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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-10-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021022.5.2-085"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-10-22-Speech-2-0862
lpv:speaker	lp:Erik Meijer2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Socialistische Partij (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	". Europe is one of the world's most prosperous, democratic and stable continents. It therefore comes as no surprise that many people who are persecuted, threatened or harassed in other countries seek refuge over here. With them come others who are not being persecuted but who are attracted by the level of prosperity in Europe. If these people have been trained in a specialist field in which there is a shortage of manpower over here, they are even actively recruited, often at the expense of facilities in their countries of origin. Real refugees, on the other hand, are increasingly less welcome. Some EU Member State governments are now considering nothing but the numbers. Restricting the number of refugees, therefore, is seen as preferable to a sound assessment of the reasons why people flee and the extent to which they are in danger. It is time we stopped this practice and took the need of the refugees themselves as a guiding principle. We should stop extraditing people to states that are unsafe for them, refusing to reunite families or refusing to recognise persecution on the basis of intolerance or sex discrimination. On 24 September, the Evans Report on asylum and security was a step in the right direction, even though my group took the view that these proposals did not go far enough. These proposals, however, ultimately attracted more no-votes than yes-votes."@en1

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