2019/2206(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that ad hoc agreements are no substitute for a harmonised and sustainable policy at EU level; deplores the fact that efforts to overhaul the Dublin III Regulation have been blocked in the Council, in spite of the well-documented failings of the Regulation; takes the view that the blocking might be interpreted as a violation of the principle of mutual sincere cooperation between the EU institutions as set out in Article 13(2) TEU, also in view of the fact that the Council has always sought unanimous agreement even though a qualified majority would suffice; draws attention to the adoption by the European Parliament on 6 November 2017 of the report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person (recast) and calls on the Commission and the Council to take up Parliament's call, as a matter of urgency, for a sustainable, human and solidarity- based policy for the distribution of responsibilities at EU level, in line with the aforementioned report;

Amendment 104 #

Patryk JAKI, Joachim Stanisław BRUDZIŃSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that ad hoc agreements are no substitute for a harmonised and sustainable policy at EU level; deplores the fact that efforts to overhaul the Dublin III Regulation have been blocked in the Council; finds it particularly regrettable that the Union is currently faced with the same set of rules which have helped exacerbate divisions between Member States and have proven to be totally ineffective in managing a large influx of refugees, such as that which the Union had to deal with in 2015-2016;

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses th~~at ad hoc agreements are no substitute for a harmonised and sustainable policy at EU level; deplores the fact that efforts to overhaul the Dublin III Regulation have been blocked in the Council~~e importance of the Global Approach to Migration and Mobility, with the aim of establishing a framework for the external dimension of migration and asylum policy through enhanced cooperation between the EU and third countries on legal migration and mobility, combating trafficking in human beings, promoting international protection and extending the external dimension of EU asylum policy and the interaction between migration and development policies;

Amendment 106 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Stresses that ad hoc agreements are no substitute for a harmonised and sustainable policy at EU level; deplores the fact that efforts to overhaul~~Notes that the Dublin III Regulation have been blocked in the Council;

Amendment 107 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Stresses that ad hoc agreements are no substitute for a harmonised and sustainable policy at EU level; deplores the fact that efforts to~~Notes that the overhaul of the Dublin III Regulation haves been blocked in the Council;

Amendment 108 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Stresses that ad hoc agreements are no substitute for a harmonised and sustainable policy at EU level; deplores the fact that~~Recalls its adopted legislative Resolution on the Dublin IV recast adopted on 6 November 2017; deplores the fact that the Council did not adopt a position on this recast and therefore blocked efforts to overhaul the Dublin III Regulation ~~have been blocked in the Council~~;

Amendment 109 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that ad hoc agreements are no substitute for a harmonised and sustainable ~~policy at EU level~~Common European and Asylum System; deplores the fact that efforts to overhaul the Dublin III Regulation have been blocked in the Council;

Amendment 11 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12

— having regard to the judgements of the European Court of Human Rights related to Regulation (EU) No 604/2013, and in particular Sharifi v. Austria of 5 December 2013 (Chamber judgment), Mohammadi v. Austria of 3 July 2014 (Chamber judgment), Sharifi and Others v. Italy and Greece of 21 October 2014 (Chamber judgment), ~~and~~ Tarakhel v. Switzerland of 4 November 2014 (Grand Chamber judgment), and M.S.S. v Belgium and Greece of 21 November 2011 (Grand Chamber judgment) related to Regulation (EC) No 343/2003;

Amendment 110 #

Tomas TOBÉ, Lena DÜPONT, Jeroen LENAERS, Paulo RANGEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that ad hoc agreements are no substitute for a harmonised and sustainable policy at EU level; ~~deplores the fact that efforts to overhaul the Dublin III Regulation have been blocked in the Council~~calls for a swift adoption of the new pact on asylum and migration;

Amendment 111 #

Patryk JAKI, Joachim Stanisław BRUDZIŃSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

2a. Stresses that solutions under the European Asylum System must guarantee an adequate level of security and should be based primarily on the principle of Member States' responsibility for national asylum systems; stresses, at the same time, the need for a comprehensive approach to migration, taking into account, among other things, the issue of returns;

Amendment 112 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Restates its full support to the position adopted by the European Parliament on the Dublin IV recast that was proposing a system based on a fair sharing of responsibility through a permanent and automatic relocation mechanism without thresholds;

Amendment 113 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Welcomes the Council relocation decisions of 2015 and 2016 that were adopted as an urgent solidarity measure; expresses its disappointment regarding the unfulfilled commitments of Member States to solidarity and responsibility sharing; regrets that the European Commission did not follow the European Parliament's call expressed in its Resolution of 15 May 2017 to propose extending relocation measures until the adoption of the recast Dublin Regulation;

Amendment 114 #

Patryk JAKI, Joachim Stanisław BRUDZIŃSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

Amendment 115 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

Amendment 116 #

Tomas TOBÉ, Lena DÜPONT, Jeroen LENAERS, Paulo RANGEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that the crisis management tool provided for in Article 33 did not provide effective support to the Member States, during the crisis in 2015 nor did it offer a response to the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis; considers that a solidarity-based crisis management mechanism, endowed with a financial instrument managed by the Commission, should be established to ensure continuity of the right of asylum in the EU under the best possible conditions;

Amendment 117 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that the crisis management tool provided for in Article 33 did not provide effective support to the Member States, nor did it offer a response to the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis; considers that a solidarity-based crisis management mechanism, endowed with a financial instrument managed by the Commission,mechanism for early warning, preparedness and crisis management as set out in Article 33 has not been applied to date, considers that a solidarity-based mechanism in the EU should be established to ensure continuity of the right of asylum in the EU uand~~er the best possible conditions~~ not to hinder arrivals and deflect responsibility; emphasizes that the protection of fundamental rights of asylum applicants should always remain at the centre of this mechanism; also notes that the provisions set out in the Temporary Protection Directive has yet to be invoked;

Amendment 118 #

Fabienne KELLER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Malik AZMANI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that the crisis management tool provided for in Article 33 did not provide effective support to the Member States, nor did it offer a response to the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis; notes that Article 33 has actually never been applied, not even during the migration crisis in 2015-16; considers that a solidarity-based crisis management mechanism, endowed with a financial instrument managed by the Commission, should be established to ensure continuity of the right of asylum in the EU under the best possible conditions;

Amendment 119 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that the mechanism for early warning, preparedness and crisis management ~~tool provided for~~as set out in Article 33 ~~did~~has not provide effective support to the Member States, nor did it offer a response to the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis; considers that a solidarity-based crisis management mechanism, endowed with a financial instrument managed by the Commission, should be established to ensure continuity of the right of asylum in the EU under the best possible conditionsbeen applied to date; notes also the provisions set out in the Temporary Protection Directive that aimed at dealing with mass influxes of people in need of international protection, that has yet to be invoked;

Amendment 12 #

Fabienne KELLER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Malik AZMANI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)

— having regard to the report of the European Asylum Support Office of June 2020, entitled ‘Annual Report on the Situation of Asylum in the European Union’,

Amendment 120 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

Amendment 121 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

Amendment 122 #

Patryk JAKI, Joachim Stanisław BRUDZIŃSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

Amendment 123 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Points out that according to a report by the European Court of Auditors, relocation in the period 2015-2017 was an expensive and ineffective solution; stresses that the compulsory distribution of migrants among Member States as part of the EU's migration policy is not a solution and that the relocation mechanism merely contributes to increasing migratory pressure and encourages migrants to try to reach the EU illegally with the help of human smugglers, and that they can often become victims of human trafficking, and in this context draws attention to the risk to human health and life;

Amendment 124 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Considers that such a mechanism should allow for the participation of civil society organization providing professional assistance to people in need of international protection during the assessment of their asylum application, particularly of legal nature;

Amendment 125 #

Patryk JAKI, Joachim Stanisław BRUDZIŃSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. CRecalls onthat the Member States have the possibility to make use of the discretionary clause in Article 17 when exceptional circumstances so warrant, for example to relocate asylum seekers currently living in the Greek hotspots in an atmosphere of extreme tension and to provide decent reception conditions; stresses, however, that the discretionary clause should be treated as a clause enabling action to be taken in exceptional circumstances for people in genuine need of support, and not as a loophole in situations where there is no agreement in the EU on the relocation of migrants; recalls that, in accordance with the Dublin III Regulation, the reception of applicants under this clause remains voluntary;

Amendment 126 #

Fabienne KELLER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Malik AZMANI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. CUnderlines that the discretionary clause of article 17 which grants discretion to a Member State to undertake responsibility for an asylum application is used with parsimony and only by few Member States; notes that Germany, Netherlands and France accounted for the majority of cases in 2018; calls on the Member States to make use of the discretionary clause in Article 17 when exceptional circumstances so warrant, for example to relocate asylum seekers currently living in the Greek hotspots in an atmosphere of extreme tension and to provide decent reception conditions;

Amendment 127 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Member States to make use of the discretionary clause in Article 17 when exceptional circumstances so warrant, for example to relocate asylum seekers currently living in the Greek hotspots and on the island of Lampedusa in an atmosphere of extreme tension and to provide decent reception conditions; Takes note of the peaceful protests and expresses solidarity towards the resident population of some Greek and Italian islands, which are currently facing massive migratory influx;

Amendment 128 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Member States to make use of the discretionary clause in Article 17 when exceptional circumstances so warrant~~, for example to relocate asylum seekers currently living in the Greek hotspots in an atmosphere of extreme tension and to provide decent reception conditions~~;

Amendment 129 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

Amendment 13 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Isabel SANTOS, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Birgit SIPPEL, Tudor CIUHODARU, Caterina CHINNICI, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Giuliano PISAPIA, Dietmar KÖSTER, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 a (new)

— having regard to the European Parliament Resolution of 12 April 2016 on the situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to Migration (2015/2095(INI));

Amendment 130 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Member States to ~~mak~~expand the use of the discretionary clause in Article 17 ~~when exceptional~~, to address challenging situations and humanitarian circumstances ~~so warrant,~~, as for example to relocate and provide decent reception conditions to asylum seekers currently living in ~~the Greek~~ hotspots in ~~an atmosphere of extreme tension and to provide decent reception~~inhumane, degrading, unsanitary and unsafe conditions;

Amendment 131 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. CNotes the very infrequent application of Article 17(2) and calls on the Member States to make better use of the discretionary clause in Article 17 ~~when exceptional circumstances so warrant~~, for example to relocate asylum seekers currently living in the Greek hotspots in an atmosphere of extreme tension and to provide d~~ecent~~ignified reception conditions;

