Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-04-08-Speech-1-131"

Predicate	Value (sorted: default)
rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-04-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Asylum applications2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020408.9.1-131"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-04-08-Speech-1-1322
lpv:speaker	lp:Ewa Hedkvist Petersen2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Socialdemokratiska arbetarepartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, it is very easy to feel powerless faced with the asylum situation we have in Europe. It is easy to feel powerless faced with the fact that so many people need this protection, but also faced with the inability we have in many quarters to integrate asylum seekers and immigrants into our Member States. That is a very important question, and I therefore wish to begin by thanking my colleague, Mr Marinho, for all the work he has put into this report. I also wish, of course, to thank the Commission for its proposal. I want to emphasise what Mr Marinho said about how important it is for the Member States to take this issue seriously now and to exchange words for action. The proposal concerning responsibility for asylum applications is a small, but very important, step in developing a common asylum policy in the EU. In spite of the Schengen Agreement and the removal of borders within this area, there are big differences between the Member States when it comes to the ways in which refugees are received and to asylum seekers’ ability to obtain residence documents. It is therefore especially important to asylum seekers themselves that there should be a shared approach to receiving refugees and to processing applications. It is therefore gratifying that the EU can now go a step further than the Dublin Convention did. Shorter processing times reduce the risk of lengthy waiting periods, with all that these entail in terms of uncertainty for asylum seekers. The proposals for strengthening the rights of children when it comes to their own families are especially important. Children who are left alone to flee from war and oppression must receive all the support we can give them. An important contribution to this is the extended concept of the family which we now have the opportunity to take a decision on. Finally, I want to point out that it is important that we have respect for the choices people make as to their family circumstances so that, in this area too, we try to put different forms of partnership and cohabiting on an equal footing."@en1

Named graphs describing this resource:

The resource appears as object in 2 triples

Context graph