AMENDMENTS 111 - 586 - Draft report Laying down minimum rules to prevent and counter the facilitation of unauthorised entry, transit and stay in the Union, and replacing Council Directive 2002/90/EC and Council Framework Decision 2002/946 JHA
(7 a) Where an individual or organisation offers assistance to migrants through actions which are selfless and from which no financial benefit is derived, then those actions should not be criminalised. Such actions may include the carrying out of search and rescue operations, assistance to family members, assistance to third-country nationals in situations of danger or distress, the provision of legal assistance, information, transportation, medical assistance, healthcare, housing, shelter, clothing, food and water to third-country nationals, monitoring and reporting human rights abuses, peaceful disobedience, advocacy for policy change, or supporting third- country nationals in asserting their rights.