Amendment 132 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Member States to ~~mak~~expand the use of the discretionary clause in Article 17 ~~when exceptional circumstances so warrant, for example to relocate asylum seekers currently living in the Greek hotspots in an atmosphere of extreme tension and to provide decent reception condition~~to address challenging situations, including as a tool for responsibility-sharing in situations of large numbers of spontaneous arrivals and in the specific context of sea arrivals and disembarkation procedures;

Amendment 133 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Member States to make use of the discretionary clause in Article 17 ~~when exceptional circumstances so warrant~~, for example to relocate asylum seekers currently living in the Greek hotspots in an atmosphere of extreme tension and to provide decent reception conditions;

Amendment 134 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Takes the view that provisions on family unity, which are the first in the hierarchy of criteria, should be efficiently implemented, and that provisions on dependent persons (article 16) and the discretionary clauses (article 17) should be used more widely to support family unity;

Amendment 135 #

Damien CARÊME, Erik MARQUARDT

4a. Urges the Member States, with the support of the Commission, to structure the Dublin units efficiently and to boost their human resources with the aim of improving the Dublin procedures, particularly those dealing with family reunification;

Amendment 136 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. In the absence of a permanent solidarity mechanism, supports the expanded use of discretionary clauses of Article 17 as a solidarity tool for responsibility sharing in particular in situations of large number of spontaneous arrivals and in the specific context of sea arrivals and disembarkation procedures;

Amendment 137 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

Amendment 138 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

Amendment 139 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

Amendment 14 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Caterina CHINNICI, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Giuliano PISAPIA, Isabel SANTOS, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 b (new)

— having regard to the ECJ judgement of the 2 April 2020 on the joined cases C-715/17, C-718/17 and C- 719/17 Commission v Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic;

Amendment 140 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

Amendment 141 #

Caterina CHINNICI, Saskia BRICMONT, Hilde VAUTMANS, David LEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

Amendment 142 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Urges the introduction, in accordance with international law, of fast- track Dublin procedures at the main points of irregular arrival in the EU, in European reception centres, in order to process asylum applications swiftly, assess their merits, determine the Member State responsible and, where appropriate, return asylum seekers without an unnecessarily prolonged detention period; Stresses that children shall not be detained for immigration purposes in line with the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrant of 19 September 2016 and calls on the EU Member States to work out alternatives to detention, such as community-based placements for children;

Amendment 143 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Urges the introduction, in accordance with international law, of fast- track Dublin procedures at the main points of irregular arrival in the EU, in European reception centres, in order to process asylum applications swiftly, assess their merits, determine the Member State responsible and, where appropriate, return asylum seekers without an unnecessarily prolonged detention period; stresses in this connection the need to make sufficient financial and human resources available to implement fast-track Dublin procedures;

Amendment 144 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Urges the introduction, in accordance with international law, of fast- track Dublin procedures that increase operability, efficiency and expediency, at the main points of irregular arrival in the EU, in European reception centres, in order to process asylum applications swiftly, assess their merits, determine the Member State responsible and, where appropriate, return asylum seekers without an unnecessarily prolonged detention period;

Amendment 145 #

5. Urges the introduction, in accordance with international law, of fast- track Dublin procedures aton the ~~main points of irregular arrival in the EU, in European~~southern side of the Mediterranean, in EU managed reception centres, in order to process asylum applications swiftly, assess their merits, determine the Member State responsible and, where appropriate, return asylum seekers ~~without an unnecessarily prolonged detention period~~;

Amendment 146 #

Patryk JAKI, Joachim Stanisław BRUDZIŃSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

Amendment 147 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Urges the introduction, in accordance with international law, of ~~fast- track Dublin~~rapid asylum-related border procedures at the main points of irregular arrival in the EU, in European reception centres, in order to process asylum applications swiftly, assess their merits, determine the Member State responsible and, where appropriate, return asylum seekers without an unnecessarily prolonged detention period;

Amendment 148 #

Tomas TOBÉ, Lena DÜPONT, Jeroen LENAERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that in a future EU migration system, the majority of asylum-seekers’ applications should be made at the Union’s external borders, or in the transit zone of a Member State prior to a decision on the entry of the applicant; underlines that such a system would make Dublin procedures more efficient;

Amendment 149 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. With this regards, recalls that setting up disembarkation platforms outside the EU to carry out an accurate triage and register legitimate asylum applications could prevent migrants to undertake dangerous journeys across the Mediterranean sea;

Amendment 15 #

Caterina CHINNICI, Saskia BRICMONT, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 a (new)

— having regard to the Australian migration model;

Amendment 150 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses that family reunification processes for children on the move should be enhanced;

Amendment 151 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Highlights the ~~significant~~ operational backing for Dublin procedures provided by the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) in the hotspots; calls on the Commission and the Member States to facilitate the work of EASO staff by allowing interviews in a language other than that of the country in which they are conducted; calls for the establishment of a European Asylum Agency, with sufficient financial and human resources;

Amendment 152 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Highlight~~Notes the significant operational backing for Dublin procedures provided by the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) in the hotspots; calls on the Commission and the Member States to facilitate the work of EASO staff by allowing the interview~~s in~~er to speak a language other than that of the country in which they are conducted~~; calls for the establishment of a European Asylum Agency, with sufficient financial and human resources~~ while ensuring that the applicant is provided with interpretation in a language he or she understands; stresses the need for EASO to abide in its operational work with the highest standards and put the interests of applicants in need of international protection, including the best interest of the child, at the heart of its work;

Amendment 153 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Highlights the ~~significant operational back~~many challenges involved with implementing ~~for~~the Dublin ~~procedures provided by~~Regulation and notes that the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) ~~in the hotspot~~provides crucial support to Member States' authorities in implementing the Dublin procedures; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ~~facilitate the work of EASO staff by allowing~~ensure that interviews take place in a language ~~other than that of the country in which they are conducte~~which asylum seekers understand; calls for the establishment of a European Asylum Agency, with sufficient financial and human resources;

Amendment 154 #

Patryk JAKI, Joachim Stanisław BRUDZIŃSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Highlights the significant operational backing for Dublin procedures provided by the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) in the hotspots; calls on the Commission and the Member States to facilitate the work of EASO staff by allowing interviews in a language other than that of the country in which they are conducted; ~~calls for the establishment of a European Asylum Agency, with sufficient financial and human resources;~~

Amendment 155 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Highlights the significant operational ~~backing for Dublin procedures~~and technical support provided by the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) ~~in the hotspot~~to Member States; calls on the Commission and the Member States to facilitate the work of EASO staff ~~by allowing interviews in a language other than that of the country in which they are conducted~~and the Commission to increase assistance to Member States, especially those at the border of the EU; calls for the establishment of a European Asylum Agency, with sufficient financial and human resources, supporting Member States with Dublin procedures;

Amendment 156 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Highlights the significant operational backing for ~~Dublin~~asylum procedures provided by the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) in the hotspots; calls on the Commission and the Member States to facilitate the work of EASO staff by allowing interviews in a language other than that of the country in which they are conducted; calls for the establishment of a European Asylum Agency, with sufficient financial and human resources;

Amendment 157 #

Terry REINTKE, Maria WALSH, Erik MARQUARDT, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Highlights the significant operational backing for Dublin procedures provided by the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) in the hotspots; calls on the Commission and the Member States to facilitate the work of EASO staff by allowing interviews in a language ~~other than~~ that of the ~~country in which they are conducted~~applicant understands; calls for the establishment of a European Asylum Agency, with sufficient financial and human resources;

Amendment 158 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Urges adequate organisation and staffing of the European Dublin units to streamline the completion of Dublin- related procedures, particularly those related to establishing family links and the application of other criteria which link an asylum-seeker to a particular Member State;

Amendment 159 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Commission to monitor that interviews are conducted in the language of the asylum seeker or in a language that the applicant is reasonably supposed to understand;

Amendment 16 #

Fabienne KELLER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Malik AZMANI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)

-A. whereas the implementation of the Dublin regulation is closely linked to the implementation of other files of the European asylum and migration policy; whereas these pieces of legislations and policies impact the efficiency of the Dublin regulation and therefore need to be considered in its evaluation;

Amendment 160 #

Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, David LEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Points out that the protection of fundamental rights must be at the heart of the measures taken to implement the Dublin III Regulation, including the protection of children, victims of trafficking and the most vulnerable; Calls on Member States to improve cross- border cooperation among law- enforcement authorities to prevent child trafficking and sexual exploitation of children, as well as to prevent the risk of absconding of children, ensuring a zero tolerance policy against missing children in migration;

Amendment 161 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. PDeplores that the rights of asylum seekers, including that to legal assistance, are often neglected when implementing the Dublin III Regulation, points out that the protection of fundamental rights must be at the heart of ~~the measures taken to implement~~EU asylum policies and of the implementation process of the Dublin III Regulation, including the protection of ~~children~~minors, victims of trafficking, victims of torture, and the most vulnerable;

Amendment 162 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Points out that the protection of fundamental rights must be at the heart of the measures taken to implement the Dublin III Regulation, including the protection of children, victims of trafficking and the most vulnerable; stresses that the protection of fundamental rights must not result in an increase in the trafficking of children or vulnerable people;

Amendment 163 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Points out that the protection of fundamental rights must be at the heart of the measures taken to implement the Dublin III Regulation, including the protection of children, among them unaccompanied minors, and victims of trafficking and the most vulnerable;

Amendment 164 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Amendment 165 #

Terry REINTKE, Maria WALSH, Erik MARQUARDT, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Amendment 166 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Points out that the protection of fundamental rights must be ~~at the heart of the measures taken~~taken into account to implement the Dublin III Regulation, including the protection of unaccompanied minors, children, victims of trafficking and the most vulnerable;

Amendment 167 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Amendment 168 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Notes that, as set out in Article 28, detention of asylum seekers under the Dublin procedures may take place only as a last resort, only if it complies with the proportionality principle and no alternative and less coercive measure can be efficiently applied in order to ensure the transfer procedures can be carried out, and if there is a serious risk of absconding;

Amendment 169 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Recalls that asylum seekers have the right to be fully informed on the procedures; regrets that the level of information provided to asylum seekers differs consistently from one Member state to another; urges the Member states to guarantee that minors have tailored, child-friendly information and specific support; stresses that providing legal assistance and interpretation are key to ensure applicants' right to information;

