Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2023

Tabled by Jaak Madison, Harald Vilimsky, Jean-Lin Lacapelle, Thierry Mariani, Bernhard Zimniok

44. Removed: Denounces Added: Insists that the EU’s migration policy is to blame for the erosion of the human rights and the safety of Removed: migrants, refugees and forcibly displaced persons; reaffirms their inalienable human rights and recalls the obligation of states to protect them in accordance with pertinent international law; calls for the EU and its Member States to effectively uphold these rights in the EU’s migration and asylum policies and their cooperation with partner countries in this regard; deplores the increasing trend of xenophobia, racism and discrimination towards migrants; stresses that refugees and migrants, especially those who are undocumented, face different forms of violence, including during displacements, such as sexual and gender-based violence, as well as many barriers, such as in access to education, healthcare, decent housing and other basic services; is extremely concerned by the unprecedented number of forcibly displaced people as a result of human rights violations, which has doubled in the past 10 years; welcomes the activation of the Temporary Protection Directive17 and calls for its use when necessary; calls for the strengthening of efforts in the protection of the right of migrants and to guarantee their access to all basic services, including while in transit, and to respect the principle of non-refoulement; calls for an immediate end to the illegal practice of pushbacks; calls for the root causes of migration and forced displacement to be addressed; 17 Council Directive 2001/55/EC of 20 July 2001 on minimum standards for giving temporary protection in the event of a mass influx of displaced persons and on measures promoting a balance of efforts between Member States in receiving such persons and bearing the consequences thereof (OJ L 212, 7.8.2001, p. 12). Added: citizens of the Member States; emphasises that migrants would not risk their lives to travel to Europe if pull factors were not being created by EU policies; notes that some of these weaknesses are not adequately addressed in the Migration Pact; insists on a policy of the regional placement of refugees and on making international funding conditional upon the effective implementation of return and readmission agreements with third countries;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE756.732