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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-10-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Outcome of the European Council and progress report on the Intergovernmental Conference (Brussels, 16-17 October 2003)2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031022.2.3-048"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-10-22-Speech-3-0492
lpv:speaker	lp:Jorge Salvador Hernández Mollar2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Partido Popular (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2002-09-03--2004-07-19)3 chair; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-09-10--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries and the Gulf (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2002-09-10--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I would like to address two messages to the President—in-Office of the Council and the President of the Commission. The first is that we cannot and must not end this debate without a serious and rigorous political commitment, in order to put an end once and for all to the deaths, exploitation and trafficking in human beings, in other words, to the terrible human tragedies which we see daily on the southern Mediterranean border. Commitments rather than words. To the wave of 528 immigrants who a few days ago landed on the Andalusian coasts and in the Canary Islands, we must also add the approximately 70 who, it appears, have died trying to reach the coasts of Sicily. It is very possible, moreover, that today or tomorrow we will continue to add to this doleful list. The second message is that the European Union, as such, cannot deal with common immigration and asylum policies unless the agreements which the Member States adopt, either in interesting meetings such as the one that took place in La Baule, which may lead to the beginning of strengthened cooperation in this field, or in the meetings of the Council of Ministers, are not then reflected in cooperative policies which lead to the burdens and responsibilities being shared, both from an economic point of view, and in terms of human and material resources. I believe, therefore, that we need also to provide, for example, for the need to create a European fund for the repatriation of illegal immigrants. There are some countries, such as my own, Spain, which face high costs in cases of repatriation. Having said this, it is essential also that countries of origin and transit take a much more responsible attitude, and particularly those countries with whom we have association agreements, which should fulfil all the terms of those agreements and not just the economic ones. Equally, within the framework of these agreements, the Commission and the Council should appeal firmly and insistently to countries which, as in the case of Morocco or Tunisia, are the origin of the tragic events I have referred to."@en1

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