Amendment 17 #

Fabienne KELLER, Malik AZMANI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas ~~2.5 million people applied for asylum in the European Union in the period 2015-2016, a fourfold increase compared to 2012-2013~~1,393,920 asylum seekers applied for international protection in the EU+ in 2015 and 1,292,740 in 2016, a fourfold increase compared to 2012 (373,375) and 2013 (464,515); whereas the number of applications for international protection in the EU+ is rising again in 2018 (665,920) and 2019 (738,425); whereas about 17,700 unaccompanied minors lodged an application for international protection in 2019; whereas 86% of them were boys and 90% between 14-18 years;

Amendment 170 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Points out the worrying human cost of the Dublin regulation on asylum- seekers whereby transfers to the first country of entry can create severe anxiety for asylum-seekers whose mental health is already weakened by the traumas from what they have experienced back home and on the journey, as well as often poor reception conditions in the first Member State of entry;

Amendment 171 #

Terry REINTKE, Maria WALSH, Erik MARQUARDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Reiterates that the Dublin III Impact Assessment study undertaken by the EPRS notes that non-refoulement and human rights abuses are reason enough to suspend a transfer even when the destination country does not present systemic problems;

Amendment 172 #

Terry REINTKE, Maria WALSH, Erik MARQUARDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7а. Considers that a balance should be maintained between the rights and the responsibilities of asylum seekers, without allowing for any privileged treatment towards EU citizens;

Amendment 173 #

Terry REINTKE, Maria WALSH, Erik MARQUARDT, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Notes with concern that LGBTI persons can be subjected to discrimination and violence in countries deemed ‘safe’, thus rendering their claims for asylum entirely legitimate in such circumstances; further notes that fast-track procedures and list of 'safe countries' should not unduly affect asylum claims of vulnerable groups, such as LGBTI persons; recalls that the application of fast-track procedures and lists of safe countries should be consistent with the principle of non-refoulement and fundamental rights of the most vulnerable;

Amendment 174 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Points out that transfers of asylum seekers, and in particular vulnerable people, minors and families can result in violations of their human rights; urges Member states to properly assess the risks to which applicants would be exposed in the Member States of destination; stresses in particular that transfers must be carried out in a way that under no circumstances exposes individuals to a risk of refoulement, irrespective of whether the asylum system of return is affected by systemic deficiencies;

Amendment 175 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7c. Deplores that Member states resort too often to the detention of applicants waiting to be transferred; urges Member states to make concrete efforts to find valid alternatives to detention;

Amendment 176 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission to monitor compliance with the hierarchy of criteria more closely; regards it as essential to clarify the conditions for applying the family reunification criterion and to harmonise the standard of proof required; calls on the Member States and the Commission to protect the best interests of children and to clarify the criteria for keeping children ~~in detention;~~ by ensuring they are not subjected to detention; calls on the Members States and the Commission to clarify a ‘significant risk of absconding’ in the context of Dublin III and application of detention towards vulnerable groups; calls on the Member States to take into consideration the specific needs of LGBTI persons in detention and to ensure they benefit from protection from inhuman or degrading treatment arising from facility staff and/or other detainees; recalls that transgender persons’ right to health, namely in accessing hormonal replacement therapy, must be upheld in detention as a means to prevent their further exposure to discrimination and/or violence arising from staff and/or other detainees;

Amendment 177 #

Fabienne KELLER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Malik AZMANI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Calls on the Commission to monitor compliance with the hierarchy of criteria more closely; regards it as essential to clarify the conditions for applying~~Points out numerous and systematic deficiencies as regards compliance with the hierarchy of criteria; stresses that family unity is far from being the most frequent criterion applied, whereas it is at the top of the hierarchy according to chapter III of the regulation; notes for instance that the family reuni~~fication~~t criterion ~~and to harmonise the standard of proof required; calls on the Member States and the Commission to protect the best interests of children and to clarify the criteria for keeping children in detention~~was invoked in 5% of “take charge” requests in France (out of 12 000) and in 3.7% in Germany (out of 17 500), and in even lower figures in Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland; underlines on the contrary that Greece issued 79.3% of its “take charge” request on the basis of the family unity criterion in 2018; also stresses that applications for family reunification are less frequently accepted (48% of cases), compared to the average rate of acceptance for all procedures (67.6%); Calls on the Commission to monitor compliance with the hierarchy of criteria more closely;

Amendment 178 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission to monitor compliance with the hierarchy of criteria more closely; regards it as essential to ~~clarify the conditions for applying the family reunification criterion and to harmonise~~give priority, as set out in Article 7, to the application of Articles 8, 9 and 10 as the main criteria for determining the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application, in order to ensure the effectiveness of the right to family unity and reunification and to harmonise and increase the flexibility of the standard of proof required; calls on the Member States and the Commission to always prioritise and protect the best interests of children and ~~to clarify the criteria for keeping children in detention~~notes that, in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the recommendations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, detaining children in the context of migration management is never in their best interests;

Amendment 179 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission to monitor compliance with the hierarchy of criteria more closely; regards it as essential to ~~clarify the conditions for applying~~enable a better use of the family reunification ~~criterion and to~~provisions, including by harmonis~~e the~~ing standards of proof ~~required~~across Member States towards less stringent standards; calls on the Member States and the Commission to protect the best interests of the child~~ren and to clarify~~, who should never be detained because of his or her family immigration status ; calls to expand the sources used for the crmoniteori~~a for keeping children in detention~~ng and identification of unlawful practices to include information provided by international and non-governmental organisations where it is reliable, up-to- date and specific;

Amendment 18 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas ~~2.5 million people applied for asylum in the European Union in the period 2015-2016, a fourfold increase compared to 2012-2013~~in 2015, 1,393,920 asylum seekers applied for international protection in the EU+; whereas in 2016 1,292,740 asylum seekers applied for international protection in the EU+; whereas in 2017, 735,005 asylum seekers applied for international protection in the EU+; whereas in 2018, 665,920 asylum seekers applied for international protection in the EU+; whereas in 2019, 738,425 asylum seekers applied for international protection in the EU+;

Amendment 180 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission to monitor compliance with the hierarchy of criteria more closely; regards it as essential to ~~clarify the conditions for applying the family reunification criterion and to~~enable a better use of the family provisions, including by harmoniseing the standards of proof ~~required; call~~across Member states oin the ~~Member States and the Commission to protect the best interests of children and to clarify the criteria for keeping children in detention~~direction of less stringent and more achievable standards; calls the Commission and the Member states to speed up family reunification procedures including through an immediate transfer to a country in which the applicant has family;

Amendment 181 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission to ~~monitor~~ensure full compliance with the hierarchy of criteria ~~more closely~~; regards it as essential to clarify the conditions for applying the family reunification criterion and to harmonise the standard of proof required thus reducing the burdens on the authorities of Member States of first arrival; calls on the Member States and the Commission to protect the best interests of children and to clarify the criteria for keeping children in detention;

Amendment 182 #

Caterina CHINNICI, Saskia BRICMONT, Hilde VAUTMANS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission to monitor compliance with the hierarchy of criteria more closely; regards it as essential to clarify the conditions for applying the family reunification criterion and to harmonise the standard of proof required, while not expanding current rules on family reunification; calls on the Member States and the Commission to protect the best interests of children and to clarify the criteria for keeping children in detention;

Amendment 183 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

Amendment 184 #

Fabienne KELLER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Malik AZMANI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Regards it as essential to clarify the conditions for applying the family reunification criterion and to harmonise the standard of proof required; recalls that the best interest of the child should be the primary consideration in all Dublin procedures according to the regulation; notes that good practices are developed in certain Member States, such as the use of specialised staff for unaccompanied minors or the multidisciplinary approach to determine the age; yet, is deeply concerned that the appointment of a representative to assist unaccompanied minors with respect to Dublin procedures is often delayed or not assured in many Member States due to practical challenges; also notes that the representatives in some countries are insufficiently informed about Dublin procedures and that unaccompanied minors lack child-friendly support; calls on the Member States and the Commission to better protect the best interests of children;

Amendment 185 #

Patryk JAKI, Joachim Stanisław BRUDZIŃSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Stresses that the right to asylum should be about providing safe protection and basic services, not about independently choosing the best place to live; the external borders should therefore be protected even more effectively and procedures should be introduced to ensure that foreign nationals who require protection are differentiated as quickly as possible from those who only plan to use asylum procedures to enter the EU and move to other Member States and who should be returned immediately to their countries of origin or transit;

Amendment 186 #

Terry REINTKE, Maria WALSH, Erik MARQUARDT, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Calls on Member States to adequately train asylum officers regarding the needs of the most vulnerable, such as LGBTI persons, and to ensure interviews are conducted in settings favourable to the full disclosure of crucial information to prove the validity of the claim; notes with concern that some LGBTI asylum-seekers may not feel initially comfortable with disclosing their sexual orientation or gender identity because of previous negative interactions with authorities in the country of origin;

Amendment 187 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Stresses that Dublin transfers must be carried out in a way that under no circumstances exposes individuals to a risk of refoulement or inhumane or degrading treatment, irrespective of whether the asylum system of the country of return is affected by systemic deficiencies;

Amendment 188 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Regrets that Member states do not proactively contribute to the identification and verification of the family links; deplores that the burden of proof is almost entirely left to the applicants;

Amendment 189 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Stresses that transfers under the Dublin Regulation must never expose people to the risk of refoulement;

Amendment 19 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas ~~2.5 million people applied for asylum in the European Union in the period 2015-2016, a fourfold increase~~676 300 people or 0.13% of the total population of the EU applied for asylum in the European Union in 2019, an increase of 1.2% compared to 2018 and a decrease of 420% compared to 201~~2-2013~~5;

Amendment 190 #

Fabienne KELLER, Malik AZMANI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Detention shall be as short as possible and shall be for no longer than the time reasonably necessary to fulfil the required administrative procedures with due diligence until the transfer under this Regulation is carried out; stresses that in the absence of harmonised criteria for determining the risk of absconding, Member States have adopted divergent and sometime controversial criteria; calls on the Member States and the Commission to clarify the criteria for keeping asylum seekers in detention;

Amendment 191 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Points out that the narrow definition of family contributes to the lack of compliance with the hierarchy of criteria and the dysfunctionality of the system;

Amendment 192 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)

8c. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure an adequate verification of the best interest of the child, avoiding that the complexity of the procedures results in the failure to implement this principle, in particular for the unaccompanied minors of age between 16 and 18;

Amendment 193 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)

