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Lesson plan:
Lesson plan:
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What
happens if there are fewer rescue ships http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-32322750 this also takes us to Italy and the latest
news there.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32390941
the videos and the statistics
To
discuss:
As president of the EU parliament, you now no longer can deny
what is happening in Italy, Greece and Libya. You feel the urge to come up with
a solution to the problem that the majority of the EU member countries can
agree to. Thus, you summon the members of the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) to a meeting with
the EU council with the following agenda:
How can we avoid more
deaths in the Mediterranean Sea
ü Is military force the
solution?
ü Should random ships help?
ü Should there be fewer
coastal guards?
ü How can we in the EU help
Italy taking care of all the refugees?
ü What can we ask our
European Economic Cooperation (EEC) partners to do?
ü Undertake systematic efforts to identify, capture and destroy
vessels before they are used by traffickers?
Roles
A
= Federica
Mogherini is an Italian politician and
diplomat who serves as High Representative of the European Union for Foreign
Affairs and Security Policy.
You think every country in the EU
or connected to the EU by trade (EEC countries) should help – maybe take in
refugees proportional with their population? You have a long list of
suggestions – make sure the meeting hears them all:
1) Develop
a comprehensive cooperation agenda with countries of origin and transit to
build resilient protection systems in close cooperation with UNHCR, enhance efforts
to address root causes of refugee flight and support migration and mobility
through development cooperation.
2) Implement
a crisis management action plan with regard to arrivals at sea. This should
include the deployment of EASO support teams to assist EU countries where
asylum seekers are disembarked with the processing of asylum applications and
the relocation of those granted international protection within the EU with the
consent of the individuals concerned. Such a plan should also foresee the possibility
to allocate responsibility for asylum seekers to Member States other than the
Member State of disembarkation with the consent of the persons concerned, where
the number of arrivals exceeds their processing and reception capacity.
3) Provide
professional medical and psychological assistance to the refugees and migrants
who survived the journey in coping with their often traumatizing experience and
take the appropriate measures to ensure the respectful treatment of those who
lost their lives at sea
4) Show
genuine solidarity with the Member States of disembarkation. By making an
effective use of the discretionary clauses in the recast Dublin Regulation,
Member States can reunite family members and examine applications of asylum
seekers for humanitarian reasons. European countries should facilitate mutual
recognition of positive asylum decisions and the swift transfer of protection
statuses within the EU so that refugees can settle where they have more
integration prospects.
5) Invest
significantly in voluntary return programmes that assist those whose claim for
international protection was unsuccessful in a fair asylum procedure and other
migrants without a right of residence to return to their countries in safety
and dignity.
B = UN General
Ban Ki-moon (you have only observer status in the meeting. However, you are
allowed to state your point of view) said aboard an Italian ship last week,
praising Italy's maritime search and rescue efforts,"I
think it seems to be the worst humanitarian crisis since the Second World War.
So many thousands of people have lost their lives in their pursuit for a better
future," "Not a single country -– like Italy -– can bear all this
responsibility," he added.
C= British Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday that Britain would offer to
deploy military ships and helicopters to the Mediterranean to help stem a
deadly tide of refugees trying to reach Europe by sea. But he
stressed that this help would only be given "under the right conditions,"
as he arrived at an emergency EU summit in Brussels called after 800 people
were feared to have died in a shipwreck on Sunday. "That
must include that people that we pick up and people we deal with are taken to
the nearest safe country, most likely Italy, and don't have immediate recourse
to claim asylum in the UK," he said.
Cameron,
who is fighting for re-election at home where immigration is one of the
hot-button issues, offered the Royal Navy flagship HMS Bulwark, three
helicopters and two patrol ship
D
= EEC-member Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg (H) is willing to send one
ship in August. She thinks it will be hard for Norway to welcome more refugees
than we already have said yes to from Syria. Yes, we are the richest country in
Europe, but still…
E
= Matteo Renzi, Italian Prime Minister, who has branded the people smugglers "the
slave traders of the 21st century", is a staunch proponent for military
action against smugglers. In addition, he suggests to: Launch a European Search and Rescue
Operation in the Mediterranean, which should, at a minimum, be the size of
Italy’s Mare Nostrum Operation, which saved over 100,000 people. Such an
Operation could be coordinated by the EU Border Agency Frontex as search and
rescue is an inherent part of border surveillance according to the Frontex’
Maritime Border Surveillance Regulation.
F = You are
a refugee who has survived the crossing and you have been asked to tell your
story and to recommend solutions – you have a long list of suggestions – make sure
that the meeting hears all of them :
6) Significantly
increase the numbers of refugees admitted to Europe through resettlement
programmes and humanitarian admission.
7) Give
refugees the possibility to apply for safe entry and international protection
through EU embassies in countries neighbouring refugees’ regions of origin.
Make use of the possibility to grant humanitarian visas in accordance with
Article 19 and 20 EU Visa Code to help those in need of international
protection to leave areas of conflict in a safe and legal manner.
8) Facilitate
family reunification for people in the region who have family members living in
Europe so that they can easily join their loved ones. In particular, family
reunification should be granted to all beneficiaries of international
protection under the same conditions. States should apply a broader definition
of family members to include non-nuclear family. Flexibility should also be
applied to the amount of documents required to prove family links and with regards
to travel documents.
9) Expand
legal channels for migration beyond highly skilled workers.
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