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OPINION (COM(2016)0468 – C80325/2016 – 2016/0225(COD))

On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Union Resettlement Framework and amending Regulation (EU) No 516/2014 of the European Parliament and the Council

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Committee on Budgets · Rapporteur: Gérard Deprez

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The Committee on Budgets gives its opinion on the proposed regulation establishing a Union Resettlement Framework. It calls on the lead committee to take into account amendments making participation by member states voluntary, involving the UNHCR in resettlement procedures, and using the term ineligibility instead of exclusion. The rapporteur supports linking the proposal to the recast Dublin regulation and the recast Eurodac regulation, and wants resettlement plans to be ambitious with the necessary means made available. The rapporteur welcomes the allocation of EUR 10,000 from the Union budget to member states for each resettled person, paid from AMIF under annual Union resettlement plans adopted by the Council. The rapporteur asks that both arms of the Budgetary Authority have full information on the financial implications of the next annual resettlement plan when the draft annual Union budget is presented.

Committee position. The Committee on Budgets calls on the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs to take into account its amendments, which make participation voluntary, involve the UNHCR, use the term ineligibility, and direct funds to resettlement purposes.

Key points

  1. The rapporteur says the EU needs an integrated, sustainable migration policy based on solidarity and fair burden-sharing, and that legal ways to seek refuge could avoid deaths in the Mediterranean and break migrant smugglers' business model.
  2. The rapporteur supports linking the proposal to the recast Dublin regulation so resettled persons count towards calculating the corrective allocation mechanism, and to the recast Eurodac regulation so data on resettled persons is stored in Eurodac.
  3. The rapporteur wants resettlement plans to be ambitious and the means for their implementation made available, despite the absence of a well-defined quota in the proposal.
  4. The rapporteur welcomes allocating EUR 10,000 from the Union budget to member states for each resettled person, paid from AMIF under annual Union resettlement plans adopted by the Council, and understands the removal of EU co-financing for national resettlement programmes.
  5. The rapporteur says both arms of the Budgetary Authority must have full information on the financial implications of the next annual resettlement plan when the draft annual Union budget is presented.
  6. Amendment 1 and Amendment 2 add new recitals stating that the European Project has always been based on democracy, the rule of law and human rights, and that migration management is a shared responsibility.
  7. Amendments 3 to 6 add references to the UNHCR and its expertise in recitals on standard procedures, their stages, the choice of procedure and the storage of personal data, and replace 'excluded' with 'ineligible'.
  8. Amendment 7 states that the regulation applies to third-country nationals and stateless persons admitted to member states that choose to participate in the resettlement scheme.
  9. Amendment 8 requires member states to ensure family unity can be maintained in accordance with Article 25 of Regulation (EU) 2017/... on qualification standards.
  10. Amendments 9 to 11 replace 'exclusion' with 'ineligibility' in Article 6 and its title, and replace 'reasonable grounds' with 'serious reasons' in line with the 1951 Geneva Convention.
  11. Amendments 12 to 14 make the annual Union resettlement plan apply only to member states that choose to participate, and refer to member states that choose to participate and their voluntary contributions rather than their participation.
  12. Amendment 15 adds that all financial resources allocated are addressed to resettlement purposes and not other actions financed by Regulation (EU) No 516/2014, such as funding of Immigration Detention Centres.

Who is affected

  • Member states: participation in the resettlement framework and annual plans would be voluntary, and they would receive EUR 10,000 per resettled person.
  • Third-country nationals and stateless persons: they could be admitted for international protection under the framework, and those already resettled or who refused resettlement in the last five years would be ineligible.
  • The UNHCR: it would be involved in the resettlement procedures and its expertise used.
  • The Commission and the Council: the Commission proposes and the Council adopts the annual Union resettlement plan.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 10,000: lump sum from the Union budget to member states for each resettled person under a targeted Union resettlement scheme.
  • five years: maximum period for storing personal data collected for the resettlement procedure from the date of resettlement.
  • 18 March 2016: date of the EU-Turkey Statement whose Standard Operating Procedures are referenced in recital 12.