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Amendment No. 20 | Doc. 14341 | 27 June 2017
Human rights implications of the European response to transit migration across the Mediterranean
Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights
In the draft resolution, paragraph 7, after the second sentence, insert the following sentences:
"Deficiencies also exist in relation to legal regulation of the hotspots, including the basis of detention there, and the use of force to compel new arrivals to provide their fingerprints, especially given the reports of use of excessive force and even torture in this context. There are also serious delays in the registration and processing of asylum claims, concerns about the effectiveness of the remedy of appeal against rejection of asylum applications and an inadequate guardianship system for unaccompanied minors."