the fact that labour market conditions within host countries are a determining factor for the successful and durable integration of refugees; stresses that unemployment in the EU, in particular youth unemployment, is still at alarming levels, and that the Commission and the Member States should continue to prioritise policies and investments aimed at ~~quality~~ job creation and economic growth; calls, in that connection, for an assessment of the impact of the minimum wage on the integration of refugees with low or no qualifications;

Amendment 166 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

Amendment 167 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Highlights the fact that labour market conditions within host countries are a determining factor for the successful and durable integration of refugees; stresses that unemployment in the EU, in particular youth and long-term unemployment, is still at alarming levels, and that the Commission and the Member States ~~should~~must continue to prioritise policies and investments aimed at quality job creation and economic growth;

Amendment 168 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Highlights the fact that labour market conditions within host countries are a determining factor for the successful ~~and durable~~ integration of refugees; stresses that unemployment in the EU, in particular youth unemployment, is still at alarming levels, and that the Commission and the Member States should continue to prioritise policies and investments aimed at quality job creation and economic growth;

Amendment 169 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Highlights the fact that labour market conditions within host countries are aone of the determining factors for the successful ~~and durable~~ integration of refugees; stresses that unemployment in the EU, in particular youth unemployment, is still at alarming levels, and that the Commission and the Member States should continue to prioritise policies and investments aimed at quality job creation and economic growth;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 a (new)

- having regard to the UNHCR’s international protection considerations with regard to people fleeing the Syrian Arab Republic, update II of 22 October 2013,

Amendment 170 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Highlights the fact that labour market conditions within host countries are a determining factor for the successful and durable integration of refugees; stresses that unemployment in the EU, in particular youth unemployment, is still at alarming levels in some countries and regions, and that the Commission and the Member States should continue to prioritise policies and investments aimed at quality job creation and economic growth; recalls that actions to create quality jobs, active labour markets and tackle unemployment must make sense in the local context, otherwise they will not be effective;

Amendment 171 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Highlights the fact that labour market conditions within host countries are a determining factor for the successful and durable integration of refugees; stresses that unemployment in the EU, in particular youth unemployment, is still at alarming levels, and that the Commission and the Member States should continue to prioritise policies and investments aimed at quality job creation and economic growth; proposes the temporary suspension of the minimum wage for refugees with low or no educational and vocational qualifications;

Amendment 172 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Highlights the fact that labour market conditions within host countries are a determining factor for the successful and durable integration of refugees; stresses the difficulties arising from origin- and gender-based labour segmentation in the EU; points out that unemployment in the EU, in particular youth unemployment, is still at alarming levels, and that the Commission and the Member States should continue to prioritise policies and investments aimed at quality job creation for the whole of society, with a particular focus on the most vulnerable people and economic growth;

Amendment 173 #

Salvatore Domenico POGLIESE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Highlights the fact that labour market conditions within host countries are a determining factor for the successful and durable integration of refugees; stresses that unemployment in the EU, in particular youth unemployment, is still at alarming levels, and that the Commission and the Member States should continue to prioritise policies and investments aimed at quality job creation and economic growth, with priority going to young Europeans;

Amendment 174 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Highlights the fact that labour market conditions within host countries are a determining factor for the successful and durable integration of refugees; stresses that unemployment in the EU, in particular youth unemployment, is still at alarming levels, and that the Commission and the Member States should continue to prioritise policies and investments aimed at quality job creation and economic growth, primarily for the benefit of EU citizens;

Amendment 175 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls for refugees who are likely to be granted leave to remain to be required to take a comprehensive general and vocational language course organised by the host country in question; takes the view that language instruction should already be provided in the hot spots and reception centres; calls for preparatory classes to be set up to introduce children to the language and the cultural customs and values of the host country;

Amendment 176 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Stresses the need for further EU- funded programmes and for increased public investment in order to facilitate, as a matter of priority, the integration of EU citizens into the labour market, not least in order to forestall social tensions, in particular in areas where unemployment is highest;

Amendment 177 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Points up the major differences in social and economic circumstances within the EU; stresses the importance of taking them into account when refugees are relocated, in order to maximise their vocational integration prospects;

Amendment 178 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Points out that, too often, asylum seekers are first relocated to places where they cannot be vocationally integrated; stresses the importance of providing solutions that allow persons who have been given refugee status to settle in places where they can be vocationally integrated;

Amendment 179 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

Amendment 18 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 39 a (new)

- having regard to the estimates of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), according to which a further 30-35 million new, unskilled young people will appear in the world by 2020,

Amendment 180 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses the need for an early, fair, transparent and free-of-charge assessment of refugees and asylum seekers’ formal and non-formal skills, as well as recognition, validation and approval of their qualifications, ~~in order to develop tailored measures allowing them to make full use of their potential, and to match labour supply and demand in the host countrie~~action to facilitate access to active employment policies, with particular regard to training and employment guidance, and measures to guarantee access to the labour market and non-discriminatory working conditions;

Amendment 181 #

João PIMENTA LOPES, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses the need for an early, fair, transparent and free-of-charge assessment of ~~refugees and asylum seekers’~~ formal and non-formal skills, as well as recognition of ~~their~~ qualifications, in order to ~~develop tailored measures allowing them to make full use of their potential, and to match labour supp~~make full use of potential, and to match labour supply and demand in the host countries; stresses that efforts of integration must be targeted to those people who will be in the EU for a longer period of time; highlights that on the one hand limited resources should be well- spent on the timely hand ~~dem~~ling of asylum procedures, and ion ~~the host countri~~the other, the speedy and effective integration of refugees;

Amendment 182 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses the ~~need for~~usefulness of an early, fair, transparent and free-of-charge assessment of refugees ~~and~~’, asylum seekers’ and migrants’ formal and non-formal skills, as well as recognition of their qualifications, in order to develop tailored measures allowing them to make full use of their potential, ~~and to match labour supply and demand in the host countrie~~facilitating integration into the labour market in the host countries; stresses, however, that this assessment must on no account amount to a process of discrimination in relation to asylum seekers’ qualifications, and the skills factor and potential employability cannot be a criterion for decisions on asylum applications;

Amendment 183 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

Amendment 184 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses the need for an early, fair, transparent and free-of-charge assessment of refugees and asylum seekers’ formal and non-formal skills, as well as recognition of their qualifications, in order to develop tailored measures allowing them to make full use of their potential, and to match labour supply and demand in the host countries; stresses the importance of promptly introducing more effective arrangements for recognising and validating qualifications, experience and skills; points out that EU citizens as a whole would benefit from such effective arrangements;

Amendment 185 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses the need for an early, fair, transparent and free-of-charge assessment of refugees and asylum seekers’ formal and non-formal skills, as well as recognition of their qualifications, in order to develop tailored measures allowing them to make full use of their potential, and to match labour supply and demand in the host countries; emphasises that language skill acquisition plays an essential role in integrating refugees, in particular into the labour market;

Amendment 186 #

Joëlle MÉLIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses the need for an early, fair, transparent and free-of-charge assessment of refugees and asylum seekers’ formal and non-formal skills, as well as recognition of their qualifications, in order to develop tailored measures allowing them to make full use of their potential, and to match labour supply and demand in the host countries, provided that the formal and non-formal skills of our unemployed young people, first and foremost, have been recognised;

Amendment 187 #

Salvatore Domenico POGLIESE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses the need for an early, fair, transparent and free-of-charge assessment of refugees and asylum seekers’ formal and non-formal skills, as well as recognition of their qualifications, in order to develop tailored measures, including mutual recognition by EU Member States of their skills and specialist knowledge, allowing them to make full use of their potential, and to match labour supply and demand in the host countries;

Amendment 188 #

Brando BENIFEI, Marita ULVSKOG, Jutta STEINRUCK, Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

Amendment 189 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses the need for an early, fair, and transparent ~~and free-of-charge~~ assessment of refugees and asylum seekers’ formal and non-formal skills, as well as recognition of their qualifications, in order to develop tailored measures allowing them to make full use of their potential, and to match labour supply and demand in the host countries;

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 40 a (new)

- having regard to the UN's demographic projections, according to which the world population will grow by a further one billion by 2030, which will bring fresh migration pressure to bear on the European Union,

Amendment 190 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Kostadinka KUNEVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

Amendment 191 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Stresses the need to draw up, implement and assess inclusive, integrated and specific social inclusion and labour market integration policies for refugees, beneficiaries of subsidiary protection and asylum seekers;

Amendment 192 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Stresses that more flexibility in the labour market can stimulate an early integration of refugees;

Amendment 193 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Recognises that adequate provisions, through tailored programs where necessary, for education for older children is essential in order to address possible gaps in learning;

Amendment 194 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Regards it as essential that refugees should be guaranteed effective assistance, not only linguistically, but also through the work of cultural mediators, who can provide proper liaison between the refugees and the host Member State;

Amendment 195 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Highlights the fact that expansive public fiscal policies, covering the extraordinary investments in social inclusion and labour market integration measures and programmes, are likely to have a positive effect on national GDPs in the short term, while medium- or long- term impacts on public finances will depend on the effectiveness of these measures;deleted

Amendment 196 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

Amendment 197 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

Amendment 198 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Highlights the fact that ~~expansive~~ public fiscal policies~~, cover~~ ing the extraordinary investments in social inclusion and labour market integration measures and programmes, are likely to have a positive effect on national GDPs in the short term, while medium- or long- term impacts on public finances will depend on the effectiveness of these measuresMember States must remain geared to budget consolidation in order to create scope for future investment which also fosters the social inclusion of refugees and their integration into the labour market;

