Amendment No. 7 | Doc. 13741 | 20 April 2015

Humanitarian consequences of the actions of the terrorist group known as “Islamic State”

Signatories: Ms Vasiliki KATRIVANOU, Greece, UEL ; Ms Athanasia ANAGNOSTOPOULOU, Greece, UEL ; Ms Liana KANELLI, Greece, UEL ; Ms Ioanneta KAVVADIA, Greece, UEL ; Ms Stella KYRIAKIDES, Cyprus, EPP/CD ; Mr Georgios PANTZAS, Greece, UEL ; Mr Georgios PANTZAS, Greece, UEL ; Mr Dimitris VITSAS, Greece, UEL

Origin - 2015 - Second part-session

In the draft resolution, after paragraph 15.3, insert the following sub-paragraphs:

"- activate solidarity mechanisms to share the responsibility between EU member States (the EU directive for temporary protection is an option); support countries such as Italy and Greece, currently experiencing high pressures of refugee flows, to adequately receive asylum seekers and process their assylum applications; activate immediately an urgent project for the relocation of Syrian refugees rescued at sea in Greece and Italy to different countries across Europe, as recommended by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees;

- provide legal and safe passage for Syrians wishing to access EU member states;"