Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-10-21-Speech-1-098"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-10-21"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Refugee status for third country nationals and stateless persons2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021021.7.1-098"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-10-21-Speech-1-0992
lpv:speaker	lp:Roberta Angelilli2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries and the Gulf (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; UEN (1999-07-22--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Alleanza nazionale (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I would like to start by saying how necessary it is to lay the foundations for a policy shared by all the Member States on immigration strategies, on combating illegal immigration and therefore on a common definition of the right to asylum too. In particular, as regards the right to asylum, many Member States complain that the amount of applications they receive is excessive, condemning the attempts of some asylum applicants to abuse asylum procedures in order to get round Member States’ immigration laws. Indeed, it is essential to make a clear distinction between immigration, illegal immigration, the trafficking and exploitation of human beings and the right to asylum, the latter being a right which must retain its valuable, specific status as a human right which must be safeguarded. From this point of view, the report, pursuing what is supposed to be an open, progressive line of reasoning, widens the definition of the right to asylum – a fundamental right which, as such, cannot have too wide a definition – excessively and inappropriately, first and foremost because those requesting protection and those requesting the status of refugee are, in practice, placed on the same level, and secondly, because the report proposes too wide a definition of the right to asylum granted subsequently to family members too. Indeed, family members eligible for international protection include same-sex partners and partners’ children, and likewise, when it comes to minors, members of a minor’s family other than the minor’s actual parents can be considered to be their parents, and they therefore do not necessarily have to have lived together with the applicant in their country of origin. Therefore, unless amendments are adopted which make substantial changes to the text, particularly with a view to reducing the scope of the definition of ‘family member’ in the context of the right of family reunification, my group will vote against the motion."@en1

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