Amendment 199 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Highlights the fact that positive effects of expansive public fiscal policies, covering the extraordinary investments in social inclusion and labour market integration measures and programmes, ~~are likely to have a positive effect~~ on national GDPs in the ~~short term, while~~ medium- or long- term ~~impacts on public finances~~ will depend on the effectiveness of these measures;

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)

- having regard to Directive 2013/33/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 laying down standards for the reception of applicants for international protection,

Amendment 20 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, João PIMENTA LOPES

Motion for a resolution
Citation 40 a (new)

- having regard to the European Parliament report adopted on 8 March 2016 on the situation of women refugees and asylum seekers in the EU (2015/2325(INI)),

Amendment 200 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Highlights the fact that expansive public fiscal policies, covering the extraordinary investments in social inclusion and labour market integration measures and programmes, are likely to have a positive effect on national GDPs in the short term, while medium- or long-term impacts on public finances will ~~depend on the effectiveness of these measure~~again increase indebtedness;

Amendment 201 #

11. Highlights the fact that expansive public fiscal policies, covering the extraordinary investments in social inclusion and labour market integration measures and programmes, are ~~likely to hav~~necessary and generate a positive effect on national GDPs in the short term, while positive medium- or long-term impacts on public finances will ~~depend on~~be boosted by the effectiveness of these measures;

Amendment 202 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

~~11.~~ Highlights the fact that expansive public fiscal policies, covering the extraordinary investments in social inclusion and labour market integration measures and programmes, are likely to have a positive effect on national GDPs in the short term, while medium- or long-term impacts on public finances will depend on the effectiveness of these measures; urges, therefore, that fiscal constraints should not apply to public policies of this kind;

Amendment 203 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Kostadinka KUNEVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. ~~Welcomes, in thi~~Calls con~~text,~~ the Commission~~’s decision~~ not to take into account the budgetary impact of the ~~exceptional inflow of refugees related to~~ extraordinary expenditures ~~for~~incurred by Member States ~~under the preventive and corrective arm of the Stability and Growth Pact~~in dealing with the exceptional inflow of refugees when assessing possible ~~temporary~~ deviations from the ~~SGP~~ requirements~~10; _________________ 10http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP- 15-6067_en.htm~~ of the Stability and Growth Pact;

Amendment 204 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Welcomes, in this context, the Commission’s decision to take into account the budgetary impact of the exceptional inflow of refugees related to extraordinary expenditures for Member States under the preventive and corrective arm of the Stability and Growth Pact when assessing possible temporary deviations from the SGP requirements10; takes the view, nevertheless, that policies geared to cuts to public investment arising from the SGP should be reversed and investment with a high potential for creating high-quality jobs should be excluded from the public deficit calculations; stresses the need for a change in the production model to promote a transition to a more social and ecological model; _________________ 10 http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP- 15-6067_en.htm

Amendment 205 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

Amendment 206 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

Amendment 207 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

Amendment 208 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

Amendment 209 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. ~~Highlight~~Notes that the main EU funds available for social inclusion and integration into the labour market, in particular the European Social Fund (ESF), as well as the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF), the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Fund for Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD), have differing focuses, target groups and management modes at Member State level;

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 40 b (new)

- having regard to the study drawn up by the European Parliament’s Policy Department C in February 2016 on ‘Female refugees and asylum seekers: the issue of integration’,

Amendment 210 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Emphasises the importance of maintaining the objectives of the European funds designed to boost employment and growth, focusing on training and the integration of unemployed EU citizens, in particular young people, into the labour market;

Amendment 211 #

Brando BENIFEI, Marita ULVSKOG, Jutta STEINRUCK, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Javi LÓPEZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Elena GENTILE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Acknowledges the Commission's efforts to simplify and increase synergies among the available funding instruments; stresses however the need to further develop accessibility, complementary and transparency of these funds with a view to strengthen Member States' reception and integration capacities of refugees and asylum seekers;

Amendment 212 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Emphasises, in that connection, that the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund has used up all its resources; urges, therefore, that the fund should be retained when the MFF is revised;

Amendment 213 #

Salvatore Domenico POGLIESE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13b. Deplores the Commission's decision to grant Turkey EUR 3 billion to manage refugees on the EU's borders; criticises, further, the failure to involve the European Parliament in that decision;

Amendment 214 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

~~14. Highlights the fact that the principles of equal treatment and equal opportunities should always be ensured when designing and implementing social inclusion and integration policies and measures;~~deleted

Amendment 215 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Kostadinka KUNEVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Highlights the fact that the principles of equal treatment ~~and~~, equal opportunities and gender equality should always be ensured when designing and implementing social inclusion and integration policies and measures;

Amendment 216 #

Brando BENIFEI, Marita ULVSKOG, Flavio ZANONATO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Elena GENTILE, Jean LAMBERT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Highlights the fact that the principles of equal treatment, non-discrimination and equal opportunities should always be ensured when designing and implementing social inclusion and integration policies and measures;

Amendment 217 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

Amendment 218 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Underlines that the provision of language courses and training are essential for successful integration of migrants;

Amendment 219 #

Brando BENIFEI, Marita ULVSKOG, Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)

14b. Underlines that all children refugees should have free access to education and receive the necessary additional support services including intensive language courses;

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 42 a (new)

- having regard to the European Tripartite Social Summit conclusions of 16 March 2016, in particular the Statement of the European Economic and Social Partners on the refugee crisis,

Amendment 220 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Further highlights ~~the fact~~ that integration and inclusion measures aimed at refugees ~~and asylum seekers should not draw on financial resources destined for programmes targeting other disadvantaged groups, but require additional social investments~~should not create competition between the most disadvantaged groups in society; stresses, however, that the EU funds already available can and should be spend in a more efficient and effective manner, e.g. by targeting the funds at those who need it most;

Amendment 221 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

~~15.~~ Further highlights the fact that integration and inclusion measures aimed at refugees and asylum seekers should not draw on financial resources destined for other programme~~s targeting other disadvantaged groups, but require additional social investment~~s;

Amendment 222 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Further highlights the fact that integration and inclusion measures aimed at refugees and asylum seekers should not draw on financial resources destined for programmes targeting other disadvantaged groups, but require additional social investments; calls on the Commission to take into account labour market and social situation data when designing integration policies in order to ensure that the integration process does not worsen the social and economic situation in host regions, especially those hit hardest by the economic crisis, and in those Member States still in the process of fiscal consolidation;

Amendment 223 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

Amendment 224 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

Amendment 225 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

Amendment 226 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls therefore on the Commission to raise the allocation of the European Social Fund to a 25 % share of the cohesion policy budget in the revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework11 ; _________________ 11 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/ne ws-room/20131118IPR25534/MEPs- approve-new-cohesion-policy- %E2%82%AC325bn-to-invest-in- Europe’s-regionsand Member States to consider, in the revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework, reprogramming and adopting priorities of the European Social Fund in order to take into account the need of effective social inclusion and integration of refugees into the labour market;

Amendment 227 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. ~~Calls~~ therefore calls on the Commission ~~to raise the allocation of the European Social Fund to a 25 % share of the cohesion policy~~in the context of the review of the Multiannual Financial Framework to identify areas within existing budget lin tes whe revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework11 ; _________________ 11 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/ne ws-room/20131118IPR25534/MEPs- approve-new-cohesion-policy- %E2%82%AC325bn-to-invest-in- Europe’s-regions savings can be made in order to allow for greater flexibility within the budget to deal with such unforeseen circumstances;

Amendment 228 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls therefore on the Commission to raise the allocation of the European Social Fund to a 25 % share of the cohesion policy budget in the revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework11; calls on the Council, in the context of the forthcoming revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework, to adjust the ceilings for total allocations and for the individual headings to take account of the internal and external challenges which have arisen in connection with the refugee crisis; calls, further, on the Member States to make greater use of the scope for shifting resources within the Structural Funds to support integration projects for refugees and migrants; _________________ 11 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/n ews-room/20131118IPR25534/MEPs- approve-new-cohesion-policy-€325bn-to- invest-in-Europe's-regions

Amendment 229 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls therefore on the Commission to raise the allocation of the European Social Fund to a 25 % share of the cohesion policy budget in the revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework~~11 ; _________________ 11 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/ne ws-room/20131118IPR25534/MEPs- approve-new-cohesion-policy- %E2%82%AC325bn-to-invest-in- Europe’s-regions~~; in addition to this general demand, further calls on the Commission to put forward a proposal for an employment initiative for the labour market integration of refugees which includes an increase of the ESF budget of at least EUR 10 billion; in the context of such an employment initiative, central indicators used for the allocation of funds to Member States must be the number of asylum-seekers and recognised refugees within a Member State and the quality and design of the planned labour market measures;

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas that of the refugee ~~crisis is fi~~s is a humanitarian emergency affecting asylum-seekerst and ~~foremost a humanitarian cris~~at the same time involving all European citizens; whereas this phenomenon is, b~~ut one with long-term impacts and thus requiring~~ecoming financially unsustainable for the social and health services of local host communities and Member States and thus requires a swift and definitive solution to prevent the emergency in the long- term ~~responses~~from becoming a structural phenomenon;

Amendment 230 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls therefore on the Commission to raise the allocation of the European Social Fund ~~to a 25 % share of~~in the cohesion policy budget in the revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework11 ; _________________ 11 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/ne ws-room/20131118IPR25534/MEPs- approve-new-cohesion-policy- %E2%82%AC325bn-to-invest-in- Europe’s-regions

Amendment 231 #

Brando BENIFEI, Jutta STEINRUCK, Maria João RODRIGUES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Highlights the significant barriers to employment and training encountered by women refugees including language, unmet childcare needs, multiple forms of discrimination and the lack of recognition of qualifications obtained outside the EU;

