Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-11-18-Speech-4-066"

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dcterms:Date	"1999-11-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Eurodac2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991118.5.4-066"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-11-18-Speech-4-0672
lpv:speaker	lp:Sir Graham Watson2
lpv:spoken text	"Liberals in this House have a number of concerns about the draft protocol that was put forward in this draft regulation. It carries a risk that it may blur the distinction between asylum-seekers and other types of immigrants. It carries the risk that it may diminish the protection of those who need it by mistakenly channelling them through normal immigration procedures rather than asylum procedures. There are certain “legal grey areas”. The extension of EURODAC to persons who are not seeking asylum is, conceivably, outside the competence of the Dublin Convention, for example. There is the risk that this protocol, this regulation, may be unworkable. Member States will have little incentive to fingerprint third country nationals whom they find illegally on their territory, if there is a risk that they may become responsible for them. Finally, there is a certain lack of clarity in some of the definitions used, like 'irregular crossing', 'illegally present' and so on. Nonetheless, we believe that the debates in this House, in our committee, have been such that we have a good report drawn up here with the support of most political groups and I congratulate the rapporteur on it. The Liberal Democrats will support this report. We will not support amendments 13 to 20: although we share concerns about finger-printing, we believe that the attempt to stop a register being created will fail to deal in realistic terms with the challenges that we face. Let me say one thing to Mr Schulz who raised the question of liberality. This is a time for cool heads and good argument. Mr Schulz cannot deny that we face a challenge in the Union with the number of people illegally present. We have to find a way of tackling that problem while at the same time protecting civil liberties. We believe that this report achieves that, and that is why we will be happy to give it our support."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Watson (ELDR )."1

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