Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-09-20-Speech-4-086"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-09-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:VOTE (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010920.9.4-086"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-09-20-Speech-4-0872
lpv:speaker	lp:Dominique F.C. Souchet2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AGRI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; NA (2001-01-31--2004-07-19)3 substitute; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Mouvement pour la France (2000-11-23--2004-07-19)3 substitute; PECH (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-09-14--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	". Following the attacks on New York and Washington, there can be no consideration of any policy dealing with the movement of persons unless absolute priority is given to the implications for citizens' safety. The implementation of asylum policy is no exception to this imperative. Today even more than yesterday, the Watson report's proposals appear to be an example of what should not be done, because their ultimate effect would be to gravely and dangerously weaken the degree of security which the citizens of our countries must enjoy. To multiply, indefinitely and to the point of absurdity, the guarantees of all sorts which the Watson report and the amendments adopted by Parliament propose to bestow on asylum-seekers whose requests have been adjudged to be manifestly unfounded, even though we know that three quarters of asylum requests fall into this category, may appear to be generous, but it opens the door to the gravest errors. The concept of ‘benefit of the doubt’ is difficult to reconcile with the demands of security. At a time when the most rigorous measures are being put in place, our Parliament is indulging in an extremely lax approach which can only lead to an increase in illegal immigration and, along with this, further infiltration by terrorist networks. Why then do all the Watson report's proposals deal exclusively with asylum-seekers and none of them with the security of the citizens of European countries? Such an imbalance, which, I might add, is found in the proposal for a directive as much as in the Watson report, is not acceptable. It is imperative that it be corrected so that both the legitimate rights of genuine asylum-seekers and the legitimate desire of our countries' citizens for security and protection may be taken into account."@en1

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