Amendment 232 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Stresses that additional financial resources are required in order to provide local authorities, social partners, social and economic actors, civil society and volunteer organisations with direct financial support for measures aimed at swift integration of refugees and asylum seekers into society and the labour market; considers that a new financial instrument, directly managed by the Commission, could be most suitable for this purpose;

Amendment 233 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Calls for a revision of the EU's 7- year framework budget in order to ensure adequate resources for labour market integration of refugees in the longer term, during the revision of the EU multiannual financial framework in 2016;

Amendment 234 #

Jutta STEINRUCK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Points out that in order to ensure an expedient allocation within the scope of the European Social Fund, Member States should adjust national related rules where needed in order to ensure that asylum seekers are treated equally to EU and third-country nationals having access to the labour market;

Amendment 235 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses the need for strict correlation between all the legislative acts forming the EU Agenda on Migration12 in order to ensure good management of the extraordinary inflow of refugees; _________________ 12http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home- affairs/what-we-do/policies/european- agenda-migration/background- information/docs/communication_on_the _european_agenda_on_migration_en.pdfdeleted

Amendment 236 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

Amendment 237 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses the need for strict correlation between all the legislative acts forming the EU Agenda on Migration12 in order to ensure good management ofto prevent the extraordinary uncontrolled and illegal inflow of refugees and migrants; _________________ 12 http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home- affairs/what-we-do/policies/european- agenda-migration/background- information/docs/communication_on_the_ european_agenda_on_migration_en.pdf

Amendment 238 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses the need for strict co~~rrelation~~nsistency between all the legislative acts forming the EU Agenda on Migration12 in order to ensure good management of the extraordinary inflow of refugees; _________________ 12 http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home- affairs/what-we-do/policies/european- agenda-migration/background- information/docs/communication_on_the_ european_agenda_on_migration_en.pdf

Amendment 239 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Is firmly convinced that integrating refugees into the labour market will be impossible without active, large-scale support from microenterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises in the EU;

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the refugee crisis is first and foremost a humanitarian crisis, ~~but one with~~that will have long-term impacts ~~and thus requiring long-term respons~~on the labour markets and civil society in the Member States;

Amendment 240 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Notes that the participation of all actors involved in society is crucial and therefore suggests that, while respecting the competences of Member States on integration measures, the exchange of best practice in this field should be strengthened; underlines that integration measures for all legally-residing third country nationals should promote inclusion rather than isolation; notes that local and regional authorities, including cities, have a key role in integration processes;

Amendment 241 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)

17b. Takes the view that the appropriate authorities in the Member States must provide SMEs with comprehensive, tailored support and advice in the context of the integration of refugees into the labour market;

Amendment 242 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Supports the Commission’s efforts in updating the European Agenda on Migration, in particular by revising the Dublin III Regulation; underlines the positive impact that intra-EU mobility of refugees would have on addressing labour shortages and refugees’ inclusion into the labour market; stresses that further efforts are necessary to create a truly uniform Common European Asylum System and a comprehensive and sustainable legal migration policy in the EU to meet labour market demand in terms of skills, in which social inclusion and active integration policies play a central role;deleted

Amendment 243 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

Amendment 244 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

Amendment 245 #

18. Supports the Commission’s efforts in updating the European Agenda on Migration, in particular by revising the Dublin III Regulation; ~~underlines the positive impact that intra-EU mobility of refugees would have on addressing labour shortages and refugees’ inclusion into the labour market~~believes the focus of the review should be on improving its operation through simplification of the regulation, introducing greater flexibility and encouraging maximum compliance; stresses that further efforts are necessary to create a truly uniform Common European Asylum System and a comprehensive and sustainable legal migration policy in the EU ~~to meet labour market demand in terms of skills, in which social inclusion and active integration policies play a central role~~; stresses however, that the basic principles of Dublin should not be changed regarding that asylum seekers should be processed in the first Member State they enter;

Amendment 246 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Supports the Commission’s efforts in updating the European Agenda on Migration, in particular by revising the Dublin III Regulation; underlines the positive impact that intra-EU mobility of refugees would have on addressing labour shortages and refugees’ inclusion into the labour market; stresses that further efforts are necessary to create a truly uniform Common European Asylum Systemstresses that further efforts are necessary to create truly effective European asylum cooperation, with due regard for the Member States' national self-determination, and a comprehensive and sustainable legal migration policy in the EU to meet current labour market demand and that which is likely to be generated in future by technological development in terms of skills, in which social inclusion and active integration policies play a central role;

Amendment 247 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

Amendment 248 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

Amendment 249 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. ~~Support~~Notes the Commission’s efforts in updating the European Agenda on Migration, in particular by revising the Dublin III Regulation; underlines the positive impact that intra-EU mobility of refugees would have on addressing labour shortages and refugees’ inclusion into the labour market; believes that the mobility of refugees within the EU is a good thing if account is taken, on the one hand, of the need to provide for family reunification and, on the other, of the needs of the labour market in the various Member States; stresses that further efforts are necessary to create a truly uniform Common European Asylum System and a comprehensive and sustainable legal migration policy in the EU to meet labour market demand in terms of skills, in which social inclusion and active integration policies play a central role;

Amendment 25 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the refugee crisis is first and foremost a humanitarian crisis, but one with long-term impacts and thus requiring long-term responses to guarantee social cohesion at local level and the successful integration of newcomers in our societies;

Amendment 250 #

18. ~~Support~~Notes the Commission’s efforts in updating the European Agenda on Migration, in particular by revising the Dublin III Regulation; underlines the positive impact that ~~intra-EU mobility of refugees would have on~~would result from intra-EU voluntary mobility of refugees and/or mobility for family reunification, which might address~~ing~~ labour shortages and contribute to refugees’ inclusion into the labour market; stresses that further efforts are necessary to create a truly uniform Common European Asylum System and a comprehensive and sustainable legal migration policy in the EU to meet labour market demand in terms of skills and prevent social dumping, in which social inclusion and active integration policies play a central role;

Amendment 251 #

Brando BENIFEI, Marita ULVSKOG, Jutta STEINRUCK, Flavio ZANONATO, Javi LÓPEZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Elena GENTILE, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Supports the Commission’s efforts in updating the European Agenda on Migration, in particular by revising the Dublin III Regulation in order to improve solidarity, responsibility-sharing and harmonisation of protection standards among Member States; underlines the positive impact that intra-EU mobility of refugees would have on addressing labour shortages and refugees’ inclusion into the labour market; stresses that further efforts are necessary to create a truly uniform Common European Asylum System and a comprehensive and sustainable legal migration policy in the EU to meet labour market demand in terms of skills, in which social inclusion and active integration policies play a central role;

Amendment 252 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Underlines the risks of wage deflation, the introduction of derogations in respect of the category minimum wage provided by national collective contracts and the threat of an increase in undeclared work as a result of the 'forced entry' of new unskilled labour in the European labour market;

Amendment 253 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

Amendment 254 #

Brando BENIFEI, Marita ULVSKOG, Flavio ZANONATO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Elena GENTILE, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. ~~Deplores the fact~~Notes that the Commission had to adopt 40 infringement decisions against many Member States for having failed to implement key policies of the Common European Asylum System, including letters of formal notice to 19 Member States for not having taken the necessary measures to transpose the Reception Conditions Directive, which lays down essential standards on matters such as access to employment, vocational training, schooling and education of minors, food, housing, healthcare, medical and psychological care and provisions for disadvantaged persons; firmly believes that the Commission must do more to ensure that existing rules are fully and effectively implemented; urges the Member States to rectify this situation, in compliance with the principles of solidarity, fair share of responsibility and sincere cooperation as enshrined in the Treaties;

Amendment 255 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Deplores the fact that the Commission had to adopt 40 infringement decisions against many Member States for having failed to implement key policies of the Common European Asylum System, including letters of formal notice to 19 Member States for not having ~~taken the necessary~~communicated measures tofor the transposeition of the Reception Conditions Directive, which lays down essential standards on matters such as access to employment, vocational training, schooling and education of minors, food, housing, healthcare, medical and psychological care and provisions for disadvantaged persons; urges the Member States to rectify this situation, in compliance with the principles of solidarity, fair share of responsibility and sincere cooperation as enshrined in the Treaties;

Amendment 256 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Deplores the fact that the Commission had to adopt 40 infringement decisions against many Member States for having failed to implement key policies of the Common European Asylum System, including letters of formal notice to 19 Member States for not having taken the necessary measures to transpose the Reception Conditions Directive, which lays down essential standards on matters such as access to employment, vocational training, schooling and education of minors, food, housing, healthcare, medical and psychological care and provisions for disadvantaged persons; urges the Member States to rectify this situation, in compliance with the principles of solidarity, fair share of responsibility and sincere cooperation as enshrined in the Treaties; underlines the failure of the Dublin system that means that Member States are unable to implement the provisions of the Convention itself; criticises in this regard the establishment of 'hotspots' that have the sole purpose of making Greece and Italy EU refugee camps outside the context of a genuine, fully-fledged common asylum system;

Amendment 257 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Deplores the fact that the Commission had to adopt 40 infringement decisions against many Member States for having failed to implement key policies of the Common European Asylum System, including letters of formal notice to 19 Member States for not having taken the necessary measures to transpose the Reception Conditions Directive, which lays down essential standards on matters such as access to employment, vocational training, schooling and education of minors, food, housing, healthcare, medical and psychological care and provisions for disadvantaged persons; urges the Commission to introduce penalties for Member States which fail to meet these obligations and urges Member States to rectify this situation, in compliance with the principles of solidarity, fair share of responsibility and sincere cooperation as enshrined in the Treaties;

