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叠10鈥�0130/2025

Motion for a European 合法博彩网站 resolution on the repression by the Ortega-Murillo regime in Nicaragua, targeting human rights defenders, political opponents and religious communities in particular

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鈥�听having regard to Rule 150(5) of its Rules of Procedure,

A.听whereas the Ortega-Murillo regime has since 2018 targeted Christians in retaliation for their peaceful opposition to a social security reform; whereas, in addition to the repression against the Catholic Church in recent years, the evangelical church and other religious communities are now also increasingly targeted; whereas Christian schools, TV stations and charities have been closed and churches monitored and intimidated;

B.听whereas the Ortega-Murillo regime traffics migrants to systematically increase migration pressure on the United States (US) and fuel remittance payments, which now comprise 30 per cent of Nicaragua鈥檚 gross domestic product; whereas the Ortega-Murillo regime has loosened visa restrictions for countries across the Caribbean, Asia and Africa and sells short-time visas to migrants; whereas the Ortega-Murillo regime organises charter flights for migrants, charging migrants exorbitant visa fees; whereas 10 per cent of all migrants arriving at the US鈥� southern border start the trek in Nicaragua;

C.听whereas according to US Customs and Border Protection figures, more than 80 per cent of people held or denied entry between October 2020 and June 2024 were citizens from Latin America;

1.听Strongly condemns the severe persecution of Christians and political opponents by the Ortega-Murillo regime;

2.听Strongly condemns the weaponisation of migration by the Ortega-Murillo regime; emphasises that migration is becoming a systemic geopolitical challenge;

3.听Notes that the increasing number of illegal migrants to the US directly relates to the growth in human trafficking and smuggling by criminal groups; refers, in this regard, to a 2023 report by the US Department of Homeland Security, indicating that 80 per cent of illegal border crossings were organised by smugglers, resulting in an estimated revenue between 4 billion to 12 billion US dollar a year;

4.听Strongly supports the executive orders of the new US Donald Trump administration in the field of asylum and migration;

5.听Is of the opinion, that the sanctions imposed on Nicaragua, particularly by the USA and the EU, are counterproductive, worsening the economic and humanitarian situation;

6.听Notes that more than a fifth of Nicaragua鈥檚 population has already left the country and is worried that new punitive economic sanctions will only lead to further emigration;

7.听Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Vice- President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the European External Action Service, the governments and parliaments of the Member States and the President, government and parliament of Nicaragua.