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". – Mr President, in addition to the answers already given by President Prodi, I would like to call the attention of the House to the fact that as far as return policy is concerned, very intensive work is under way on the programme for return to Afghanistan, thanks to the commitment of the Danish Presidency. In 2003 the Commission will present a directive on minimum rules on return policy, above all in order to guarantee the mutual recognition of return decisions taken by a Member State. Such decisions should be automatically recognised and executed by the other Member States.
The Commission has recently presented a proposal for a European return programme. That is already under discussion in the Council's specialised working groups.
When it comes to integration policy, we have put forward a proposal to create some pilot projects between 2003 and 2005 in order to promote the exchange of best practices as far as integration policy is concerned. However, it has to be recognised that there is no explicit legal basis in the Treaty for dealing with integration policy at European level. Therefore we need to discuss the added value of addressing integration policy in European-wide terms.
Thirdly, as far as immigration and asylum is concerned, I can reiterate that the Commission has put forward all the proposals asked of it by the Tampere European Council and the Laeken Council. The time has now come for the Council to decide.
The only two new elements of asylum policy that we are taking into consideration are two proposals that are included in our programme for 2003. The first one concerns resettlement policy and the second protection in the region – the possibility of asking for asylum outside the territory of the European Union. These two proposals will follow very closely the consultations launched by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Thirdly, concerning the Seville Conclusions, I would draw your attention to the fact that the Commission has already presented to the Council the proposal on mandates for new readmission agreements with the People's Republic of China, Albania, Algeria and Turkey. In June 2003 we are supposed to present, as set out in our programme, the report on burden sharing on external border control. We are now preparing a report on the financial allocations for partnerships with third countries aimed at tackling illegal immigration. The report aims to identify effective allocations of financial tools, possible shortcomings and the vulnerabilities that must be overcome in the future.
When it comes to external borders, I can confirm that the Commission intends to present a reform of the common manual on external borders in March 2003. All the other actions asked of us in Seville, such as joint training and joint operation in the control of external borders, are already being developed by the appropriate Council working group and will be financed by the Commission's ARGO programme.
Finally, we recognise the fight against terrorism as a priority for 2003. As far as legislative action is concerned, priority should be given to the fight against sources of financing for terrorism, and several of the proposals included in our programme address this challenge.
As Mrs Terrón i Cusí said, we intend to bring forward proposals concerning common procedural guarantees in criminal procedures. We have launched a consultation and intend to build upon the results of that consultation in a green paper. We shall therefore be bringing forward a proposal on common minimum rules on criminal procedure guarantees in the 15 Member States by the end of next year."@en1
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