Amendment 258 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Deplores the fact that the Commission had to adopt 40 infringement decisions against many Member States for having failed to implement key policies of the Common European Asylum System, including letters of formal notice to 19 Member States for not having taken the necessary measures to transpose the Reception Conditions Directive, which lays down essential standards on matters such as access to employment, vocational training, schooling and education of minors, food, housing, healthcare, medical and psychological care and provisions for disadvantaged persons; urges the Member States to rectify this situation, in compliance with ~~the~~human rights, the European principles of solidarity, fair share of responsibility and sincere cooperation as enshrined in the Treaties;

Amendment 259 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Welcomes President Juncker’s statement in the State of the Union 2015 address13 affirming his support for granting asylum seekers access to the labour market while their applications are being processed; 13http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home- affairs/what-we-do/policies/european- agenda-migration/proposal- implementation- package/docs/communication_on_managi ng_the_refugee_crisis_en.pdftp://europa.e u/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-15- 5614_en.htmdeleted

Amendment 26 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the refugee crisis is first and foremost a humanitarian crisis, brought about, inter alia, by the destabilisation of States in the neighbourhood of the EU, but one with long-term impacts and thus requiring long-term responses;

Amendment 260 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Welcomes President Juncker’s statement13 in the State of the Union 2015 address affirming his support for granting asylum seekers access to the labour market while their applications are being processed; _________________ 13http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home- affairs/what-we-do/policies/european- agenda-migration/proposal- implementation- package/docs/communication_on_managi ng_the_refugee_crisis_hu.pdfhttp://europ a.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-15- 5614_en.htmdeleted

Amendment 261 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. WBel~~comes President Juncker’s statement13 in the State of the Union 2015 address affirming his support for granting~~ieves that it should be possible for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants to access to the labour market while their applications are being processed; _________________ 13http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home- affairs/what-we-do/policies/european- agenda-migration/proposal- implementation- package/docs/communication_on_managi ng_the_refugee_crisis_en.pdftp://europa.e u/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-15- 5614_en.htmas swiftly as possible during their integration process, and that they should not be victims of discrimination, exploitation, and labour market integration under precarious conditions without social protection;

Amendment 262 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

~~20. Welcomes~~Notes13 President Juncker’s statement in the State of the Union 2015 address13 affirming his support for granting asylum seekers access to the labour market while their applications are being processed; 13 http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home- affairs/what-we-do/policies/european- agenda-migration/proposal- implementation- package/docs/communication_on_managin g_the_refugee_crisis_en.pdftp://europa.eu/ rapid/press-release_SPEECH-15- 5614_en.htm

Amendment 263 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Kostadinka KUNEVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. ~~Welcom~~Notes President Juncker’s statement13 in the State of the Union 2015 address affirming his support for granting asylum seekers access to the labour market while their applications are being processed; _________________ 13 http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home- affairs/what-we-do/policies/european- agenda-migration/proposal- implementation- package/docs/communication_on_managin g_the_refugee_crisis_en.pdftp://europa.eu/ rapid/press-release_SPEECH-15- 5614_en.htm

Amendment 264 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Welcomes President Juncker’s statement13 in the State of the Union 2015 address affirming his support for granting asylum seekers access to the labour market while their applications are being processed; regrets, however, the lack of resolve shown by the Commission in implementing the decisions taken; is concerned at the decision taken by some Member States to close their internal borders or introduce temporary border controls, jeopardising freedom of movement within the Schengen area; _________________ 13 http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home- affairs/what-we-do/policies/european- agenda-migration/proposal- implementation- package/docs/communication_on_managin g_the_refugee_crisis_en.pdf http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what- we-do/policies/european-agenda- migration/proposal-implementation- package/docs/communication_on_managin g_the_refugee_crisis_es.pdfhttp://europa.e u/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-15- 5614_en.htm

Amendment 265 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Kostadinka KUNEVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Welcomes the joint statement of 16 March 2016 by the social partners on the refugee crisis, at the Tripartite Social Summit, underlining their commitment and willingness to work with governments and other stakeholders to design and develop policies to support inclusion; is of the opinion that the social partners have a major role to play in the inclusion of refugees in the labour market and within society more widely;

Amendment 266 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Regrets the fact that the September 2015 agreement on sharing refugees among the Member States is not being implemented satisfactorily; stresses that the quotas for receiving refugees are not being met in the majority of the Member States; urges the Commission and Member States to implement the agreements as swiftly as possible and speed up the processes of receiving and resettling refugees;

Amendment 267 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

~~21.~~ Points out that a lengthy processing of international protection applications, and a failed registration of refugees at their arrival, not only impedes timely and legal access of refugees and asylum seekers to the labour market but also generates the conditions for the development of undeclared work practices and forms of severe labour exploitation; stresses the need to support those Member States which are in the front line in managing the practices of asylum seekers;

Amendment 268 #

Brando BENIFEI, Marita ULVSKOG, Jutta STEINRUCK, Elena GENTILE, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Points out that a lengthy processing of international protection applications, and a failed registration of refugees at their arrival, not only impedes timely and legal access of refugees ~~and asylum seekers~~ to the labour market but also generates the conditions for the development of undeclared work practices and forms of severe labour exploitation;

Amendment 269 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Points out that a lengthy processing of international protection applications, and a failed registration of ~~refugee~~asylum seekers at their arrival, not only impedes timely and legal access of refugees and asylum seekers to the labour market but also generates the conditions for the development of undeclared work practices and forms of severe labour exploitation;

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the refugee crisis is first and foremost a humanitarian and migration crisis, but one with long-term impacts and thus requiring long-term and considered responses;

Amendment 270 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Points out that a lengthy processing of international protection applications, and a failed registration of refugees at their arrival, not only impedes timely and legal access of refugees and asylum seekers to the labour market but also generates the conditions for the development of undeclared work practices and forms of severe labour exploitation and other forms of exploitation;

Amendment 271 #

Brando BENIFEI, Marita ULVSKOG, Jutta STEINRUCK, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Javi LÓPEZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Elena GENTILE, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Stresses that access to social services such as housing, social and healthcare is a pre-requisite for integration and prevention of exploitation;

Amendment 272 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses that access to justice and protection should be ensured to all victims of exploitation; ~~highlights the crucial work done by trade unions, civil society and volunteer organisations in reaching out to these workers and in providing them with the information and support they need;~~

Amendment 273 #

Brando BENIFEI, Marita ULVSKOG, Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses that access to justice and protection should be ensured to all victims of exploitation; highlights the crucial work done by trade unions, civil society and volunteer organisations in reaching out to these workers and in providing them with the information ~~and~~, in particular about their rights and duties and the protection to which they are entitled, and the support they need;

Amendment 274 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses that access to justice and protection should be ensured to all victims of exploitation; highlights the crucial work done by trade unions, civil society, economic and social actors and volunteer organisations in reaching out to these workers and in providing them with the information and support they need;

Amendment 275 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses that access to justice and protection should be ensured to all victims of exploitation; highlights the crucial work done by trade unions and local authorities, civil society and volunteer organisations in reaching out to these workers and in providing them with the information and support they need;

Amendment 276 #

Brando BENIFEI, Marita ULVSKOG, Jutta STEINRUCK, Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE, Jean LAMBERT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses that access to justice and protection should be ensured to all victims of exploitation and discrimination; highlights the crucial work done by trade unions, civil society and volunteer organisations in reaching out to these workers and in providing them with the information and support they need;

Amendment 277 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

Amendment 278 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

~~22.~~ Stresses that access to justice and protection should be ensured to all victims of exploitation; highlights the crucial work done by t~~rade union~~he social partners, civil society and volunteer organisations in reaching out to these workers and in providing them with the information and support they need;

Amendment 279 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Encourages Member States to enforce equal pay and non-discrimination standards, from recruitment to career progression, to avoid the "glass ceiling effect" on refugees, asylum seekers and migrants;

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the refugee crisis is first and foremost an economic and humanitarian crisis, but one with long-term impacts and thus requiring long-term responses;

Amendment 280 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Highlights that the smooth integration of asylum seekers into host communities requires a rights-based approach and the mobilisation of all institutional and civil society forces where the social partners can play a special positive role, making faster the integration of refugees into the local labour market;

Amendment 281 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Highlights the importance of avoiding the formation of ghettos in order to secure the effective integration of refugees into society;

Amendment 282 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

~~23.~~ Calls on the Member States to ~~ensure the swift and full labour market integration and social inclusion of refugees, including access to housing, healthcare and social protection~~adopt measures to enable the labour market integration of refugees, in accordance with the principle of equal treatment;

Amendment 283 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls on the Member States to ensure th~~e swift and full labour market integr~~at refugees have access to the labour market in accordance with national and ~~social inclusion of refugees, including access to housing, healthcare and social protection~~European legislation, and adequate access to social services, while taking into account the possible temporary nature of the residence of the refugees;

Amendment 284 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls on the Member States to ensure the ~~swift and full~~ labour market integration and social inclusion of refugees~~, including access to housing, healthcare and social protection~~;

Amendment 285 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls on the Member States to ensure the swift and full labour market integration and social inclusion of refugees~~, including~~ and to grant them access to public services, in particular access to housing, healthcare and social protection;

Amendment 286 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls on the Member States to ~~ensure the swift and full~~promote labour market integration and social inclusion of refugees, including access to ~~housing,~~ healthcare and social protection;

