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"Mr President, in spite of all the fine words which we have just heard, it seems clear to me that after the enormous effort that went into Tampere, the results are something of an anti-climax. The only resolution adopted was to adopt the resolution to adopt a resolution at a later date in order to resolve the problems we face.
Yet the situation is urgent. While all the States in Tampere were pledging their commitment to human rights, the Belgian government was sending several dozen gypsies back to Slovakia by chartered plane, under military guard. In France, due to changes in the legislation, around 70,000 immigrants now find themselves without the proper documents, in an illegal situation. In Saint-Denis in the Parisian region, six of them started a hunger strike more than 30 days ago.
The question remains, how can Member States be forced to respect the rights and the dignity of immigrants and asylum-seekers? In concrete terms, this means freedom of movement, voting rights, the right to live together as a family, abolition of the double penalty, regularisation of the situation of immigrants without proper documents, and an end to racist discrimination. The Tampere approach is, thus, a poor one. Rather than harmonising the repressive laws in this Europe which more and more resembles a fortress, let us establish real status and real rights for immigrants and asylum-seekers throughout the Community."@en1
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