Procedure
Humanitarian visas
2017/2270(INL)·8th term·FEMM / LIBE·INL - Legislative initiative procedure·Lapsed / rejectedProcedure rejected
Subjects: External borders crossing and controls, visas · Asylum, refugees, displaced persons; Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF)
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): LÓPEZ AGUILAR Juan Fernando (S&D)
Summary
Legislative own-initiative report with recommendations to the Commission on European humanitarian visas. Amendments debate the lack of a European legal framework and protected entry procedures, the Visa Code (Regulation 810/2009), the Geneva Convention, case C-638/16 (X and X v État belge), irregular arrivals and deaths at the borders, and Member States' discretion to issue visas on humanitarian grounds.
Procedure timeline
- Committee amendments tabled28 Jun 2018 – 3 Sep 2018
- Procedure rejected
219
Amendments
distinct, in window
23
Members
tabled at least one
2
Committee(s)
28 Jun 2018 – 3 Sep 2018
Dates
Official amendment documents
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Members who amended this procedure
23 Members · by amendment count1🇸🇪
Bodil VALERO
Greens / EFA · Sweden
49(49 solo)
2🇧🇪Helga STEVENS
European Conservatives & Reformists · Belgium
30(30 solo)
3🇫🇷Marie-Christine VERGIAT
The Left (GUE/NGL) · France
24
4🇮🇹Barbara SPINELLI
The Left (GUE/NGL) · Italy
24
5🇷🇴Maria Gabriela ZOANĂ
Socialists & Democrats · Romania
18(18 solo)
6🇸🇪Cecilia WIKSTRÖM
ALDE · Sweden
16
7🇧🇪Gérard DEPREZ
ALDE · Belgium
16
8🇩🇰Anders VISTISEN
Identity & Democracy · Denmark
15
9🇫🇮Jussi HALLA-AHO
European Conservatives & Reformists · Finland
15
10🇸🇰Branislav ŠKRIPEK
European Conservatives & Reformists · Slovakia
15
11🇪🇸Ernest URTASUN
Greens / EFA · Spain
11(11 solo)
12🇫🇷Mylène TROSZCZYNSKI
ENF · France
10(10 solo)
13🇫🇷Nadine MORANO
European People's Party (EPP) · France
8(8 solo)
14🇵🇱Urszula KRUPA
European Conservatives & Reformists · Poland
8(8 solo)
15🇸🇪Malin BJÖRK
The Left (GUE/NGL) · Sweden
7(7 solo)
16🇸🇰Anna ZÁBORSKÁ
European People's Party (EPP) · Slovakia
6(6 solo)
17🇦🇹Heinz K. BECKER
European People's Party (EPP) · Austria
5(5 solo)
18🇩🇪Dietmar KÖSTER
Socialists & Democrats · Germany
4(4 solo)
19🇦🇹Harald VILIMSKY
Patriots for Europe · Austria
3
20🇫🇷Nicolas BAY
European Conservatives & Reformists · France
3
21🇫🇷Gilles LEBRETON
Identity & Democracy · France
3
22🇷🇴Maria GRAPINI
Socialists & Democrats · Romania
2(2 solo)
23🇮🇹Barbara MATERA
European People's Party (EPP) · Italy
2(2 solo)
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