Amendment 287 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls on the Member States to ensure the swift and full labour market integration and social inclusion of refugees, including access to housing, education, healthcare and social protection, being treated in the same way as nationals as enshrined in Chapters III and IV of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees;

Amendment 288 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

~~23.~~ Calls on the Member States to ensure the swift and full labour market integration and social inclusion of refugees, including access to housing, healthcare and social protection, integration courses, language learning modules and other educational and training measures;

Amendment 289 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, João PIMENTA LOPES, Kostadinka KUNEVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls on the Member States to ensure the swift and full labour market integration and social inclusion of refugees, including access to ~~housing,~~ healthcare and social protection and help in getting access to housing;

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the Geneva Convention came into being to protect European refugees after the Second World War, and it defines who is a refugee and lays down a series of refugee rights, along with the obligations of states;

Amendment 290 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls on the Member States to ensure the swift and full labour market integration and social inclusion of refugees, where they have the appropriate qualifications and vacancies are unfilled, including access to housing, healthcare and social protection;

Amendment 291 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls on the Member States to ensure for all citizens the swift and full labour market integration and social inclusion ~~of refugees, including~~and access to housing, healthcare and social protection; recalls the commitment of Member States to manage the refugee emergency in proportion to their financial and social capacity to host them;

Amendment 292 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Urges that all refugees likely to be granted leave to remain in their host country be afforded the opportunity, until they reach the school-leaving age in force in that country, to attend schools in keeping with their requirements;

Amendment 293 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Calls on the EU to improve investment in adequate provision of quality healthcare, social services and education which are essential for social inclusion and integration of refugees and asylum seekers;

Amendment 294 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Reminds the Member States of their responsibility for guaranteeing refugee and asylum-seeking women's full access to healthcare assistance, reproductive health services, and psychological assistance, considering their specific needs and eliminating the barriers to accessing the healthcare system, improving refugee women's integration into the host society;

Amendment 295 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Calls on the Commission to review the Qualification Directive 2011/95/EU in line with the Convention of Geneva of 1951, so that Member States can establish and conduct effective activation and integration policies, taking into account inter alia the 'unemployment trap';

Amendment 296 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Calls on the Member States to implement social inclusion and support policies that will ensure that the basic needs of refugees are met by guaranteeing the right to housing, health (including mental, sexual and reproductive health), education, family reunification, social services and childcare facilities on the same basis as nationals;

Amendment 297 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)

23b. Highlights the importance of strengthening civil society organisations and trade unions as irreplaceable intermediaries working to secure labour integration, inclusion and social cohesion for refugees;

Amendment 298 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)

23b. Takes the view that refugees with no or only little school education should be allowed to attend school in keeping with their requirements, even if they are already past school-leaving age;

Amendment 299 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)

23c. Strongly urges that suitable refugees likely to be granted leave to remain in their host country should be allowed and encouraged to acquire qualifications or undertake vocational training;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11

- having regard to the Commission recommendation establishing a common ‘Return Handbook’ to be used by Member States’ competent authorities when carrying out return-related tasks (C(2015) 6250),deleted

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. having regard to the need to analyse the causes of the refugee crisis in order to take effective and immediate action; whereas, furthermore, the main causes of the refugee crisis are conflicts and whereas resolving them could drastically reduce the number of refugees, making it possible for them to return to their own countries;

Amendment 300 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 d (new)

23d. Points out that, according to figures compiled by the German Federal Employment Agency, some 70% of refugees in Germany are employable and that data from earlier periods show that 20% of these employable persons have completed vocational training or higher education; notes that 80% of the employable refugees have only a general education and no formal qualifications; emphasises that these refugees also have abilities;

Amendment 301 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 e (new)

23e. Points out that the arrangements for the systematic identification and assessment of these abilities need to be improved substantially at both Member State and EU level;

Amendment 302 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 f (new)

23f. Calls for a DG EMPL task force to be set up at the Commission in order, as quickly as possible, to devise pan- European standards for such soft skills and methods for cataloguing them;

Amendment 303 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 g (new)

23g. Takes the view that on-line tools could be developed in order to assess competences on the basis of specific series of images, for example;

Amendment 304 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 h (new)

23h. Calls for individuals' potential to be identified as early as possible in the asylum process; approves of the use, at hot spots, of new screening methods for competences and soft skills in order to speed up the integration process;

Amendment 305 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 i (new)

23i. Calls for the formal level of education of refugees with the prospect of long-term residence to be recorded in a standardised manner at initial-reception facilities;

Amendment 306 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 j (new)

23j. Calls for refugees who have successfully completed vocational training to be offered long-term residence in the host country concerned;

Amendment 307 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

Amendment 308 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

Amendment 309 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

~~24.~~ Calls on the Commission to ~~put forward a revis~~examine issues arising from the application of the Reception Conditions Directive ~~in order to ensure that applicants of international protection have access to the labour market no later than six months from the date when the application was lodged~~and also to involve European and national trade unions in this;

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. concerned about the impact of the Agreement between the EU and Turkey on the management of migrants, which will aggravate the phenomenon of landings and arrivals in Europe;

Amendment 310 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls on the Commission to ~~put forward~~look into the possibility of a revision of the Reception Conditions Directive in order to ensure that applicants of international protection have access to the labour market ~~no later than six months from the date when the application was lodged~~;

Amendment 311 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

Amendment 312 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls on the Commission to put forward a revision of the Reception Conditions Directive in order to ensure that applicants of international protection have access to the labour market no later than six months from the date when the application was lodged; calls for all asylum seekers to have access to active employment policies and pathways to integration in employment from the time when they submit their application in any of the Member States;

Amendment 313 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls on the Commission to put forward a revision of the Reception Conditions Directive in order to ensure that applicants of international protection have access to the labour market no later than six months from the date when the application was lodged; urges the Commission to promote upward convergence of social protection standards and a swift delivery of work permits across the Member States;

Amendment 314 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

Amendment 315 #

Brando BENIFEI, Jutta STEINRUCK, Marita ULVSKOG, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Javi LÓPEZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Elena GENTILE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Calls on the Commission to intensify its efforts in ensuring that refugees and asylum seekers are granted effective access to the labour market, in particular by verifying that Member States do not impose too restrictive conditions for access to employment such as sectoral restrictions, working time restrictions or excessive administrative hurdles, which would render the access to employment unduly difficult;

Amendment 316 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Calls on Member States to cut red tape in order to make it easier for employable persons to enter the labour market; points out that such action would be both conducive to the integration of refugees and, more generally, benefit EU citizens as a whole;

Amendment 317 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

Amendment 318 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

Amendment 319 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Kostadinka KUNEVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Encourages the Member States to shorten the processing time of applications for international protection without compromising on quality of the decision making and to extend early intervention measures such as language training, skills assessment and civic integration courses ~~in particular to those asylum seekers who have good prospects of being granted international protection~~;

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas there are three types of legal status benefiting or potentially benefiting from international protection, i.e. people with refugee status, people seeking asylum and people benefiting from subsidiary protection; whereas social inclusion and labour market integration policies should be tailored to their specific needs;

Amendment 320 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Encourages the Member States to shorten the processing time of applications for international protection and to extend early intervention measures such as language training, skills assessment and civic integration courses in particular to those asylum seekers who have good prospects of being granted international protection; urges the Commission to support Member States with specific and effective measures that help to streamline the processing of applications, making use of specific and appropriate professionals skills;

Amendment 321 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Encourages the Member States to shorten the processing time of applications for international protection ~~and to extend~~, to record levels of education and qualifications at initial-reception facilities and thus to extend, on a more targeted basis, early intervention measures such as language training, skills assessment and civic integration courses in particular to those asylum seekers who have good prospects of being granted international protection;

Amendment 322 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Encourages the Member States to shorten the processing time of applications for international protection and to extend early intervention measures such as language training, skills assessment and civic integration courses in particular to those asylum seekers who have good prospects of being granted international protection, and urges that there be fair access to those measures;

Amendment 323 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Encourages the Member States to shorten the processing time of applications for international protection and to extend early intervention measures such as language training, skills assessment and civic integration courses and courses of instruction in European values, in particular to those asylum seekers who have good prospects of being granted international protection;

Amendment 324 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Encourages the Member States to shorten the processing time of applications for international protection and to extend early intervention measures such as language training, skills assessment and civic integration courses, with a special focus on European values and culture, in particular to those asylum seekers who have good prospects of being granted international protection;

Amendment 325 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Encourages the Member States to shorten the processing time of applications for international protection, with due regard for the rights of the individuals concerned, and to extend early intervention measures such as language training, skills assessment and civic integration courses in particular to those asylum seekers who have good prospects of being granted international protection;

Amendment 326 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Advocates the introduction of mandatory integration and orientation courses providing comprehensive insights into the following: attitudes to other people; host countries' traditions, values and customs; citizens' rights and obligations; the economy and family life;

Amendment 327 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

~~26.~~ Calls on the Member States to e~~nsure~~stablish initiatives, together with the private sector, registering refugees' qualifications in the process, for early and easy access to quality training, including internships, in order to ensure ~~full~~rapid integration into our societies and the labour market, taking into consideration ~~the~~(and recognising to a greater extent) refugees’ existing skills and informal and non-formal competences, talents and know-how; regards temporary work, in particular, as an appropriate pathway into the labour market for refugees;

Amendment 328 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Calls on the Member States to ensure early and easy access to quality training, including internships, in order to ensure ~~full~~ integration into our societies and the labour market, but in particular to equip them with the necessary skills to build a new future in their country of origin, as soon as it is safe and possible to return, taking into consideration the refugees’ existing skills and competences, talents and know- how;

