Amendment No. 7 | Doc. 13764 | 22 April 2015

The human tragedy in the Mediterranean: immediate action needed

Signatories: Ms Vasiliki KATRIVANOU, Greece, UEL ; Ms Athanasia ANAGNOSTOPOULOU, Greece, UEL ; Mr Boriss CILEVIČS, Latvia, SOC ; Mr Tuur ELZINGA, Netherlands, UEL ; Ms Tina GHASEMI, Sweden, EPP/CD ; Mr Jonas GUNNARSSON, Sweden, SOC ; Mr Nazmi GÜR, Turkey, UEL ; Mr Matjaž HANŽEK, Slovenia, UEL ; Ms Eva-Lena JANSSON, Sweden, SOC ; Ms Lotta JOHNSSON FORNARVE, Sweden, UEL ; Mr Ögmundur JÓNASSON, Iceland, UEL ; Ms Ioanneta KAVVADIA, Greece, UEL ; Mr Tiny KOX, Netherlands, UEL ; Mr Olof LAVESSON, Sweden, EPP/CD ; Mr George LOUKAIDES, Cyprus, UEL ; Ms Antigoni LYMPERAKI, Greece, SOC ; Mr Michele NICOLETTI, Italy, SOC ; Ms Carina OHLSSON, Sweden, SOC ; Mr Luc RECORDON, Switzerland, SOC ; Ms Tineke STRIK, Netherlands, SOC ; Mr Dimitris VITSAS, Greece, UEL ; Mr Eric VORUZ, Switzerland, SOC

Origin - 2015 - Second part-session

In the draft resolution, replace paragraph 9 with the following paragraph:

"The Assembly is of the opinion that the key challenge is to ensure that no lives are lost, access to international protection is safeguarded, and that the root causes that make people flee their countries are tackled."