Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-09-20-Speech-4-035"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-09-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Refugee status in Member States (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010920.6.4-035"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-09-20-Speech-4-0362
lpv:speaker	lp:Baroness Sarah Ludford2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, the objective of this important report is to produce an asylum system that is fair: fair on asylum seekers, but fair on taxpayers too. This report is not about who you should accept as a refugee, and I remind Mr Schmitt of that, but about how you decide which claims are valid. It is a great fallacy to assume that if you give asylum seekers less help in making their claims, they will somehow disappear and cost less time and money. Governments in search of populist headlines about the number of applications rejected from so-called bogus asylum seekers should tell the truth. The truth is that cutting corners early on in the procedure ends up costing a lot more in administration, court time, lawyers and the cost of food and shelter. I fear that Mr Schmitt did not understand this truth and has somehow misled Members of his group. I appeal therefore to those moderate Members of the Conservative/Christian Democrat Group to join the majority in this Parliament in strengthening the guarantees in the asylum procedure, because investment in high quality initial decisions including such matters as assistance with interpretation, legal advice, proper interviews and reasonable time limits, is a good bargain. Then on the question of fair treatment I would like to stress in particular the use of the safe third country concept. My group accepts the use of this concept as a guidance, but it must be one which is capable of being rebutted in an individual case. It is perfectly fair that an asylum seeker from, say, Canada, will have a greater job convincing the authorities that asylum is justified, compared to someone coming for example from Iraq. But it should be possible to make that case through individual assessment, not with a blanket dismissal of the claim."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-09-13--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Liberal Democrat Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-09-13--2002-01-14)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with South-east Europe (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Ludford (ELDR )."1

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