8d. Regrets that Member states apply different interpretation of the best interest of the child; calls therefore the Commission to clarify the definition in line with EU legislation and to identify which family reunification possibilities, security and safety considerations, background information should be taken into consideration;

Amendment 194 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 e (new)

8e. Urges the Member States and the Commission to clarify that detention is never in the best interest of the child and that a minor should never be detained because of the migratory status of their family; calls to expand the sources used for the monitoring and identification of unlawful practices to include information provided by international and non- governmental organizations where it is reliable, up-to-date and specific;

Amendment 195 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 f (new)

8f. Deplores that insufficient identification mechanisms and erroneous methods of age assessment often further exacerbate the situation of minors, causing delays or affecting negatively the outcome of the Dublin procedure; calls for an harmonized age assessment that do not endanger minors' rights, health and psychological well-being;

Amendment 196 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3

Simplify procedures ~~and significantly~~, reduce processing times and uphold the right to an effective remedy

Amendment 197 #

Fabienne KELLER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Malik AZMANI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that the number of transfer procedures has increased significantly, in 2016-17, generating considerable human, material and financial costs; deplores, however, the fact that in only 11% of cases are transfers actually carried out, a further factor in the permanent overloading of asylum systems; stresses the lack of cooperation and information-sharing between Member States; regards efforts to combat secondary movements as essential in order to reduce the number of transfer requests; proposes that the conditions which trigger transfer procedures be clarified and harmonisedunderlines that between 2016 and 2019, Germany and France issued by far the most requests (68% of the total for the two countries alone), while Spain, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Poland and Czech Republic issued few Dublin requests; stresses that Spain issued almost no Dublin requests, despite a large and growing number of asylum applications; deplores, however, the fact that in only 11% of cases are transfers actually carried out, a further factor in the permanent overloading of asylum systems; underlines that there are significant differences between countries, with 54.6% of transfers carried out from Greece, 42.2% from Sweden, 11.2% from Germany, 6.7% from France, and 1.6% from Italy between 2016 and 2019, while noting significant information gap for a number of countries;

Amendment 198 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that the number of transfer procedures has increased significantly, generating considerable human, material and financial costs; deplores, however, the fact that in only 11% of cases are transfers actually carried out, a further factor in the permanent overloading of asylum systems; stresses the lack of cooperation and information-sharing between Member States which actively undermines the principle of EU solidarity and directly contributes to the overburdening of systems in certain Member States; regards efforts to combat secondary movements as essential in order to reduce the number of transfer requests; proposes that the conditions which trigger transfer procedures be clarified and harmonised;

Amendment 199 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that the number of transfer procedures has increased significantly, generating considerable human, material and financial costs; ~~deplor~~notes, however, the fact that in only 11% of cases are transfers actually carried out~~, a further factor in the permanent overloading of asylum systems; stresses the lack of cooperation and information-sharing between Member States~~; regards efforts to combat secondary movements as essential in order to reduce the number of transfer requests; proposes that the conditions which trigger transfer procedures be clarified and harmonised;

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3

— having regard to Articles 1, 2, 3, 4, and 18, 19 and 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,

Amendment 20 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Petar VITANOV, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Giuliano PISAPIA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Caterina CHINNICI, Isabel SANTOS, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas ~~2.5 million people applied for asylum in the European Union in the period 2015-2016, a fourfold increase compared to 2012-2013~~714,200 asylum applications were lodged in the EU in 2019;

Amendment 200 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that the number of transfer procedures has increased significantly, generating considerable human, material and financial costs; deplores, however, the fact that in only 11% of cases are transfers actually carried out, a further factor in the permanent overloading of asylum systems; stresses the lack of cooperation and information-sharing between Member States and also on the part of third countries which are asylum seekers' countries of origin or through which they have transited; regards efforts to combat secondary movements as essential in order to reduce the number of transfer requests; proposes that the conditions which trigger transfer procedures be clarified and harmonised;

Amendment 201 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that the number of transfer procedures has increased significantly, generating considerable human, material and financial costs, mainly for Member States of first arrival; deepl~~ore~~y regrets, however, the fact that in only 11% of cases are transfers actually carried out, a further factor in the permanent overloading of asylum systems; stresses the lack of cooperation and information-sharing between Member States; regards efforts to combat secondary movements as essential in order to reduce the number of transfer requests; proposes that the conditions which trigger transfer procedures be clarified and harmonised;

Amendment 202 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that the number of transfer procedures has increased significantly, generating considerable human, material and financial costs; deplores, however, the fact that in only 11% of cases are transfers actually carried out, a further factor in the permanent overloading of asylum systems; stresses the lack of cooperation and information-sharing between Member States; regards efforts to ~~combat secondary movements as essential in order~~provide access to information in a language that the applicant understands and efforts to cre~~duce the number of transfer requests; proposes that the conditions which trigger transfer procedures be clarified and harmonised~~ate safe environments to disclose personal information necessary to prove the validity of the claim as essential in order to reduce the number of transfer requests;

Amendment 203 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

Amendment 204 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that the number of transfer procedures has increased significantly, generating considerable human, material and financial costs; ~~deplores~~points out, however, th~~e fact that in only 11% of cases are transfers actually carried out, a further factor in the permanent overloading of asylum systems~~at transfers are carried out in only 11% of cases, which clearly demonstrates the inefficiency of the Dublin Regulation; stresses the lack of cooperation and information-sharing between Member States; regards efforts to ~~combat secondary movements as essential~~guarantee access to in for~~der to reduce the number of transfer requests; proposes that the conditions which trigger transfer procedures be clarified and harmonised~~mation and swift procedures for family reunification and the transfer of asylum seekers as essential;

Amendment 205 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that the number of transfer procedures has increased significantly, generating considerable human, material and financial costs; ~~deplor~~notes, however, the fact that in only 11% of cases are transfers actually carried out~~, a further factor in the permanent overloading of asylum systems; stress~~; notes the lack of cooperation and information-sharing between Member States; ~~regards efforts to combat sec~~encourages Member States to apply the discretiondary ~~movements as essential in order to reduce the number of transfer requests; proposes that~~clause of Article 17 more swiftly, in cases where it becomes evident that transfers can not be carried out, or where the coindi~~tions which trigger transfer procedures be clarified and harmonised~~vidual situation of the applicant requires so;

Amendment 206 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that the number of transfer procedures has increased significantly, generating considerable human, material and financial costs; deplores, however, the fact that in only 11% of cases are transfers actually carried out, a further factor in the permanent overloading of asylum systems; stresses the lack of cooperation and information-sharing between Member States; ~~regards efforts to combat sec~~encourages Member states to apply the discretiondary ~~movements as essential in order to reduce the number of transfer requests; proposes that~~clause more swiftly in cases where it becomes evident that transfers cannot be carried out, or where the coindi~~tions which trigger transfer procedures be clarified and harmonised~~vidual situation of the applicant requires so;

Amendment 207 #

Fabienne KELLER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Malik AZMANI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Highlight the important body of ECtHR and CJEU case law in the recent years that clarified the admissible grounds for denying Dublin transfers, in particular any source of risk to the individual; notes in particular an increasing amount of decisions from European and nationals courts to suspend transfers to Member States where an asylum seeker would be unfairly denied international protection (indirect refoulement) or would be denied their rights in the Dublin procedure; deplores that asylum seekers are victims of inhumane or degrading treatment in certain Member States;

Amendment 208 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Notes that free legal counselling for asylum seekers generates a significant financial and administrative cost within Member States of first arrival, thus reducing the availability of such services for eligible country nationals;

Amendment 209 #

Patryk JAKI, Joachim Stanisław BRUDZIŃSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9а. Points out that since different rules apply to movement within the Schengen Area and outside the Schengen Area, the measures taken against secondary movements should also differ;

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the increase in the number of Dublin procedures in 2016- 2017 compared to 2014 is clearly linked to migrants who arrived in Europe during the crisis moving to their destination countries, which places a significant administrative burden on some Member States; points out that this results not only from the architecture of the Dublin system, but above all from differences in integration and social policy between Member States;

Amendment 210 #

Fabienne KELLER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Hilde VAUTMANS, Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Notes that shortages in terms of structural organisation, resources and functioning of national asylum authority contributed to delay Dublin procedures and hindered the application of the Regulation; notes that while most countries entrusted one specialised authority for asylum, some Member States have chosen to separate the responsibility between different authorities, creating in certain cases practical complexities for asylum seekers and divergences in the implementation of the regulation;

Amendment 211 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Regrets that Member States carrying out mass regularisations stimulate dangerous secondary movements of illegal migrants hoping to obtain legal status and that such measures represent a potential pull factor for further migration;

Amendment 212 #

Fabienne KELLER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Malik AZMANI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)

9c. Stresses that the efficiency of Dublin procedures also depends on the quality and size of staff in each national asylum authority; notes important gaps between asylum authorities in terms of number of staff per asylum applicants; stresses that national Dublin Units are understaffed while facing significant increase in their workload;

Amendment 213 #

Fabienne KELLER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Malik AZMANI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 d (new)

9d. Stresses the lack of cooperation and information-sharing between Member States; notes that “take back” requests have been the dominant form of Dublin procedures in recent years, meaning that most persons placed in a Dublin procedure had already applied for asylum in another Member State; regards efforts to combat secondary movements as essential in order to reduce the number of transfer requests; stresses that the strict application of the “irregular entry” criterion puts a disproportionate burden on first-entry countries, who often lack resources and capacities to host and register asylum seekers; recalls that the time limits at each stages of the Dublin procedure are meant to keep the procedure short and enable fast access to the asylum procedure; notes that there are still a lack of clarity and variations between the Member States for the calculation of time limits and the point at which the clock starts for each procedure; proposes that the conditions which trigger transfer procedures be clarified and harmonised;

Amendment 214 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

Amendment 215 #

Patryk JAKI, Joachim Stanisław BRUDZIŃSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Considers that in some cases the rules on transfer of responsibility under Dublin III undermine the efficiency of asylum procedures and the carrying-out of transfers and contribute to the increase in the number of secondary movements by encouraging asylum-seekers to remain outside the system, incorrect application of the rules on the hierarchy of criteria, particularly regarding family reunification and the situation of unaccompanied children, puts the efficiency of asylum procedures at risk and helps increase the danger of absconding; stresses that requests for transfers are rarely successful, which leaves asylum seekers in an unnecessarily uncertain situation and runs counter to the objective of the Dublin Regulation, which aims to ensure efficient, effective access to asylum procedures; calls on the Commission to ~~revis~~tackle the ~~rules,~~ main failing o~~rder to give Member States sufficient time to carry out transfers and do away with transfer of responsibility in cases~~f the Dublin Regulation, namely the automatic assigning of the responsibility for examining asylum applications to the country of first entry, and to propose a system where anby asylum seeker ~~absconds~~s' existing connections to some Member States are duly taken into consideration;