Amendment 329 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Calls on the Member States to ensure early and easy access to quality training, including internships, in order to ensure full integration into our societies and the labour market, taking into consideration the refugees’ existing skills and competences, talents and know-how; recalls that the first barrier that refugees have to overcome is language; recommends therefore effective measures that enable them not only to learn and understand the language of the host country, but also to promote a process of mutual familiarisation between different cultures in order to avoid the spread of xenophobic and racist sentiments; emphasises that education systems are the main tool not only of linguistic but also of cultural integration;

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the number of asylum seekers and refugees recorded in Europe in 2014 and 2015 is unprecedented; whereas, according to the Commission’s forecasts, among others, thise number ~~is likely to increase significantly in the coming years6;~~of refugees arriving in Europe will remain persistently high;6 _________________ 6 http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/eu/fo recasts/2015_autumn_forecast_en.htm

Amendment 330 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Calls on the Member States to ensure ~~early and easy~~ access to ~~quality~~ training, including internships, in order to ensure full integration into our societies and the labour market, taking into consideration the refugees’ existing skills and competences, talents and know-how;

Amendment 331 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Calls on the Member States to ensure ea~~rly and easy acces~~sy access for refugees to quality training, including internships where possible, in order to ensure ~~full~~effective integration into our societies and the labour market, taking into consideration the refugees’ existing skills and competences, talents and know- how;

Amendment 332 #

Brando BENIFEI, Jutta STEINRUCK, Marita ULVSKOG, Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

Amendment 333 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Calls on the Member States to ensure early and e~~asy~~qual access to quality training, including internships, in order to ensure full integration into our societies and the labour market, taking into consideration the refugees’ existing skills and competences, talents and know-how;

Amendment 334 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Calls on the Member States to ensure early and e~~asy~~qual access to quality training, including ~~intern~~quality internships and apprenticeships, in order to ensure full integration into our societies and the labour market, taking into consideration the refugees’ existing skills and competences, talents and know-how;

Amendment 335 #

Brando BENIFEI, Jutta STEINRUCK, Marita ULVSKOG, Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Calls on the Member States to ensure early and easy access to quality training, including internships and apprenticeships, in order to ensure full integration into our societies and the labour market, taking into consideration the refugees’ existing skills and competences, talents and know-how;

Amendment 336 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Calls on the Member States to ~~ensur~~make early and easy access possible to quality training, including internships, in order to ensure full integration into our societies and the labour market, taking into consideration the refugees’ existing skills and competences, talents and know-how;

Amendment 337 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Kostadinka KUNEVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

~~26.~~ Calls on the Member States to ensure early and easy access to quality training, including internships, in order to ensure full integration into our societies and the labour market, taking into consideration the refugees’ existing language skills and competences, talents and know-how;

Amendment 338 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

Amendment 339 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Calls on the Member States to develop and implement measures to address specific challenges that may restrict women refugees in participating in labour market, such as discrimination, lack of language skills but also the lack of accessible childcare and care services for other dependants persons;

Amendment 34 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Kostadinka KUNEVA

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the number of asylum seekers and refugees recorded in Europe in 2014 and 2015 is unprecedented; whereas, according to the Commission’s forecasts, among others, this number ~~is likely to increase significant~~will increase exponentially in the coming years6; _________________ 6 http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/eu/fo recasts/2015_autumn_forecast_en.htm

Amendment 340 #

Brando BENIFEI, Jutta STEINRUCK, Marita ULVSKOG, Flavio ZANONATO, Javi LÓPEZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Elena GENTILE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

Amendment 341 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Calls on the Commission to promote awareness-raising campaigns for host communities and local, regional and national authorities, with the aim of combating discrimination, xenophobia and racism;

Amendment 342 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Draws attention to the range of training possibilities and models available in the Member States and, in particular, to the combined vocational education and training model, which is unknown or virtually unknown in some Member States and to refugees and asylum seekers, but which can make a major contribution to the integration of refugees into the labour market and society, by smoothing the transition from education and training to employment, as a result of which workers can also be trained skilled professions in which there is a shortage of new entrants;

Amendment 343 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)

26b. Calls on the Commission to propose guidelines on how refugees' existing qualifications and skills can be recognised; points out in this connection that, in many instances, training and the process of acquiring qualifications in refugees' countries of origin are not up to European standards; suggests that the Commission draw up recommendations enabling Member States to identify refugees' skills, competences, talents and know-how more easily, more quickly and more effectively; points in this connection to the differences between labour markets in the Member States, and to their differing needs, and hopes that, by taking this into account, manpower requirements in some areas can be met more speedily, more easily and more efficiently and that, at the same time, refugees are integrated faster into the labour market;

Amendment 344 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

Amendment 345 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. ~~Calls on the Commission to put forward~~Believes that a revision of the Blue Card Directive~~, by tak~~ risks leading into account the extraordinary conditions with which refugees and asylum seekers are faced, as well as the needs of the EU labour market, in particular by looking at the scope and the rules on intra-EU mobility of the directivegreater confusion between different categories; believes that it is important to go back to a clear distinction between legal migration, asylum seekers and refugees;

Amendment 346 #

João PIMENTA LOPES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls on the Commission to put forward a revision of the Blue Card Directive, by taking into account the extraordinary conditions with which refugees and asylum seekers are faced, as well as the needs of the EU labour market, in particular by looking at the scope and the rules on intra-EU mobility of the dfor the repeal of the Blue Card Directive;

Amendment 347 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls on the Commission to put forward a ~~revision of the Blue Card Directive, by~~proposal to tak~~ing~~e into account the extraordinary conditions with which refugees ~~and asylum seekers~~ are faced, as well as the needs of the EU labour market, in particular by looking at the scope and the rules on intra- EU mobility ~~of the directive~~;

Amendment 348 #

Brando BENIFEI, Marita ULVSKOG, Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

Amendment 349 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls on the Commission to put forward a revision of the Blue Card Directive and to ensure its wider flexibility for beneficiaries of international protection, by taking into account the extraordinary conditions with which refugees and asylum seekers are faced, as well as the needs of the EU labour market, in particular by looking at the scope and the rules on intra-EU mobility of the directive;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the number of refugees and asylum seekers and ~~refugee~~economic migrants recorded in Europe in 2014 and 2015 is unprecedented; whereas, according to the Commission’s forecasts, among others, this number is likely to increase significantly in the coming years6; _________________ 6 http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/eu/fo recasts/2015_autumn_forecast_en.htm

Amendment 350 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

Amendment 351 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Calls on the Commission to broaden the scope of the 'Blue Card' Directive in order to open up job opportunities in the EU for more highly qualified civil war refugees;

Amendment 352 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Calls on Member States to grant special care to refugee children, granting them access to education and facilitating their integration with local societies as soon as possible as this will have positive effects in the future;

Amendment 353 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Calls on the Member States to implement measures linked to promoting refugees’ labour market integration by promoting training and placement enterprises, the collaborative economy, self-employment and the social and solidarity-based economy;

Amendment 354 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)

27b. Calls on Member States to set up information campaigns addressed to refugees in order to inform them about their rights and obligations as well as to citizens to increase their awareness and understanding of the integration process of refugees to local societies and the labour market;

Amendment 355 #

Stresses the need for the Commission and the Member States to step up their efforts in fighting all forms of discrimination, xenophobia and racism~~, including by raising awareness of anti-discrimination laws and by supporting civil society organisations, social partners and National Equality Bodies in their work~~;

Amendment 356 #

Jérôme LAVRILLEUX

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – subparagraph 1

Stresses the need for the Commission and the Member States to step up their efforts in fighting all forms of discrimination, xenophobia and racism, including by raising awareness of anti-discrimination laws ~~and~~, by supporting civil society organisations, social partners and National Equality Bodies in their work, and by stepping up their communication efforts vis-à-vis the media and citizens in the EU in order to combat any disinformation, populist manipulation or xenophobia, which are contrary to European values;

Amendment 357 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – subparagraph 1

Stresses the need for the Commission and the Member States to step up their efforts in fighting all forms of discrimination, xenophobia and racism, including by raising awareness of anti-discrimination laws and by supporting civil society organisations, social partners and National Equality Bodies in their work; encourages Member States to use funding from the Equality, Rights and Citizenship Programme for training on diversity and to educate and inform refugees and migrants entering the labour market of their legal rights as workers to avoid them falling victim to exploitative practices or employers

Amendment 358 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – subparagraph 1

Stresses the need for the Commission and the Member States to step up their efforts in fighting all forms of discrimination, xenophobia and racism, including by raising awareness of anti-discrimination laws and by supporting civil society organisations, social partners and National Equality Bodies in their work; calls on the Commission, furthermore, to make greater efforts to communicate information about the Union's refugee policy widely and to dispel misconceptions about refugees, which will greatly assist their social acceptance;

Amendment 359 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – subparagraph 1

Stresses the need for the Commission and the Member States to step up their efforts in fighting all forms of discrimination, xenophobia ~~and racism~~, racism and disavowal of European values, including by raising awareness of anti-discrimination laws and by supporting civil society organisations, social partners and National Equality Bodies in their work;

Amendment 36 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the number of asylum seekers and refugees recorded in Europe in 2014 and 2015 is unprecedented, which is due to the difficult humanitarian situation in some neighbouring countries to the EU, but also to better information opportunities through new technologies and a flourishing trafficking business; whereas, according to the Commission’s forecasts, among others, this number is likely to increase significantly in the coming years6; _________________ 6 http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/eu/fo recasts/2015_autumn_forecast_en.htm

Amendment 360 #

Brando BENIFEI, Jutta STEINRUCK, Marita ULVSKOG, Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – subparagraph 1

Amendment 361 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – subparagraph 1

