Amendment No. 8 | Doc. 14341 | 27 June 2017

Human rights implications of the European response to transit migration across the Mediterranean

Signatories: Ms Petra De SUTTER, Belgium, SOC ; Ms Lise CHRISTOFFERSEN, Norway, SOC ; Mr Boriss CILEVIČS, Latvia, SOC ; Ms Liliane MAURY PASQUIER, Switzerland, SOC ; Mr Stefan SCHENNACH, Austria, SOC

Origin - 2017 - Third part-session

In the draft resolution, after paragraph 12.1.3, insert the following paragraph:

"end the systematic detention of rejected asylum seekers and make a proportionality test in each individual case, in accordance with the principles of Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights and substantially improve detention circumstances and, in that light, abolish the practice of detaining migrants in police stations."