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the participation of Guard Costiera and European Frontier could be decided from the Council of the EU with ballot to qualified majority
It previews the proposal of regulations voted from the Commission civil Freedoms, justice and internal transactions of the European Parliament
May 31, 2016
Yesterday the Commission civil Freedoms, justice and internal transactions of the European Parliament, with 40 favorable ballots 10 contrarys and five abstentions, has approved of the project of regulations for the institution of Guard Costiera and of European Frontier, that it is adopted last December by the EU commission, having introduced modifications to the proposal original.
The new European Border and Coast Guard (EBCG is confirmed that) could be activated upon request of a Member States, as a result of which will be agreed within three working days with the EBCG a operations plan with the indication of the staff and necessary means for the participation.
The main modification to the original proposal is relative to the organism of the European Union that will be able to decide the participation of the European Border and Coast Guard. It is previewed in fact that, in the cases in which a Member States does not make use of the measures proposed from the EBCG or in which the migratory pressure puts in danger the operation of the Schengen area, the EU commission will be able to introduce to the Council of the EU an participation proposal. The Council will decide to qualified majority if it will be necessary to send teams of participation to the border of the European Union. The operations plan would have to be approved of from the Member States interested from the participation and the European Border and Coast Guard before the participation is carried out.
The proposal of regulations approved of from the Parliamentary commission previews that the European Border and Coast Guard is constituted by Frontex, that is the European Agency for the management of the international cooperation to the external frontiers of the Member States of the EU, and from the national authorities of management of the frontiers and that the new organism can activate a team of coastgards to unfold quickly in the Eu country in which the external frontiers they are under pressure.
The proposal previews that Guard Costiera and of European Frontier does not have own operating staff, but is able to quickly recall a team of 1.500 guards of the frontier designated by the Member States. The without borders marine external Member States will have to put on of the EBCG 3% of their national guards of the frontier, while for the States EU that have marine frontiers the quota would have to be pairs to 2%.
The Parliamentary commission has moreover convene to widen ulteriorly the role of Guard Costiera and European Frontier relatively to the repatriations, being allowed them - upon request of the State or the interested Member States - to support them is operatingly that technically in the operations of repatriation of clandestine immigrants. However it is established that, according to the principle of non-refoulement, the new European organism would not have to organize operations of repatriation in a Country third in which sussistono risks of violations of the human rights.
"the EU - the reporter of the regulations project has explained, the Latvian Artis Pabriks - has necessity of surer frontiers external and better managed and therefore as soon as possible possible of the European Border and Coast Guard. This organism - it has specified - is not a panacea in a position to resolving the crisis of the migration to which the currently EU it must tackle or restore the Schengen area. But this is the first step without which the other legislative proposals in order to face the crisis of the migration and to save Schengen so as previewed era would represent a useless battle. We must demonstrate to the Europeans that the European Union can take a decision and can be effective".
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