Amendment No. 5 | 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 12.3.1, replace the words "including enhanced resettlement" with the following words:

"adopting more realistic and sustainable resettlement programmes and schemes,"

Explanatory note

The Syrians were forced to leave their country and seek refuge in neighbouring countries. More than half of them are in Turkey. In spite of Turkey's calls for the resettlement of the refugees since the beginning of the Syrian crisis, there has been an inadequate response from the international community.