Amendment 362 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

Calls on the Commission to devise a specific labour integration instrument geared to refugees and asylum seekers, such as a European initiative, with a sufficient budget to implement policies and measures that will foster their social and labour inclusion;

Amendment 363 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

Calls on the Member States to learn from and facilitate the sharing of the experience and practices accumulated at city level to promote inclusive labour markets for all residents including beneficiaries of international protection and to involve cities and local authorities in the design and implementation of social and economic inclusion policies. More effective partnership is needed between the different levels of government. EU and national initiatives must complement and strengthen city actions, targeting the real needs of our citizens. Member state good practice in effective coordination and involving cities should be acknowledged and given visibility;

Amendment 364 #

Brando BENIFEI, Jutta STEINRUCK, Marita ULVSKOG, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Javi LÓPEZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Elena GENTILE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

Considers it necessary that adequate training on employment legislation and non-discrimination is provided to refugees as well as to authorities, law enforcement bodies, including labour inspectors, judges, prosecutors and lawyers in order to ensure that refugees are not exploited by undeclared work practices and forms of severe labour exploitation as well discrimination in the workplace;

Amendment 365 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

Highlights increasing levels of hate speech, anti-migrant sentiment, xenophobic violence from both institutions and individuals;

Amendment 366 #

Brando BENIFEI, Jutta STEINRUCK, Marita ULVSKOG, Flavio ZANONATO, Georgi PIRINSKI, Javi LÓPEZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Elena GENTILE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – subparagraph 1 b (new)

Calls on Member States to ensure that refugees and asylum seekers have access to justice and are supported if they face discrimination in the labour market in line with the principles and safeguards in the Employment Equality Directive and Racial Equality Directive;

Amendment 367 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – subparagraph 1 b (new)

Calls on the Commission to financially support transnational schemes ensuring transferability and adaptability of good practices and their effective implementation on the grounds as different stakeholders at EU level have designed and implemented such peer-to- peer mentoring and coaching projects involving all levels of governance and multiple stakeholders;

Amendment 368 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – subparagraph 1 b (new)

Calls on Member States to implement the Framework Decision on Combatting Racism and Xenophobia and the new Victims of Crime Directive as well as ensuring the timely investigation and prosecution of any incitement to violence, including gender-based violence, against migrants and asylum seekers, irrespective of their residence status;

Amendment 369 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – subparagraph 1 b (new)

Calls on the Member States to make the necessary changes to regulations and legislation to foster refugees’ social inclusion and labour market integration;

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas in Europe 122 million citizens, which is 25% of the population of the European Union, are at risk of poverty or social exclusion, suffering serious material deprivation or living in families with a very low work intensity;

Amendment 370 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – subparagraph 1 c (new)

28c. Stresses that multiple discrimination should be addressed holistically throughout all migration and integration policies;

Amendment 371 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – subparagraph 1 d (new)

28e. Calls on Member States to ensure that refugees and asylum seekers have access to justice and are supported if they face discrimination in the labour market in line with the principles and safeguards in the Employment Equality Directive and Racial Equality Directive;

Amendment 372 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)

28a. Encourages the Commission to enhance the dialogue with social partners based on a balanced representation of interests with a view to identifying labour market shortages and opening up legal migration channels and employment opportunities for refugees;

Amendment 373 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)

28a. Calls for the temporary employment sector to be opened up to refugees with long-term residence prospects;

Amendment 374 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)

28a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to intensify diplomatic relations and to take all necessary economic and social measures to allow the stabilisation of the countries of origin of refugees so that they can remain in their own countries or return there;

Amendment 375 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)

28b. Calls on the Commission to review 2014-2020 funding allocations and bring them into line with the needs of the Member States facing the greatest integration challenges;

Amendment 376 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 c (new)

28c. Calls for monies to be redeployed as quickly as possible within the European Social Fund (ESF), the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF), the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) so that the Member States bearing the brunt of the refugee crisis are given more effective support;

Amendment 377 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 d (new)

28d. Is of the opinion that temporary place-of-residence orders may be necessary for refugees in order to prevent a build-up in urban centres, since that may become an obstacle to integration;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas refugees’ integration into both society and the market can be achieved only if there is solidarity between Member States with regard to their distribution;

Amendment 39 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas acceptance of refugees in our communities must not and cannot be unlimited and for an indefinite period, but must rather be commensurate with careful evaluation of the resources of each local host community, because otherwise there is a danger that these policies will harm migrants and the citizens who find themselves competing in a race to the bottom in a context of hardship and lack of services;

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)

- having regard to the Commission communication of 27 May 2015 entitled ‘EU Action Plan against migrant smuggling (2015-2020)’ (COM(2015)0285),

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. 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~~ European Union is still struggling to overcome a deep crisis, facing very high levels of unemployment; whereas the EU and the Member States need to keep committing the ~~EU point to emerging and future shortages in specific field~~mselves to economic growth and job creation, which is a precondition for a successful integration of refugees;

Amendment 42 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. 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 point to emerging and future shortages in specific fields;~~

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. 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 point to emerging and future shortages in specific fields, but the rapid spread of automation and robotics make it likely that the labour of people working in jobs that require medium skills may already become superfluous, and the number of jobs affected could exceed 100 000 000 worldwide;

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the native 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 point to emerging and future shortages in specific fields;

Amendment 45 #

Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the working-age population in the EU is projected to decline dramatically by 7.5 million by 2020; whereas projections on the development of labour market needs in the EU point to emerging and future shortages in specific fields;

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the action plan and political declaration adopted at the EU-Africa summit on migration, held in Valletta on 11 and 12 November 2015, did not result in practical, decisive action;

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas there is a clear distinction between legal and economic migration, on the one side, and those seeking refuge and asylum, on the other, which need to be addressed separately; whereas asylum cannot solve structural shortcomings of the internal economy;

Amendment 48 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas professional integration is a stepping stone to social inclusion;

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas forced displacements, conflicts, human rights violations, and wars can have a severe impact on the physical and mental health of people affected; whereas, in addition to this, female refugees and asylum seekers experience very high rates of gender based violence;

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19

- having regard to the conclusions adopted by the Council on safe countries of origin at its meeting of 20 July 2015, on migration at its meeting of 20 July 2015, on the future of the return policy at its meeting of 8 October 2015, on migration at its meeting of 12 October 2015, on measures to handle the refugee and migration crisis at its meeting on 9 November 2015, and on statelessness at its meeting of 4 December 2015,deleted

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas more flexibility in the labour market could contribute to the integration of refugees;

Amendment 51 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas the refugee emergency can only be tackled by means of a united commitment by all Member States;

Amendment 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas social inclusion and integration of refugees into the labour market is a ~~dynamic two-way process representing a challenge and an opportunity, requiring efforts from local administrations, host communities and the refugees themselves, as well as the involvement~~multifaceted and multidimensional problem whose solution requires the use of huge public resources and presuppo~~rt of social partners (representatives of employers and employees’ organisations) and civil society and volunteer organisation~~ses a desire on the part of refugees to integrate positively, accepting and adapting to the culture and laws of the host countries;

Amendment 53 #

Joëlle MÉLIN

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas social inclusion and integration of refugees into the labour market ~~is a dynamic two-way process representing a challenge and an opportunity, requiring efforts from local administrations, host communities and the refugees themselves, as~~can only be considered if there is no hope that they weill ~~as the involvement and support of social partners (representatives of employers and employees’ organisations) and civil society and volunteer organisations~~be able to return to their home countries in the near future;

Amendment 54 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas social inclusion and integration of refugees into the labour market is a dynamic two-way process representing a challenge ~~and an opportunity,~~, which will requir~~ing~~e efforts from ~~local administrations, host communities and~~both the refugees themselves, a~~s well as the involvement and support of s~~nd the Member States, locial ~~partners (representatives of employers and employees’ orga~~and where applicable regional administrations) and ~~civil society and volunteer organisation~~host communities;

Amendment 55 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas social inclusion and integration of refugees into the labour market is a dynamic two-way process ~~representing a challenge and an opportunity,~~in which the majority society and refugees have shared, but asymmetrical, responsibility for integration; whereas inclusion of refugees requir~~ing~~es efforts from local administrations, host communities and the refugees themselves, as well as the involvement and support of social partners (representatives of employers and employees’ organisations) and civil society and volunteer organisations; whereas it is important to stress the responsibility of the authorities of the Member States for the social image of refugees;

Amendment 56 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas social inclusion and integration of refugees into the labour market is a dynamic two-way process, as well as a two-dimensional one (involving rights and duties), representing a challenge and an opportunity, requiring efforts from local administrations, host communities and the refugees themselves, as well as the involvement and support of social partners (representatives of employers and employees’ organisations) and civil society and volunteer organisations;

Amendment 57 #

Brando BENIFEI, Marita ULVSKOG, Flavio ZANONATO, Elena GENTILE

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas social inclusion and integration of refugees into the labour market is a dynamic two-way process representing a challenge and an opportunity, requiring efforts from local administrations, host communities and the refugees themselves, as well as the involvement and support of social partners (representatives of employers and employees’ organisations) and civil society and volunteer organisations; whereas - just like EU citizens - refugees have both rights and obligations in the host Member States;

Amendment 58 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas social inclusion and integration of refugees into the ~~labour market~~host societies, and the labour market in particular, is a dynamic two-way process representing a challenge and an opportunity, requiring efforts from local administrations, host communities and the refugees themselves, as well as the involvement and support of social partners (representatives of employers and employees’ organisations) and civil society and volunteer organisations;