Amendment 216 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. ~~Considers that in some cases the rules on~~Recalls that transfer ofring responsibility under Dublin III undermine the efficiency of asylum procedures and the carrying-out of transfers and contribute to the increase in the number of secondary movements by encouraging asylum-seekers to remain outside the system; calls on the Commission to revise the rules, in order to give Member States sufficient time to carry out transfers and do away with transfer of responsibility in cases where an asylum seeker abscondsin cases where the deadline for transfer is not met should encourage Member States to carry out transfers as quickly and efficiently as possible; considers that the time limits currently in force are sufficient;

Amendment 217 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

Amendment 218 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

Amendment 219 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Considers ~~that in some cases the rules on transfer of responsibility under Dublin III undermine the efficiency of asylum procedures and the carrying-out of transfers and~~, according to the evidence, that in many cases asylum seekers remain outside of the system due to disproportionate use of the criterion of the first countr~~ibute to the increase in the number of secondary movements by encouraging asylum-seekers to remain outside the system~~y of irregular entry and the insufficient consideration of the meaningful links and the particular needs of the applicants; calls on the Commission to revise the rules, in order to ~~give Member States sufficient time to carry out transfers and do away with transfer of responsibility in cases where an~~increase trust between Member States and between them and the asylum seeker ~~abscond~~s;

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas a recent study published by Europol expects “an increase in the movements of irregular migrants”, thus putting under further pressure EU external borders;

Amendment 220 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Considers that ~~in some cases~~ the rules on transfer of responsibility under Dublin III undermine the efficiency of asylum procedures and the carrying-out of transfers ~~and contribute to the increase in the number of secondary movements by encouraging asylum-seekers to remain outside the system~~by encouraging asylum-seekers to remain outside the system; deplores the often spurious reasons put forward by Member States for refusing transfers; calls on the Commission to revise the rules, in order to give Member States sufficient time to carry out transfers, and dto ~~away with transfer of responsibility in cases where an asylum seeker abscond~~monitor the situation and, where necessary, impose penalties on Member States which refuse transfers;

Amendment 221 #

Tomas TOBÉ, Lena DÜPONT, Jeroen LENAERS, Paulo RANGEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Stresses that further harmonisation of the Member States´ asylum systems is key to a functioning Dublin III regulation and preventing secondary movements; calls on the Commission to ensure that treatment of asylum seekers is equal across the EU in relative terms;

Amendment 222 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Considers that providing asylum seekers with legal assistance in connection with Dublin procedures, in particular in the hotspots, ~~would simplify the process of obtaining asylum and improve decision- making~~is fundamental to inform applicants of their rights and obligations during the asylum process would simplify the process of obtaining asylum and improve decision-making as a legal representative can ensure that each case file is complete and accurate and contribute to reducing the rate of appeals and safeguarding the right to non- refoulement; calls on the Member States to improve the information made available to asylum seekers on the complex Dublin procedures, to ensure that it is clear and accessible to everyone;

Amendment 223 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. ~~Considers that~~Urges the Member States, with the support of the Commission and the European Asylum Support Office, to provid~~ing~~e asylum ~~seeker~~applicants with cle~~gal assistance in connec~~ar and accessible information wion the Dublin procedures, inwith particular ~~in the hotspots, would simplify the process of obtain~~regard to family reunification, ing a~~sylum and improve decision-making; calls on th~~ccordance with Articles 4 and 26 of the Regulation, and access to an effective Mrem~~ber States to improve the information made available to asylum seekers on the complex Dublin procedures, to ensure that it is clear and accessible to every~~edy and legal assistance, in accordance with Article 27; considers that providing asylum seekers with legal assistance in connection with Dublin procedures would facilitate the proper functioning of the Dublin Regulatione;

Amendment 224 #

Patryk JAKI, Joachim Stanisław BRUDZIŃSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Considers that providing asylum seekers with legal assistance in connection with Dublin procedures, in particular in the hotspots, would simplify the process of obtaining asylum and improve decision-making; calls on the Member States to improve the information made available to asylum seekers on the complex Dublin procedures, to ensure that it is clear and accessible to everyone;

Amendment 225 #

Fabienne KELLER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Malik AZMANI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Considers that providing asylum seekers with legal assistance in connection with Dublin procedures, in particular in the hotspots, would simplify the process of obtaining asylum and improve decision- making; ~~calls on the Member States to improve the information made available to asylum seekers on the complex Dublin procedures, to ensure that it is clear and accessible to everyone;~~

Amendment 226 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Considers that providing asylum seekers with legal assistance in connection with Dublin procedures, in particular in the hotspots, would simplify the process of obtaining asylum and improve decision- making; calls on the Member States to improve the information made available to asylum seekers on the complex Dublin procedures, to ensure that it is clear and accessible to everyone; stresses the importance of solutions to prevent the submission of multiple applications for international protection;

Amendment 227 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Considers that providing asylum seekers with legal assistance in connection with Dublin procedures~~, in particular in the hotspots, would simplify the process of obtaining asylum~~ would enhance rights-compliant procedures and improve decision- making; calls on the Member States to improve the information made available to asylum seekers on the complex Dublin procedures, to ensure that it is clear and accessible to everyone;

Amendment 228 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Considers that providing asylum seekers with legal assistance in connection with Dublin procedures~~, in particular in the hotspots, would simplify the process of obtaining asylum~~ would enhance rights-compliant procedures, simplify Dublin procedures and improve decision- making; calls on the Member States to improve the information made available to asylum seekers on the complex Dublin procedures, to ensure that it is clear and accessible to everyone;

Amendment 229 #

Fabienne KELLER, Malik AZMANI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Stresses that the quality and amount of information provided to the applicants along the Dublin procedures is far from being satisfactory, varies significantly between countries, and in some cases within countries; notes that different factors affect the compliance the right of information, such as the quality and clarity of information, the access to an interpreter, the availability of translated documents, the access to information in due time; recalls that the right to information according to article 4 of the regulation is essential regarding the complex nature of Dublin procedures and to guarantee the access to a fair examination of an asylum application in the EU; underlines that gaps in this field can be related to a lack of resources but also results from deliberate policy choices in certain countries; calls on the Member States to improve the information made available to asylum seekers, to ensure that it is clear and accessible to everyone;

Amendment 23 #

Fabienne KELLER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Malik AZMANI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas early 2020, about 855,000 asylum applications were still pending in the EU+;

Amendment 230 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Reminds Member States that EU legislation requires them to provide legal assistance and make representation available on request during appeal procedures; notes with concern that some specific issues at national level remain, such as remote asylum centres having limited access to alternative representatives, low financial compensation for legal assistance, lack of adequate facilities for preparatory and private interviews and legal aid not adequately provided to applicants in detention centres;

Amendment 231 #

Tomas TOBÉ, Lena DÜPONT, Jeroen LENAERS, Paulo RANGEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Calls on the Commission to evaluate EU migration policy, including any push and pull factors in order to prevent an overload of the Dublin system; Stresses that the EU should, as part of a coherent “Africa Strategy”, resume the discussion about regional disembarkation platforms on both sides of the Mediterranean where asylum seekers can be received safely and their claims assessed in an efficient, dignified and humane way;

Amendment 232 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Calls on the Member States to increase the resources necessary to make Dublin III operational, particularly the number of asylum officers; calls on the European Commission to increase the funds available for the provision of legal assistance, especially funding for civil society professionals offering legal assistance to people in need of international protection during the Dublin procedure;

Amendment 233 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4

A ~~single asylum application~~rights-centred application of Dublin arrangements in the EU

Amendment 234 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4

~~A single asylum application in Europe~~Ensuring efficient implementation at EU level

Amendment 235 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4

A ~~single~~rights-centred asylum application in the EU

Amendment 236 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. ~~Stresses that the principle of a single asylum application in the EU is consistently flouted, a state of affairs at odds with the very purpose~~Is particularly preoccupied by incorrect application of the Dublin Regulation, especially in terms of the hierarchy of criteria and the use of humanitarian and discretionary clauses, which partly explains the irregular movements of asylum applicants, as the system takes no account of the family and social links of applicants with some Member States or of preoccupations linked to protection or health when responsibility for examining an asylum application is designated to a particular Member State; considers that, in accordance with Recital 30, the Eurodac system, set up by Regulation (EU) No 603/2013, should facilitate the proper application of the Dublin ~~III~~ Regulation~~; consider~~ and regrets that, on the competent national authorities should share their relevant information on a European database such as Eurodac, in order to speed up procedures and prevent multiple asylum applications, while protecting personal datantrary, the facts show that the Member States often pay no heed to the hierarchy of criteria set out in Article 7 of the Regulation, preferring the more automatic application of the 'positive results' of Eurodac to determine a responsible Member State, without conducting a prior assessment of the applicability of criteria which should normally take priority, such as family unity; stresses that this gap aggravates failings in the proper application of the Dublin Regulation as a whole;

Amendment 237 #

Patryk JAKI, Joachim Stanisław BRUDZIŃSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. ~~Stresses that the principle of a single asylum application in the EU is consistently flouted, a state of affairs at odds with the very purpose of the Dublin III Regulation; c~~Considers that the competent national authorities should share their relevant information on a European database such as Eurodac, in order to speed up procedures and prevent multiple asylum applications~~, while protecting personal data~~;

Amendment 238 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Stresses that the principle of a single asylum application in the EU is consistently flouted, a state of affairs at odds with the very purpose of the Dublin III Regulation; considers that the competent national authorities should share their relevant information on a European database such as Eurodac, in order to speed up procedures and prevent multiple asylum applications, while protecting personal data; considers that registering in the Eurodac system all applicants and illegal migrants crossing the borders is a priority;

Amendment 239 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Stresses that the principle of a single asylum application in the EU is consistently flouted, a state of affairs at odds with the very purpose of the Dublin III Regulation; ~~consider~~notes that the competent national authorities should share their relevant information on a European database such as Eurodac, in order to speed up procedures and prevent multiple asylum applications, while protecting personal datare are multiple reasons for submission of additional asylum applications;

