periodic start of the preventive test programmes | periodic start of the preventive test programs

20. Is deeply concerned at the recent developments in the Mediterranean and in the Western Balkan route, where a record number of irregular migrants have crossed the EU borders, posing an unprecedented challenge to Europe and its Member States, which requires a common and resolute European response; expresses its support for the measures put forward by the Commission, and calls for swift adoption and implementation by the Member States; stresses that more emphasis should be placed on the initiatives already launched by the Commission, in particular the proposals on relocation and resettlement, as the emergency relocation mechanism triggered for the benefit of Italy and Greece is not a solution to the long-term challenge of asylum pressure but ...[+++] rather a test case with a view to the upcoming legislative proposal on a permanent relocation scheme to be triggered in situations of mass influx; urges the Commission to activate the necessary mechanism, which was designed specifically for situations of mass influx; underlines, at the same time, the need to speed up the processing of asylum requests and the return of those whose requests have been rejected; expresses its support for the ‘hotspot’ approach, announced in the Agenda on Migration, aimed at strengthening the operational support when applicants first arrive, including for registration and the initial processing of applications, also for those who are not in need of protection; rejects any measures that de facto reinstate border controls, jeopardising the Schengen area;

Mr. John Crichton: Again, I don't have all the details, but there is a very comprehensive maintenance program, a preventive maintenance program, where the equipment has to be tested, whether it's broken or not, at certain intervals.

We are halfway to doing a better job, moving to an apprehension model, to a prevention-based model, that involves adequate funding and, more importantly, tripartite arrangements with First Nations so that they are actively involved in the development of the programming in a culturally sensitive way, as well as in a prevention way to help families in order to prevent chi ...[+++]ldren from being taken from their families. We find ways to help those families well before apprehension is necessary.

3. Welcomes the appointment of the European Union Special Representative (EUSR) for the Horn of Africa, as called for by Parliament in its aforementioned resolution of 10 May 2007 on the Horn of Africa; urges the HR/VP and the Commission to actively support the work of the EUSR by ensuring adequate financial and human resources and direct access to CSDP structures and missions, as well as to Commission development and humanitarian aid policy structures and programmes; recalls that in its resolution the European Parliament asked the EUSR for the Horn of Africa to submit regular reports to Parliament; welcomes, in t ...[+++]his regard, the EUSR’s regular reports to Parliament, and invites him to continue the dialogue and exchanges of views with its Members on a regular basis; also welcomes the appointment of a EUSR for Sudan and South Sudan; believes that with a view to securing full consultation and coordination of action, the two Special Representatives should be consulted on a regular basis by the competent programming services for the financial instruments for the external action of the EU and should provide them with regular political and strategic advice; points out the value of regular dialogue and coordination between the two EUSRs and the heads of the EU delegations in the region;