Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-09-20-Speech-4-048"

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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	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010920.6.4-048"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-09-20-Speech-4-0492
lpv:speaker	lp:Carmen Cerdeira Morterero2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Partido Socialista Obrero Español (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South America and MERCOSUR (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, I would like to remind the House of the importance of the proposal we are debating today, for various reasons. Firstly, I believe we should make it very clear that this is a very important first step towards a common European asylum system which, in the long term, will be valid throughout the Union. Secondly, I believe that we must not now forget that what we are doing is no less than fulfilling one of the objectives agreed at the Tampere European Council, where respect for the right to asylum was reaffirmed in a completely unconditional way. Thirdly, despite possible discrepancies between parliamentary groups on certain points of the proposal we debated, we must not forget that, in reality, we are providing all the European national systems with a structure that may operate efficiently in accordance with the Geneva Convention on the status of refugees. I believe that the European Union, from this Parliament, cannot look the other way and fail to implement the instruments that Europe is developing at this moment. We must remember the Charter of Fundamental Rights which this House recently approved and that, if it is to be borne in mind in this particular field, it must always be with a view to implementing that which was agreed in the Geneva Convention and never to reduce it. For one reality we cannot forget is that, since the second half of 1996, the number of asylum seekers in the European Union has increased considerably, while the resolutions which recognise and grant that right have diminished alarmingly. For all these reasons I believe that the amendments that we have adopted in committee and which we are presenting to Parliament today have substantially improved the Council’s proposal and have highlighted certain very interesting questions, especially with regard to the safeguards for asylum seekers, the principle of non-return and also certain essential minimum requirements throughout the process of taking decisions on the recognition of this status, which require that each case be studied individually. These asylum requests cannot be resolved collectively. Despite the Commission’s misgivings, I believe that we will have taken a great step forward with these amendments, if they are also adopted today in Parliament."@en1

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