Amendments submitted to draft emergency resolution "The Mediterranean must not be a graveyard"
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EELV
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Groen
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Groen
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EELV
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EELV
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Proposed Amendment
Explanation
More than 800 people died More than 800 people died at Europe' maritime More accurate, closer to
near Europe's maritme border border
reality
The EU and its member states The EU and its member states have consistently The whole policy of the EU
have consistently made it more favoured a policy of selective migration concerning migration has
difficult for migrants and and made it impossible for refugees to find to be questioned. A
refugees to enter their asylum in their territory, trying to seal off......
selective migration, usually
territory,
and
have
based on economic criteria
increasingly tried to seal
is in contradiction with
off...
Green values.
… without stopping the arrival … leading to the arrival of even more vessels.
More logical
of vessels.
… thus taking out precious … without making available sufficient resources Seems more logical. As it
resources from…
for…
was stated it looked too
much as if repression ad
integration
are
communicating vessels.
Disappointing results
Disastrous results
The committee is being
too kind ;-)
Keep out as many people as Keep out as many people as possible except for The EU probably considers
possible
those considered as useful …
having
a
welcoming
migration policy as there
are people that are
accepted as migrants on
selective criteria
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… and human suffering
… and human suffering, ignoring the legitimate
urge for people to find a safe place to live.
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Bündnis
90/ 26
Die Grünen
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9
EELV
29
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We strongly oppose the militarization of the
European approach towards refugees. With the plan
to sink refugees' boats, the EU further radicalizes its
frontier protection policy. Futhermore, it sends a
disastrous signal to other parts of the world, one
current example being the tragic incident in front of
the South East Asian coast.
… very controversial issues like … very controversial issues like the fight against Self explanatory
the trafficking mafias and the smugglers
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Groen
29
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Vihreät - De 30
Gröna
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refugees
Explanation
asylum seekers
If talking of relocation, the
correct term is asylum
seekers. Refugees should
be used in relation to
resettlement.
Addition after "...policy on legal and concentrates still too much to border control An obvious call that we
migration. "
such as adding the rights of Frontex to return have always made. The
migrants.
approach of Commission is
still unbalanced.
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ICV
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new
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Groen
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Groen
EELV
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- Finds it unacceptable that the EU’s main response This amendment comes
to the current humanitarian crisis of migrants is still from the original text of
focused in closing its borders to external the resolution on 'Liberties
neighbouring countries, making it more difficult to and fundsmental rights in
reach EU territory. We reinforce our stand for a Europe', plus a proposed
European migration and refugee policy that is based smendment, namely to the
on respect for life and human rights, and in full point 5 of the draft. It was
compliace with the EU and international law. We agreed that the conted
reiterate that practices under national law violating fitted even more to this
EU and international law, and the principal of nin- specific resolution than on
refoulement should be stopped immediately.We thus that more general one.
express our serious concerns in relation to the
recurrent illegal practices undertaken by some
member states towards migrants, such as on-thespot deportations in Melilla’s bordering fence, in
many cases involving fleeing refugees and asylumseekers whose life may be at risk.
Five
Extra axis proposed on line
65 (see further)
appropriate
self-explaining
To counter human trafficking on the continents Ignoring the trafficking on
as well as on the sea
the continents will only
displace the problem, the
refugees will die in the
harbours instead of dying
at sea
a
four
consistent
To counter human trafficking
Explanation
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EELV
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Alternattiva
Demokratika
EELV
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Groen
Groen
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Vihreät - De 69
Gröna
Proposed Amendment
Explanation
The whole bullet point should 2. AS FOR REFUGEES, the application of the 2001 The question of refugees
be divided into two bullet temporary protection directive, notably to address should not be under the
points
the Syrian crisis; the immediate lifting of visa heading of full use of the
requirements for Syrian refugees; better funding and existing legal instruments.
an easier implementation of measures like family In the case of refugees we
reunification, private sponsorship programs, study are in a state of emergency
and
labour
migration
schemes. and these people do not
3.FULL USE OF THE EXISTING LEGAL have the time for legal
INSTRUMENTS TO ENSURE SAFE AND LEGAL instruments
ACCESS. These include: The swift completion of
negotiations on the Visa code, currently blocked at
the Council; the granting of Humanitarian visas.
52
add
after "… Humanitarian visas"
the possibility to apply for visas in countries of
origin.
58-69 renumbe Bullet point 3
Bullet point 4
If the amendment on bullet
r if AM
point 2 is carried, then we
16
is
already have bullet points 2
adopted
and 3, thus bullet point 3
becomes bullet point 4
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65
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add
add
UNCHR for asked
UNHCR asked for
4. A REVISION OF THE DUBLIN REGULATION
Editorial
The Dublin regulation is a
different topic which does
not fit under resettlement
EU needs also to create legal routes for migrants It's not only about refugees,
seeking to come to the EU to live and work.
we need to build legal
routes also for migrants
seeking to come to work in
EU.
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EELV
71-76 to split
the point
in two
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EELV
71-76 replace
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Groen
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Groen
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Groen
Proposed Amendment
Explanation
This bullet point should be
divided into two. We don't
quite see the direct link
between the first three
lines and the last thee
Change bullet point 4 into Bullet point 5 : one of the medium and long term It is rather stage to have
bullet points 5 and 6
policy of the EU should be the eradication of all the only one bullet point when
factors that are the source of the refugee problem : addressing such different
unfair trade and development policies, support of topics.
non democratic regimes, climate change .....
The beginning of the bullet
Bullet point 6 : The European Greens oppose the point is too restrictive, all
proposal ..... to the end of line 76
the factors that are at the
source of the refugee
problem
must
be
addressed, this emergency
resolution is mainly on the
problem of refugees, we
should stick to the point.
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replace 4
5
fifth axis inserted on line
65
72-73 replace have been blamed for being are to a large extent responsible for
Have been blamed seems
among
too vague. In the past... By
whom? Should be stronger
and more direct
74-76 move to
It seems.more logical to
line 56
move this sentence dealing
with access to Europe to
the appropriate paragraph
2.
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Groen
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Vihreät - De 74
Gröna
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Vihreät - De 76
Gröna
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Vihreät - De 76
Gröna
Proposed Amendment
Explanation
add
In particular, the link between trade, agriculture, making reassessment of
fisheries, and investment policies on the one hand, policies more concrete
and development and migration on the other hand,
should be acknowledged and be center stage on the
political agenda.
replace re-assess
reassess
Editorial
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Add after "It is therefore The EU policies must aim for sustainable living The brain drain is a serious
necessary to re-asses those conditions also for youth and educated people in problem
for
the
policies."
African countries.
development and future of
many African countries. In
order to find a sustainable
long-term solution to the
development of African
countries we Greens must
aim to ensure that there is
a future for young and
educated people in their
home countries, too.
add
a
5. REJECTING MILITARIZATION OF MIGRATION CSDP mission has to be
new
POLICIES Reject the policy proposed by HR/VP rejected
paragrap
Mogherini and the Commission and supported by
h
the European Council to pursue a military operation
under the Common Security and Defence Policy
(CSDP) against smugglers in the Mediterranean
including Libyan waters and even Libyan soil. We
consider that a dangerous military adventure when
what we need would be a save and rescue mission.
add
Besides policy coherence for development, there is
an urgent need for development aid. This is not a
time to make cuts, but to increase development aid.
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