Amendment 24 #

Caterina CHINNICI, Saskia BRICMONT, Hilde VAUTMANS, David LEGA

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas children account for almost half of the asylum requests filed in the EU;

Amendment 240 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Stresses that the principle of a single asylum application in the EU is consistently flouted, a state of affairs at odds with the very purpose of the Dublin III Regulation; considers that the competent national authorities should share their relevant information, above all as regards the granting and rejection of asylum applications, on a European database such as Eurodac, in order to speed up procedures and prevent multiple asylum applications, while protecting personal data;

Amendment 241 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. ~~Stress~~Notes that the principle of a single asylum application in the EU ~~is consistently flouted, a state of affairs at odds with~~that was the very purpose of the Dublin III Regulation~~; consider~~ is that the competent national authorities should share their relevant information on a European database such as Eurodac, in order to speed up procedures and prevent multiple asylum applications, while protecting personal datampered by various factors, including poor reception conditions in many first Member States of arrivals due to overcrowding, lengthy and failed family reunification procedures, xenophobia in countries of arrivals, as well as flaws in asylum procedures in some countries;

Amendment 242 #

Damien CARÊME, Erik MARQUARDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

Amendment 243 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

Amendment 244 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

Amendment 245 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

Amendment 246 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Notes that the rate of protection for asylum seekers varies greatly between Member States for certain nationalities; considers that a harmonisation of procedures, which should include also a common list of safe countries of origin and a shared country-risk analysis~~, or at least greater convergence, would reduce these disparities, and thus also the number of secondary movement~~ in order to determine whether a given third country can be considered a safe country, would reduce these disparities; stresses that the return of persons not eligible for asylum is a prerequisite for the effectiveness of the Dublin III Regulation and that voluntary return mechanisms should be encouraged;

Amendment 247 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

Amendment 248 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Notes that the rate of protection for asylum seekers varies greatly between Member States for certain nationalities; considers that a common list of safe countries and regions and a shared country/region-risk analysis, or at least greater convergence, would reduce these disparities, and thus also the number of secondary movements; stresses that the return of persons not eligible for asylum is a prerequisite for the effectiveness of the Dublin III Regulation;

Amendment 249 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Notes that the rate of protection for asylum seekers varies greatly between Member States for certain nationalities; considers that a common list of safe countries and a shared country-risk analysis, or at least greater convergence, would reduce these disparities, and thus also the number of secondary movements; stresses that the return of persons not eligible for asylum is a prerequisite for the effectiveness of the Dublin III Regulation and this can contribute to onward movement; considers that accounting for individual needs of the applicant in the Dublin procedures would reduce secondary movements; calls for the inclusion of a relocation criteria considering the "genuine links" with a particular Member state as an efficient approach to reduce secondary movements;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas there were 145 000 decisions on Dublin requests issued in 2019;

Amendment 250 #

13. Notes that the rate of protection for asylum seekers varies greatly between Member States for certain nationalities; considers that ~~a common~~national lists of safe countries ~~and a shared country-risk analysis, or at least greater convergence, would~~should seek greater convergence, and could contribute to reduce these disparities, and thus also the number of secondary movements; stresses that the return of persons not eligible for asylum is a prerequisite for the effectiveness of the Dublin III Regulation;

Amendment 251 #

Fabienne KELLER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Malik AZMANI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Regrets that the European Parliament is currently blocking the reform of the return directive;

Amendment 252 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. TStresses that the Commission's network of Member States’ Dublin units met only once or twice a year and did not have an operational role; notes however that the EASO Dublin Units Network has been more active and that EASO has carried-out a number of useful missions in support to Member States for implementing the Dublin regulation, such as the production of guidance documents and analysis, or the deployment of agents; takes the view that closer cooperation between national asylum authorities is needed, in order to share information and streamline transfers; proposes that EASO be given the task of drawing up enhanced governance arrangements for the application of the Dublin III Regulation, including a monthly operational dialogue between national authorities, and a platform for the exchange and sharing of information and best practices;

Amendment 253 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Takes the view that closer cooperation between national asylum and law enforcement authorities is needed, in order to share information and streamline transfers; proposes that EASO be given the task of drawing up enhanced governance arrangements for the application of the Dublin III Regulation, including a monthly operational dialogue between national authorities, and a platform for the exchange and sharing of information and best practice as well as returns;

Amendment 254 #

Tomas TOBÉ, Lena DÜPONT, Jeroen LENAERS, Paulo RANGEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Takes the view that closer cooperation between national asylum authorities is needed, in order to share information and streamline transfers; proposes that EASO be given the task of drawing up enhanced governance arrangements for the application of the Dublin III Regulation, including a monthly operational dialogue between national authorities, and a platform for the exchange and sharing of information and best practices; notes that the non-coordinated use of the Dublin Units prevents the Dublin III Regulation to function efficiently;

Amendment 255 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Takes the view that closer cooperation between national asylum authorities is needed, in order to share information and streamline transfers and above all to prevent abuses such as asylum shopping; proposes that EASO be given the task of drawing up enhanced governance arrangements for the application of the Dublin III Regulation, including a monthly operational dialogue between national authorities, and a platform for the exchange and sharing of information and best practices;

Amendment 256 #

Patryk JAKI, Joachim Stanisław BRUDZIŃSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. ~~Takes the view that~~Urges closer cooperation between national asylum authorities ~~is needed,~~ in order to share information and ~~streamline transfer~~harmonise best practices; proposes that EASO be given the task of drawing up enhanced governance arrangements for the application of the Dublin III Regulation, including a monthly operational dialogue between national authorities~~, and a platform for the exchange and sharing of information and best practices~~;

Amendment 257 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Takes the view that ~~closer cooperation between national asylum authorities is needed,~~the coordination of cooperation within a strong Dublin network, the exchange of in for~~der to share information~~mation at Dublin Committee meetings and str~~eamline transfers; proposes~~aining organised regularly by thate EASO be given the task of drawing up enhanced governance arrangements for the application of the Dublin III Regulation, including a monthly operational dialogue between national authorities, and a platform for the exchange and sharingprovide effective support to experts in the proper implementation of the Regulation and foster the development of uninform~~ation and best~~ practices EU-wide;

Amendment 258 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to include, among the sources used to monitor implementation of the Regulation, reliable, up-to-date information provided by international organisations and NGOs, particularly in order to identify possible illegal practices;

Amendment 259 #

Damien CARÊME, Erik MARQUARDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Notes that some two-thirds of asylum applications are submitted by nationals of safe countries who have arrived in the EU on a visa or visa waiver; considers that these manifestly unfounded applications contribute to the overloading of asylum systems; calls on the Commission and the Member States to make asylum and visa policies more consistent;deleted

Amendment 26 #

Fabienne KELLER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Malik AZMANI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas in the recent years a significant new trend was an increase in the number of applications lodged by third-country nationals who travel visa- free or with a short-term visa to enter the Schengen area; whereas in 2019 the number of applications lodged by third- country nationals who travelled visa-free accounted for one-quarter of all applications; whereas the rate of protection of these third-country nationals is often low while the volume of application is high; whereas visa waiver or short-term visa also represent a regular and safe path to enter the EU for third- country nationals eligible to international protection;

Amendment 260 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

Amendment 261 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

Amendment 262 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

Amendment 263 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

Amendment 264 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Notes that some two-thirds of asylum applications are submitted by nationals of ~~safe~~third countries who have arrived in the EU on a visa or visa waiver; considers that these applications may, in such cases, prove to be manifestly unfounded ~~applications~~, while contributeing to the overloading of asylum systems in the Member States, lengthening the time needed to examine applications and, ultimately, may have an adverse effect on the right to international protection in the Union; calls on the Commission and the Member States to make asylum and visa policies more consistent;

Amendment 265 #

Tomas TOBÉ, Lena DÜPONT, Jeroen LENAERS, Paulo RANGEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

Amendment 266 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

Amendment 267 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Notes that some two-thirds of asylum applications are submitted by nationals of safe countries who have arrived in the EU on a visa or visa waiver; considers that these manifestly unfounded applications and most of the times appeals contribute to the overloading of asylum systems; calls on the Commission and the Member States to make asylum and visa policies more consistent;

Amendment 268 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Recalls that manifestly unfounded applications generate a detrimental financial and administrative burden, in particular for Member States of first arrival;

Amendment 269 #

Fabienne KELLER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Malik AZMANI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15b. Notes that asylum systems are vulnerable to frauds and that further measures are needed to ensure that financial and human resources are allocated to protect third country nationals who are genuinely in need of international protection;

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas in the recent years the main countries of origin of asylum seekers in the EU+ are Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq, countries torn by civil war, violence and conflict; whereas in 2019, three countries of origin accounted for one-quarter of all applications for international protection in EU+, naming Syria, Afghanistan, and Venezuela;

Amendment 270 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)

15c. Expresses concerns toward age- cheating and falsification schemes among asylum-seekers;

Amendment 271 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

~~16. Proposes that EASO be given an expanded role in analysing the flows of and pathways taken by asylum seekers, in order to better anticipate and understand pressures on asylum systems;~~deleted

Amendment 272 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

~~16. Proposes that EASO be given an expanded role in analysing the flows of and pathways taken by asylum seekers, in order to better anticipate and understand pressures on asylum systems;~~deleted

Amendment 273 #

Patryk JAKI, Joachim Stanisław BRUDZIŃSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

~~16. Proposes that EASO be given an expanded role in analysing the flows of and pathways taken by asylum seekers, in order to better anticipate and understand pressures on asylum systems;~~deleted

Amendment 274 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. ~~Propo~~Stresses th~~at EASO be given an expanded role~~e need to develop cooperation between the EASO, Frontex, Europol, eu-LISA agencies in analysing the flows of and pathways taken by asylum seekers, in order to better anticipate and understand pressures on asylum systems;

Amendment 275 #

Tomas TOBÉ, Lena DÜPONT, Jeroen LENAERS, Paulo RANGEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Proposes that EASO be given an expanded role in analysing the flows of and pathways taken by asylum seekers, in order to better anticipate and understand pressures on asylum systems and to make the Dublin III Regulation become more efficient;

Amendment 276 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Proposes that EASO be given an expanded role in ~~analysing the flows of and pathways taken by asylum seekers, in order to better anticipate and understand pressures on asylum systems~~supporting Member states in the implementation of the Dublin III Regulation;

Amendment 277 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Proposes that EASO be given a~~n expanded~~ role in analysing the flows of and pathways taken by asylum seekers, in order to better anticipate and understand pressures on asylum systems;

Amendment 278 #

Terry REINTKE, Maria WALSH, Erik MARQUARDT, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Calls on the EASO to ensure full country of origin information, which must be regularly updated to reflect reality; notes that special attention must be paid to the most vulnerable groups in country of origin information reports; notes that, in certain instances, LGBTI persons’ asylum claims are not accepted due to coming from a country deemed ‘safe’, whereas in fact the applicant may be subjected to discrimination or violence; recalls that applicants must not be denied asylum on grounds of outdated or incomplete country of origin information.

