Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-09-23-Speech-1-060"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-09-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Common asylum procedure and internal security2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020923.5.1-060"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-09-23-Speech-1-0612
lpv:speaker	lp:Anna Terrón i Cusí2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries and the Gulf (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3,3 unknown; Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mrs Klamt, ladies and gentlemen, what most worries our group is the lack of progress on the part of the Member States and the European Council in relation to asylum and immigration policies. While here we are discussing whether or not we want an open coordination method, the debate in the streets focuses on the more than fifteen deaths there have been off the Italian coasts, on the endless people, bodies, which appear on the coasts of the South of my country, on situations such as Sangatte, which the European public find truly exasperating, in two ways: on the one hand, because we find this situation distressing, and on the other, because the prevalent feeling seems to be that we are facing chaos, a situation of insecurity which is out of control. Of course, we want Community procedures for asylum. We believe that the current situation cannot continue and we are therefore prepared to support the European Commission’s proposal on the open coordination method as a step forward on the common policy. Naturally, the open coordination method cannot replace the necessary legislative approximation and harmonisation, but it can aid the establishment of these policies, in relation to which we must effectively increase the role of the European Parliament, as well as the collaboration of the UNHCR and the NGOs. Having said this, I believe we must remember more that asylum is a right that our States grant to persecuted people – which is due to our States’ and our citizens’ commitment to freedom. Therefore, the societies offering asylum should feel pride and satisfaction. We are therefore – and I am now referring to the second part of the report – in favour of this asylum system functioning properly. I believe that providing the best possible security means also providing the best possible measures for protecting these people. I believe that the application of the Geneva Convention and greater care with the methods we have established, not in relation to asylum, but in relation to other types of legislation, such as the common definition of terrorism or the step forward represented by the European arrest order, are very important and, applied efficiently, should be sufficient to guarantee security without prejudicing the right to asylum. I would also like to express our concern with regard to the countries with the death penalty and I would like to say that we are against collaboration with, and naturally expulsion to, those countries and also against the routine and non-individualised review of cases. Mr President, I regret that my time has run out because I would like to reply to Mr Turco, but I believe that he has not spoken about this report and I will do so through a point of order."@en1

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