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"We have today voted in favour of Mrs Lambert’s report because, in many areas, it improves upon the minimum standards that, under the auspices of the EU, an attempt is now unfortunately being made to establish when it comes to refugees and persons with subsidiary refugee status.
The report seeks to broaden the range of people to whom the standards would apply and to improve conditions and rights. For example, the Commission’s proposal relates exclusively to third country nationals and stateless persons, while EU citizens are not covered by it. The report attempts to correct this state of affairs, for it would be an odd and dangerous signal to send to the international community that the EU countries, which have each individually signed the Geneva Convention, are able to decide mutually to exempt themselves from the scope of the international agreement, believing as they do that the Convention cannot be applied to their own citizens.
Moreover, the Commission proposes that persons with refugee status must have more extensive rights. That is naturally a good thing, but it should also apply to persons with subsidiary refugee status, as recommended by the rapporteur.
The June Movement is in favour of a humane refugee policy. We support every human being’s right to a life of dignity, but we believe as a matter of principle that this aim is not best served by developing a common European refugee policy based on the supranational first pillar of which the proposal in the report is a part."@en1
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