Amendment 279 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Urges the Commission and the Council to work towards convergence in the bilateral agreements concluded between Member States and with third countries, in order to optimise implementation of the Dublin III Regulation;deleted

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas ~~one-third of the Member States currently play host to 90% of asylum seek~~, as a consequence of implementation of Article 13, according to which it is the responsibility of the Member State of first entry to examine an asylum application, responsibilities are not distributed fairly among the Member States; whereas one-third of the Member States currently play host to 90% of asylum seekers; whereas some Member States have transferred roughly the same number of asylum seekers as they have received from other Member States, in practice thereby largely negating the redistributive effect of Dublin transfers;

Amendment 280 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

Amendment 281 #

Fabienne KELLER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Malik AZMANI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. UNotes that bilateral agreements have been concluded between Member States to improve the efficiency of Dublin procedures or ensure the transfer of asylum seekers; urges the Commission and the Council to work towards convergence in the bilateral agreements concluded between Member States and with third countries, in order to optimise implementation of the Dublin III Regulation;

Amendment 282 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Urges the Commission and the Council to work towards convergence in the ~~bilateral agreements concluded between Member States and with third~~implementation of the Dublin III Regulation by taking stock of the elements countri~~es, in order to optimise implementation of the Dublin III Regu~~buting to greater efficiency, and compliance with human rights legislation;

Amendment 283 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Urges the Commission and the ~~Council to work towards convergence in the bilateral agreements concluded between Member States and with third countries, in order~~Member States to take measures to optimise effective implementation of the Dublin III Regulation and the related guarantees;

Amendment 284 #

Fabienne KELLER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Malik AZMANI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Considers that the implementation of the Dublin regulation is not effective as the primary objectives are not met, i.e. a swift and fair determination of the Member States responsible for an application to international protection; recalls that significant gaps of implementation are identified for a number of Dublin provisions; stresses that the regulation is highly inefficient with regard to the cost of implementation compared to the efficiency of the regulation;

Amendment 285 #

Tomas TOBÉ, Lena DÜPONT, Jeroen LENAERS, Paulo RANGEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Stresses the importance of drawing up preventive action plans by the Member States, with the support and coordination of the Commission, that will include bilateral agreements with third countries as part of the tools aimed at addressing particular pressure on a Member State's asylum system, allowing for better preparedness in the event of a potential asylum crisis situation;

Amendment 286 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Urges the Council to find a sustainable solution and take the necessary steps to adopt a position on the Dublin Recast Regulation by qualified majority;

Amendment 287 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)

17b. Proposes that a fairer system of allocation be a priority for any reform of the Dublin system while keeping the protection of fundamental rights of applicants at the centre of the functioning of the solidarity mechanism;

Amendment 288 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. ~~Deplores the fact that the Commission has still not published its Article 46 assessment report; c~~Calls on the Commission to ensure that the Dublin III Regulation is implemented more effectively;

Amendment 289 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Deplores the fact that the Commission has still not published its Article 46 assessment report; calls on the Commission to ~~ensure that~~avoid applying the Dublin III Regulation i~~s implemented more effectively~~n an ineffective, costly or unreasonable manner;

Amendment 29 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the lack of an automatic mandatory redistribution mechanism for applicants for international protection within the European Union has meant that one-third of the Member States ~~currently~~have played host to 90% of asylum seekers;

Amendment 290 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Calls on the European Commission and Member States to consult non-governmental organisations, including migrant and refugee organisations representing persons subject to the Dublin regulation;

Amendment 3 #

Fabienne KELLER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Malik AZMANI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3

— having regard to Articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 18, 19 and 1847 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,

Amendment 30 #

Fabienne KELLER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Malik AZMANI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas one-third of the Member States ~~currently play~~ host toed 90% of asylum seekers between 2008-17;

Amendment 31 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas one-third of the Member States currently ~~play~~ host to 90% of asylum seekers;

Amendment 32 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Giuliano PISAPIA, Birgit SIPPEL

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the criteria for establishing the responsibility of a Member State for an asylum application include, in hierarchical order, the family unit; the issuance of residence permits or visas; irregular entry or stay, and visa- waived entry; where none of those grounds applies, the Member state in which an asylum application was first made becomes the Member state responsible under Article 3(2);

Amendment 33 #

Fabienne KELLER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Malik AZMANI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas several “first-entry” Member States in the Mediterranean, Greece, Italy, Malta, Cyprus and Spain, received a large part of first time applications, in particular during the 2015-16 crisis; whereas a strong burden is put on first-entry countries to determine the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection in accordance to the Dublin regulation;

Amendment 34 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the Dublin regulation is based on the core assumption that asylum seekers are afforded equal rights across Member States and that each claim gets a fair examination, wherever the claim is lodged in the EU; whereas this is far from being a reality in the EU;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas at EU level, most asylum applications are unjustified and are rejected following a final court decision1 a taken in application of the rule of law; _________________ 1aEUROSTAT: 'Decisions on asylum applications in the EU in 2019', 27 April 2020

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas some Member States such as Italy and Greece were severely impacted by the disproportionate migratory flows;

Amendment 37 #

Fabienne KELLER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Malik AZMANI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas in 2018, Germany recorded the largest number of applications (184,180, or 28% of the total), followed by France (120,425 applications, or 19%), Greece (66,695 applications, or 11%), Italy (59,950 applications, or 10%) and Spain(52,700 applications, or 9%);

Amendment 38 #

Fabienne KELLER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Malik AZMANI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)

Bc. whereas there are significant divergences between Member States in terms of safe-country of origin analysis;

Amendment 39 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas in the case of most asylum applications the provisions on the hierarchy of criteria and the deadlines laid down as part of the Dublin procedures are not ~~met~~properly implemented and transfers are not carried out; whereas in situations involving children and families, these shortcomings are particularly harmful to the best interests of the child and the right of asylum seekers to family reunification;

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3

— having regard to Articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 18, 19 and 1847 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,

Amendment 40 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas in the case of most asylum applications the ~~deadlines~~hierarchical criteria laid down as part of Dublin procedures are not followed, the deadlines are not met and transfers are not carried out;

Amendment 41 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Giuliano PISAPIA, Birgit SIPPEL, Caterina CHINNICI, Isabel SANTOS, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Dietmar KÖSTER, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas in the case of most asylum applications, the set of hierarchical criteria and the deadlines laid down as part of Dublin procedures are not met and transfers are not carried out;

Amendment 42 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas data on the implementation of the Dublin Regulation demonstrate a systematic inability to correctly apply the provisions on families and the principle of the primacy of the best interests of the child, which results in pointless, unreasonable transfer procedures; whereas effective implementation of Articles 16 and 17 of the Regulation might ensure the effectiveness of asylum seekers' right to family life and family unity;

Amendment 43 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Caterina CHINNICI, Isabel SANTOS, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Dietmar KÖSTER, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Giuliano PISAPIA, Birgit SIPPEL, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas studies on the implementation of the Dublin III Regulation highlight systematic disregard towards family provisions and incorrect application of the principle of the best interest of the child, which have resulted in unnecessary and unreasonable transfer procedures;

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas studies on the implementation of the Dublin III regulation highlight routine disregard towards family provisions and incorrect application of the principle of the best interest of the child, which have resulted in unnecessary and unreasonable transfer procedures;

Amendment 45 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas the provisions on dependent persons (Article 16) and the discretionary clauses (Article 17) could be widely used to support family unity;

Amendment 46 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas the provisions on dependent persons (article 16) and the discretionary clauses (article 17) could be widely used to support family unity;

Amendment 47 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas only very limited use has been made by the Member States of the humanitarian and discretionary clauses in the Regulation;

Amendment 48 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)

Cc. whereas Member States make a disproportionate use of the criterion of the first country of irregular entry leaving most of the responsibility to frontline Member States;

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)

Cc. whereas the preventive action provision of the Dublin III regulation (Article 33) has never been used;

Amendment 5 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4

— having regard to Articles 2, 3, 5, 8 and 813 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR),

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)

Cd. whereas there has been scarce use of the humanitarian and discretionary clauses; whereas these clauses provide reasonable solutions for relocations, including following disembarkations;

Amendment 51 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)

Cd. whereas the preventive action provision of the Dublin III Regulation (Article 33) has never been used;

Amendment 52 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)

Ce. whereas coercion in the context of the implementation of the Dublin III regulation by domestic authorities should be avoided; whereas the elimination of coercion, either to achieve a transfer or in relation to detention, would minimise human suffering and considerably reduce financial and operational costs of transfers;

Amendment 53 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)

Ce. whereas there has been scarce use of humanitarian and discretionary clauses, which provide reasonable solutions to relocations, including following disembarkation;

Amendment 54 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Recital C f (new)

Cf. whereas administrative arrangements concluded between Germany and different Member States raise legal concerns, including on the deprivation of procedural safeguards entitled under the Dublin regulation, access to the asylum procedure post- transfer and compliance with human rights; whereas the informal arrangement by which Dublin family transfers from Greece to Germany were capped at 70 persons per month for a certain period of time has caused great human suffering by delaying family reunification;

Amendment 55 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital C f (new)

Cf. whereas implementation of the Dublin III Regulation does not effectively address secondary movements which are largely due to asylum seekers' social- connections with specific countries, protection-based concerns, health reasons and systemic deficiencies in the asylum systems where application are made;

Amendment 56 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital C g (new)

Cg. whereas Article 28 of the Dublin Regulation allows detention as an exceptional measure "to secure transfer procedures", where there is "significant risk of absconding" of the applicant; whereas this definition remains unclear and the interpretation varies from a Member State to another;

Amendment 57 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Recital C g (new)

Cg. whereas there is lack of compliance as regards procedural guarantees and safeguards for asylum seekers, especially for children; whereas adequate information is not systematically and consistently provided;

Amendment 58 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Recital C h (new)

