The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders

Tabled by Assita Kanko

Added: 7a. Calls on the Council and the Commission to support the Member States facing instrumentalisation by providing appropriate funds, emergency measures and tools in order to enable them to respond swiftly and proportionately, building on the lessons learnt from the instrumentalisation of migrants by the Lukashenko and Putin regimes on the Polish border, which was successfully countered by the Polish Government at the time, despite the lack of adequate support from the Commission, unjustified criticism directed against the Polish authorities and a widespread campaign aimed at discrediting their actions;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE788.264