Amendment 59 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas social inclusion and integration of refugees into the labour market is a dynamic two-way process representing a challenge and an opportunity, requiring concerted efforts from local administrations, host communities and the refugees themselves, as well as the involvement and support of social partners (representatives of employers and employees’ organisations) and civil society and volunteer organisations;

Amendment 6 #

Brando BENIFEI, Marita ULVSKOG, Flavio ZANONATO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Elena GENTILE

Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)

-having regard to the Declaration of the economic and social partners of 16 March 2016 on the refugee crisis from the Tripartite Social Summit,

Amendment 60 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas successful integration requires not only inclusion in the labour market, but also access to adequate language courses upon arrival, to adequate housing, to education and training, social protection and healthcare, including mental health support;

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the integration of refugees into the labour market is made all the more challenging due to the fact that there are currently almost 22 mil. unemployed in the EU, youth unemployment remains alarmingly high and long-term unemployment is rising and matching supply and demand on the labour market is a persistent challenge;

Amendment 62 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Kostadinka KUNEVA

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas there is no such thing as 'the' refugee; whereas each refugee is an individual with his or her own personal background, qualifications and needs;

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas refugees are individuals with their own skills, training, knowledge, working and living experiences that deserve recognition; whereas they can undertake and generate economic activity that will bring positive returns for host communities;

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas, furthermore, 24,4 % of the total population in the EU live in risk of poverty and social exclusion and almost 10% are facing severe material deprivation;

Amendment 65 #

Brando BENIFEI, Marita ULVSKOG, Flavio ZANONATO, Jutta STEINRUCK, Javi LÓPEZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Elena GENTILE

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas labour market conditions within host countries are a determining factor for the successful and durable integration of refugees; whereas unemployment in the EU, in particular youth unemployment, is still at alarming levels;

Amendment 66 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, João PIMENTA LOPES, Kostadinka KUNEVA

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas third-country nationals face many difficulties in obtaining recognition of their skills and qualifications; whereas the recognition of qualifications from a third country goes hand in hand with screening of skills;

Amendment 67 #

Db. whereas women and minors, both refugees and asylum seekers, have specific protection needs; whereas all social inclusion and labour market integration policies need to include a gender and child protection perspective;

Amendment 68 #

Brando BENIFEI, Jutta STEINRUCK, Georgi PIRINSKI, Marita ULVSKOG, Flavio ZANONATO, Javi LÓPEZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Elena GENTILE

Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)

Dc. whereas granting refugees and asylum seekers effective access to the labour market is important to restoring their human dignity and self-worth and is also cost-efficient, as well as a responsible approach towards public finances, easing the cost borne by Member States and local authorities while also enabling them to become active fiscal contributors;

Amendment 69 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, João PIMENTA LOPES

Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)

Dc. whereas Article 33.1 of the 1951 United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees stipulates that ‘No Contracting State shall expel or return (“refouler”) a refugee in any manner whatsoever to the frontiers of territories where his life or freedom would be threatened on account of his race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion’;

Amendment 7 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, João PIMENTA LOPES

Motion for a resolution
Citation 21

~~- having regard to the EU-Turkey Joint Action Plan of 15 October 2015,~~deleted

Amendment 70 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)

Dd. whereas Articles 3.1 and 3.2 of the Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (1984) stipulate that ‘No State Party shall expel, return ("refouler") or extradite a person to another State where there are substantial grounds for believing that he would be in danger of being subjected to torture [...] the competent authorities shall take into account all relevant considerations including, where applicable, the existence in the State concerned of a consistent pattern of gross, flagrant or mass violations of human rights’;

Amendment 71 #

Brando BENIFEI, Marita ULVSKOG, Jutta STEINRUCK, Georgi PIRINSKI, Flavio ZANONATO, Javi LÓPEZ, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Elena GENTILE, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)

Dd. whereas discrimination is one of the most significant barrier preventing migrants in general from fully participating to the labour market and society, together with linguistic, educational and institutional factors1a ; _________________ 1a http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/e tudes/note/join/2014/518768/IPOL- EMPL_NT%282014%29518768_EN.pdf

Amendment 72 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Motion for a resolution
Recital D e (new)

De. whereas Directive 2003/86/EC stipulates, with regard to family reunification for refugees, that EU countries may not impose conditions relating to a minimum period of residence in the territory before refugees can be joined by their family members;

Amendment 73 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Motion for a resolution
Recital D f (new)

Df. whereas a large proportion of asylum seekers who have arrived in Europe are facing subhuman and precarious conditions, and are living in camps without access to resources and services of sufficient quality to meet their basic needs;

Amendment 74 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

Amendment 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses the need for the EU to base its immediate response to the situation on solidarity ~~and fair sharing of responsibility~~, as stated in Article 80 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), ~~and on a holistic approach that takes into account safe and legal~~on fair sharing of responsibility under a mandatory allocation arrangement along the lines that the Commission is proposing, and on a holistic approach that establishes legal access routes in order to thwart the criminal organisations exploiting migra~~tion~~nts and ~~full respect fo~~jeopardising their safety and their fundamental rights ~~and values;~~ ;

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses the need for the EU to base its ~~immediate~~ response to the situation on solidarity and fair sharing of responsibility, as stated in Article 80 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), and on a holistic approach that takes into account ~~safe and legal migration and full~~ respect for fundamental rights and values;

Amendment 77 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses the need for the EU to base its immediate response to the situation on solidarity and ~~fair sharing of~~ responsibility, as stated in Article 80 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), on equitable burden-sharing based on full respect for existing laws, and on a holistic approach that takes into account safe and legal migration and full respect for fundamental rights and duties and European values;

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses the need for the EU to base its immediate response to the situation on solidarity and fair sharing of responsibility, as stated in Article 80 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), and on a holistic approach that takes into account safe and legal migration and full respect for fundamental rights and values; Highlights that for managing the inflow of third-country nationals and stateless persons it is necessary to put in place immediately a permanent relocation mechanism for all Member States.

Amendment 79 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses the need for the EU to base its immediate response to the situation on solidarity and fair sharing of responsibility, as stated in Article 80 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), and on a holistic approach that takes into account safe and legal migration and full respect for fundamental rights and values; deplores the fact that some Member States are unwilling to participate in EU burden-sharing and are turning their backs on European solidarity;

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 23 a (new)

- having regard to Council Directive 2003/86/EC of 22 September 2003 on the right to family reunification,

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

Amendment 81 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, João PIMENTA LOPES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Takes the view that integration consists of a combination of encouragement and making demands;

Amendment 82 #

1a. Condemns the preliminary agreement reached at the EU-Turkey summit of 7 March 2016 and the agreement of 18 March 2016; stresses that this agreement fails to comply with the Member States’ obligation in relation to the right to international protection enshrined in the Geneva Convention, and it is in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights; calls on the Commission to cancel this agreement immediately;

Amendment 83 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Stresses that integration programmes provide an opportunity for the target groups but also require them to make efforts;

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Relies on the principle of equal treatment and on new instruments for labour market integration;

Amendment 85 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1d. Rejects the idea of creating special labour markets for refugees;

Amendment 86 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 e (new)

1e. Advocates that the respective national minimum wage should also remain valid for refugees; recommends exceptions for career-oriented internships where necessary;

Amendment 87 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Takes note of the ~~high degree of heterogene~~lack of clarity in the use of the term refugee in public and political discourse; stresses the importance of clearly identifying refugees in accordance with the legal definition enshrined in the Geneva Convention of 28 July 1951, as amended by the New York Protocol of 31 January 1967, and in EU legislation, in particular the Qualifications Directive7; _________________ 7 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/ENIT/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32011 L0095&from=EN.

Amendment 88 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Takes note of the high degree of heterogeneity in the use of the term refugee in public and political discourse; stresses the importance of clearly and bindingly identifying refugees, separating out economic migrants, in accordance with the legal definition enshrined in the Geneva Convention of 28 July 1951, as amended by the New York Protocol of 31 January 1967, and in EU legislation, in particular the Qualifications Directive7; _________________ 7 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32011 L0095&from=EN.

Amendment 89 #

Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS, Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO

2. Takes note of the high degree of heterogeneity in the use of the term refugee in public and political discourse; stresses the importance of clearly identifying refugees in accordance with the legal definition enshrined in the Geneva Convention of 28 July 1951, as amended by the New York Protocol of 31 January 1967, and in EU legislation, in particular the Qualifications Directive7 ; as defined by article 2. (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) and the Reception Directive as defined by article 2. (a), (b) and (c); _________________ 7 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32011 L0095&from=EN.

Amendment 9 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 24

~~- having regard to the Joint Employment Report from the Commission and the Council accompanying the communication on the Annual Growth Survey 2016,~~deleted

Amendment 90 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses the importance of making a clear differentiation between refugee and economic migrant for the purposes of implementing the various European policies;

Amendment 91 #

3. Points out that a person eligible for subsidiary protection is a third country national or a stateless person who does not qualify as a refugee but who likewise faces a real risk of suffering, torture ofr inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment or a civilian facing a serious and individual threat to his or her life by reason of indiscriminate violence in situations of international or internal armed conflict (see Qualifications Directive);

Amendment 92 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses that significant differences exist in the times and modalities of processing requests for international protection within Member States; ~~highlights that slow and excessively bureaucratic procedures may hinder refugees’ access to the labour market, as well as the activation of EU programmes and the use of funds in this field;~~

Amendment 93 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

Amendment 94 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

Amendment 95 #

Brando BENIFEI, Jutta STEINRUCK, Marita ULVSKOG, Georgi PIRINSKI, Javi LÓPEZ, Flavio ZANONATO, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Elena GENTILE, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

Amendment 96 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

Amendment 97 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

Amendment 98 #