Ch. whereas the length of the procedures and the lack of predictable outcomes coupled with poor reception conditions and social precarity have impacts on the well being of the asylum- seekers who in many cases have experiences traumatic experiences back home and/or on their way to reach the EU;

Amendment 59 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital C h (new)

Ch. whereas the use of detention and coercive transfers raises concerns with respect to asylum seekers' right to liberty, dignity and physical integrity;

Amendment 6 #

Fabienne KELLER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Malik AZMANI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4

— having regard to Articles 2, 3, 5, 8 and 813 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR),

Amendment 60 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas there have been significant shortcomings in the implementation of the Dublin III Regulation, including during the COVID-19 crisis, undermining the right to international protection and leading to violations of fundamental rights; whereas some of the flaws are inherent to the design of the Dublin regulation and can not be solved through implementation alone ;

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the~~re have been significant shortcomings in the implementation of the Dublin III Reg~~ implementation of the Dublin III Regulation has been a total failure because of rules that have proven themselves to be inappropriate for dealing with substantial influxes of migrants, resulati~~on, including during the COVID- 19 crisis,~~ng in a system that places excessive responsibility and burdens upon a few Member States, and has seriously undermin~~ing~~ed the right to international protection ~~and~~, leading to violations of fundamental rights;

Amendment 62 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Da. whereas some of the flaws are inherent in the design of the Regulation and cannot be solved through better implementation alone;

Amendment 63 #

Tomas TOBÉ, Lena DÜPONT, Jeroen LENAERS, Paulo RANGEL

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas there have been significant shortcomings in the implementation of the Dublin III Regulation~~, including during the COVID-19 crisis, undermining~~ during the migration crisis in 2015 and during the COVID-19 crisis, undermining the trust between the Member States and the right to international protection and leading to violations of fundamental rights;

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas ~~there have been significant shortcomings in~~ the implementation of the Dublin III Regulation~~, including during~~ has been affected by the COVID- 19 crisis~~, undermining the right to international protection and leading to violations of fundamental rights~~ as Member States had to tackle an unforeseen global pandemic;

Amendment 65 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas there have been significant shortcomings in the implementation of the Dublin III Regulation, including during the COVID-19 crisis, u~~ndermining the right to international protection and leading to violations of fundamental rights~~ltimately resulting in a disproportionate burden for Member States of first arrival;

Amendment 66 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas flaws in the implementation of the recast Asylum Procedures Directive (2013/32/EU), the recast Reception Directive (2013/33/EU) and the recast Qualification directive (2011/95/EU) have had an impact on the implementation of the Dublin regulation; whereas the European Commission should strengthen its work to ensure Member states compliance with these Directives, including through infringement procedures;

Amendment 67 #

Fabienne KELLER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Malik AZMANI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the temporary solidarity mechanism for Search and Rescue in the Mediterranean settled by the Malta declaration, and signed on 23rd September 2019 by Germany, France, Italy and Malta, was valid for a period of at least six months; whereas no other Member State joined this ad hoc agreement;

Amendment 68 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the Malta declaration was a failure as most Member States did not fulfil their relocation commitments;

Amendment 69 #

Tomas TOBÉ, Lena DÜPONT, Jeroen LENAERS, Paulo RANGEL

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas an unintended consequence of EU migration policy is to give human smugglers influence over deciding who is able to use the right to asylum, leaving vulnerable groups unable to exercise their rights

Amendment 7 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Birgit SIPPEL, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4

— having regard to Articles 2, 3, 5, 8 and 813 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR),

Amendment 70 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the Australian model has been the most effective asylum model to date to combat human trafficking, abuse of asylum seekers by human traffickers and stop tragic deaths of asylum seekers occurring at sea;

Amendment 71 #

Fabienne KELLER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Malik AZMANI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas information gaps do not allow for a comprehensive evaluation of the implementation of Dublin regulation; whereas statistical information is not provided to the same degree or frequency between the Member States; whereas key information gaps cover grounds for requests, duration of procedures, resources, withdrawn applications, failed transfers, appeal, processes and detention;

Amendment 72 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas secondary movements are largely due to asylum-seekers social connections with specific countries, protection-based concerns, health reasons and systematic deficiencies in the asylum systems where applications are made;

Amendment 73 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)

Dc. whereas the use of detention and coercive measures raise concerns on the asylum seekers' right to liberty, dignity and physical integrity;

Amendment 74 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)

Dd. whereas the direct and indirect costs of implementing the Dublin III regulation represented approximately 1 billion euros in 2014 according to the European Commission; whereas these costs were estimated at 2.5-4.9 billion by the EPRS in 2018;

Amendment 75 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1

Incorporating the principle of solidarity into the ~~management of asylum seekers~~Common European Asylum System

Amendment 76 #

Patryk JAKI, Joachim Stanisław BRUDZIŃSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1

~~Incorporating the principle of solidarity into the m~~Management of asylum seekers

Amendment 77 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1

~~Incorporating the principle of solidarity into the m~~Management of asylum seekers

Amendment 78 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1

Incorporating the principle of solidarity into the ~~management of asylum seekers~~Dublin Regulation

Amendment 79 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV, Sylwia SPUREK, Bettina VOLLATH, Elena YONCHEVA, Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Dietmar KÖSTER, Isabel SANTOS, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Caterina CHINNICI, Giuliano PISAPIA, Franco ROBERTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4

— having regard to Articles 2, 3, 5, 8 and 813 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR),

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

Amendment 81 #

Patryk JAKI, Joachim Stanisław BRUDZIŃSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that the Dublin system places a significant burden on a minority of Member States, in particular when influxes of migrants occur; takes the view that the EU therefore needs a solidarity mechanism which makes for fair sharing of burdens and responsibility among Member States, including through relocation on the basis of objective criteria of asylum seekers who are manifestly eligible for asylum; in- depth changes are needed to the rules and criteria for assigning responsibility, moving beyond the principle of first country of irregular entry, broadening the concept of family unit and adding other connecting factors to determine responsibility for examining an application for international protection; considers it vital to establish a mandatory solidarity mechanism that is automatically applicable to all Member States; the mechanism should have no application thresholds and be constantly updated, making for fair sharing of burdens and responsibility among Member States on the basis of objective criteria such as Gross Domestic Product, population and unemployment rate in the various Member States; considers it essential to relocate to the various EU Member States - directly at the time of irregular entry into the territory of the Union, and without prior screening of any kind - all those seeking international protection in the Union; considers, in this regard, that any prior screening has the sole effect of imposing excessive burdens on the Member States of first arrival and can under no circumstances replace a thorough individual examination of an application for international protection; is of the view that provision should also be made for an ad hoc redistribution mechanism for all those who are rescued in the course of a search and rescue operation and who request international protection; considers, furthermore, that the Dublin system should always be able to ensure flexibility of application, in particular by avoiding the laying down of rules that involve the sole, permanent responsibility of one Member State;

Amendment 82 #

Fabienne KELLER, Sophia IN 'T VELD, Malik AZMANI, Hilde VAUTMANS, Olivier CHASTEL, Abir AL-SAHLANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Nathalie LOISEAU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that the Dublin system places a significant burden on a minority of Member States, in particular when influxes of migrants occur; considers that the first- entry criterion in Dublin put an unprecedented and disproportionate burden on frontline countries in 2015-16 in terms of registration and reception of asylum seekers; stresses that the introduction of hotspots and a temporary relocation programme as proposed by the Commission in 2015 was intended to rebalance the management of asylum- seekers when entering the EU territory, as a pragmatic approach compared to the strict application of Dublin regulation principles; takes the view that the EU therefore needs a solidarity mechanism which makes for fair sharing of burdens and responsibility among Member States in accordance with article 80 TFEU, including through relocation on the basis of objective criteria of asylum seekers who are manifestly eligible for asylum;

Amendment 83 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that the Dublin system places a significant burden on a minority of Member States, and primarily those in the front line which, owing to their geographical location, are always the countries of first entry, in particular when influxes of migrants occur; takes the view that the EU therefore needs a solidarity mechanism which makes for fair sharing of burdens and responsibility among Member States, including through relocation on the basis of objective criteria of asylum seekers who are manifestly eligible for asylum;

Amendment 85 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

Amendment 86 #

Terry REINTKE, Maria WALSH, Erik MARQUARDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that the Dublin system places a significant burden on a minority of Member States, in particular when influxes of migrants occur; takes the view that the EU ~~therefore needs a solidarity mechanism which makes for fair sharing of burdens and responsibility among Member States, including through relocation~~must assist Member States by preventing a further worsening onf th~~e basis of objective criteria of asylum seekers who are manifestly eligible for asylum~~is burden by implementing the Australian Model;

Amendment 87 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

Amendment 88 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

Amendment 89 #

Tomas TOBÉ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

Amendment 9 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

— having regard to the UN Global Compact on Refugees,

Amendment 90 #

Cornelia ERNST, Konstantinos ARVANITIS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that the ~~Dublin system places a significant burden on a minority of Member States, in particular when influxes of migrants occur~~current Dublin Regulation imposes a disproportionate responsibility on a minority of Member States; takes the view that the EU therefore needs a sustainable solidarity mechanism which makes for fair sharing of burdens and responsibility among Member States, including through ~~relocation on the basis of objective criteria of asylum seekers who are manifestly eligible for asylum~~a fair distribution of asylum seekers;

Amendment 91 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that the Dublin system places a ~~significant burden on a minority of Member States, in particular when influxes of migrants occur; takes the view that the EU therefore needs a~~disproportionate responsibility on a minority of Member States; takes the view that the EU therefore needs fairer rules for allocation of responsibility and/or a permanent solidarity mechanism which makes for fair sharing of ~~burdens and~~ responsibility among Member States, including through relocation on the basis of fair, clear and objective criteria ~~of asylum seekers who are manifestly eligible for asylum~~;

Amendment 92 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

Amendment 93 #

Tomas TOBÉ, Lena DÜPONT, Jeroen LENAERS, Paulo RANGEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)

(1) Stresses that EU migration policy must distinguish between people seeking protection and economic migrants; notes that only 38 percent of the asylum seekers in the EU where granted asylum in the first instance; underlines that this undermines the intentions of the EU asylum system as a whole as well as the Dublin III regulation;

Amendment 94 #

Pietro BARTOLO, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Tudor CIUHODARU, Petar VITANOV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)

(1) Points out that the Dublin Regulation, as designed and implemented, has failed to guarantee a fair distribution of responsibility between Member States and swift access to international protection;

Amendment 95 #