Amendment No. 3 | Doc. 13942 | 25 January 2016

The Mediterranean Sea: a front door to irregular migration

Signatories: Ms Serap YAŞAR, Turkey, EC ; Mr Mehmet BABAOĞLU, Turkey, EC ; Mr Şaban DİŞLİ, Turkey, EPP/CD ; Mr Talip KÜÇÜKCAN, Turkey, EC ; Mr Suat ÖNAL, Turkey, EC ; Ms Leyla Şahin USTA, Turkey, EC

Origin - 2016 - First part-session

In the draft resolution, paragraph 10, delete the following words:

"and organising external processing of asylum applications through hotspots set up outside Europe".

Explanatory note

All procedures related to asylum in Turkey are within the mandate of the Directorate General of Migration Management of the Ministry of Interior. Any proposal regarding "hotspots" is not consistent with Turkish legislation. It is within the sovereign right and responsibility of States to implement asylum and migration policies.