MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect the EU’s external borders

Tabled by Estrella Galán, Isabel Serra Sánchez, Pernando Barrena Arza

14. Removed: Calls on the Moroccan authorities to fulfil their responsibilities as a key partner of the European Union and honour their commitments on border management, return and migration cooperation; stresses that such partnership must be grounded in unconditional respect for the territorial integrity of EU Member States, as a fundamental principle of international law and a non-negotiable condition; considers any statement calling Spanish sovereignty into question to be unacceptable and incompatible with the obligations of a partner country; Added: Considers that the events in Ceuta demonstrate the failure of a migration model that is reliant on the externalisation of border management; stresses that the response to the so-called instrumentalisation of migration cannot consist of further externalisation, the restriction of access to international protection or the weakening of fundamental rights; calls instead for a rights-based EU migration policy grounded in solidarity, strong public reception and protection capacities and the activation and expansion of safe and legal pathways to the EU;

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