The S&D Group today condemns the Commission’s proposal to allow the suspension of EU asylum rules at the border with Belarus at the request of Member States.
 

With the rise of new technology and social media, more and more women and girls are experiencing harassment, stalking and other kinds of threats whilst online. It is estimated that 1 in 10 women in the EU have been victims of sexual harassment via digital tools since the age of 15.

The S&D Group is laying the groundwork for a solidarity-based response system in the EU’s common and asylum policy when faced with crisis situations. In the draft report of the crisis regulation, LIBE chair and rapporteur Juan Fernando López Aguilar is proposing a new mandatory relocation framework to share responsibility and wants to introduce evacuation programmes to deal with emergency situations like in Belarus and Afghanistan. This proposal would avoid the instrumentalisation of migrants.
 

On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the Socialists and Democrats call on the European Commission to keep its word and finally present a strong directive to prevent and combat all forms of violence against women and girls.