The EU is one of the world's largest donors providing life-saving assistance to people affected by various crises.

Although I regret the fact that various proposals for amendments tabled by my group, which sought to ensure respect for the basic principles of law, have been rejected – for example the amendment establishing that a person accused of a crime shall be considered innocent in the eyes of the law until proven guilty; the right to a fair trial, the right to protection and the right not to be sentenced or punished by the courts twice for the same crime – this proposal for a regulation has incorporated amendments that enable us to guar ...[+++]antee the survival of people whose names feature on lists of terrorists or of people with connections to terrorists without any trial having taken place.

As the EU’s external walls rise higher, more and more people are falling into the hands of unscrupulous people – middlemen who profiteer from refugees’ anxiety, fear and desire to survive and give their families a better future.

Elementary survival techniques to enable people to escape from destitution and achieve a decent standard of living by creating local income need to be identified, disseminated, protected as far as intellectual property rights are concerned, and occasionally supplemented by the use of ultra-modern products or techniques. These survival techniques include proper use of waste, recycling skills, new varieties for market gardening and town gardens, "drop by drop watering", a whole range of hygiene techniques, etc. This vast field deserves to be fully explored on a scientific basis, both in sociologica ...[+++]l and technological terms.

Other than in emergency situations such as war or large-scale natural disaster, where the immediate concern is to ensure people's survival, food security issues normally arise at three levels.

6.2. Workers must be given suitable training in survival techniques, taking into account the criteria laid down in the safety and health document referred to in point 1.1.