1. The document is a question submitted to the European Commission regarding Member States violating asylum rights. 2. It notes that several Member States have refused asylum petitions, shelter, and relocation for refugees, and even acquiesced to inhumane treatment. 3. The question asks which Member States have had infringement procedures opened against them regarding asylum, what the potential fines are for such infringements, and what sanctions President Juncker announced for Member States refusing refugees.

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AUTHOR(S): Beatriz Becerra Basterrechea, Sophie int veld, Paloma López Bermejo, Steklios
Kouloglou, Petras Austrevicius, Ivan Jakovcic, Tanja Fajon, Benedek Javor, Hans-Olaf
Henkel, Dubravka Suica, Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal, Kati Piri, Tibor Szanyi, Laura
Ferrara, Charles Goerens, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Maite Pagazartundúa, Nessa Childers,
Alessia Maria Mosca, Marielle de Sarnez, Marietje Schaake, Nathalie Griesbeck, Julie
Ward, Ramón Jáuregui, Eleonora Evi, Catherine Stihler, Niedermueller Péter, Bodil
Valero
SUBJECT:
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Action against Member States violating the universal rights of asylum seekers
TEXT:
In the midst of the current refugee crisis several Member States have violated the right of asylum as
established in the acquis communautaire and in international law.
These countries have violated this right by not studying asylum petitions, refusing to participate in shelter
and relocation, and even by acquiescing in inhumane treatment of refugees.
In this sense, the European Commission opened 32 infringement procedures last week regarding asylum.
Furthermore, President Juncker has declared that all Member States refusing to give sanctuary to
refugees will have to pay economic compensations.
Considering these Member States have violated the right to asylum acknowledged by the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, the European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights, and other
international treaties, and given their behaviour is not aligned to the principles of solidarity and respect
for human dignity upon which the Union is founded, I ask the Commission:
1.- Which Member States have had these infringement procedures opened against them?
2.- What amounts could the fines be for such infringement?
3.- What will the sanctions announced by President Juncker for Member States which refuse to take in
refugees consist of?
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COMMISSIONVICE-PRESIDENT / HIGH REPRESENTATIVE
COUNCILPRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL

2. Signature(s): Date: 08/09/2015