22.10.2019 B9-0154/28

Amendment 28 Miguel Urbán Crespo, Anne-Sophie Pelletier, , , , Sira Rego, Arza, Konstantinos Arvanitis, , on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Motion for a resolution B9-0154/2019 Juan Fernando López Aguilar on behalf of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Search and rescue in the Mediterranean

Motion for a resolution Recital A

Motion for a resolution Amendment

A. whereas according to International A. whereas according to International Organisation for Migration (IOM) figures, Organisation for Migration (IOM) in 2019 so far some 933 people are figures1a, in 2019 so far some 1 078 people believed to have died or have gone missing are believed to have died or have gone in the Mediterranean Sea on their way to missing in the Mediterranean Sea on their Europe; whereas the death toll in the way to Europe; whereas the death toll in Mediterranean has been on the decline the Mediterranean has been on the decline since 2015 (3 771 in 2015, 2 277 in 2018); since 2015 (3 771 in 2015, 2 277 in 2018); whereas according to the UNHCR, despite whereas according to the UNHCR, despite the significant drop in arrivals (141 472 in the significant drop in arrivals (141 472 in 2018 as opposed to 1 032 408 in 2015), the 2018 as opposed to 1 032 408 in 2015), the route from Libya to Europe is still the route from Libya to Europe is still the migration route with the highest death toll migration route with the highest death toll in the world (646 deaths so far in 2019) in the world (646 deaths so far in 2019) and was five times deadlier in 2018 than in and was five times deadlier in 2018 than in 2015 notably due to a reduction in search 2015 notably due to a reduction in search and rescue (SAR) activities off the Libyan and rescue (SAR) activities off the Libyan coast; coast;

1a https://missingmigrants.iom.int/region/medi terranean (figures at 21/10/2019)

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Amendment 29 Miguel Urbán Crespo, Anne-Sophie Pelletier, Mick Wallace, Clare Daly, Marisa Matias, Sira Rego, Pernando Barrena Arza, Konstantinos Arvanitis, Marc Botenga, Stelios Kouloglou on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Motion for a resolution B9-0154/2019 Juan Fernando López Aguilar on behalf of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Search and rescue in the Mediterranean

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

8a. Expresses concern about the interception carried out by Libyan coast guards in the Maltese SAR zone on 18 October 2019 and calls on the Commission to examine whether there has been a breach of the principle of non-refoulement by the Maltese authorities;

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