Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-09-23-Speech-1-066"
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"Mr President, first of all I would like to protest against the expulsion of political refugees, which infringes the most basic right of asylum, such as the expulsion of the Italian refugee Paolo Persichetti by the French Government, in particular as subsequent French Governments have provided luxurious exile for a number of deposed dictators and protected them from their own people.
Contrary to Mr Evans’s report, which, despite certain positive aspects, is still too timid in its approach, I believe the right of asylum should be absolute and unquestionable. More generally, however, all EU States need to resolve the situation of the tens of thousands of people who arrive in their territory having fled either dictatorships or types of oppression such as that suffered, for example, by women in certain countries, or simply having fled poverty. All the national governments have an inhumane, reactionary policy in this area, refusing large numbers of these immigrants the right to the appropriate papers to enable them to stay in the country and work. It is unacceptable for a category of men and women to be deprived of all their rights, thus falling prey to slum landlords and to employers looking for poorly-paid undeclared workers.
If the European Parliament wanted to show that it represents progress, at least on this point, it should make its position clear. It should put pressure on national politicians so that immigrant workers are granted not only the legal papers that would allow them to come out of the shadows into the light and live in dignity, but also the opportunity to enjoy the same political, trade union and community rights as all European Union citizens."@en1
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