Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-10-13-Speech-3-138"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-10-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Future of the area of freedom, security and justice2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041013.6.3-138"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-10-13-Speech-3-1392
lpv:speaker	lp:Simon Busuttil2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I would like to start by registering my strong protest at the lack of interpretation facilities in Maltese. It is an official language of the European Union and yet the interpretation booth up there is empty. These are shortcomings that are quite inconvenient and frankly unacceptable. I wanted to take the floor to draw attention to the very serious situation that my country is facing on the issue of illegal immigration. During the first nine months of this year alone, 1 200 boat people landed in Malta. Some may think that 1 200 is not such an extraordinary number, but when you consider the size of Malta and its very high population density, one would immediately acknowledge that the situation is indeed very grave. To give you a clearer picture, 1 200 immigrants landing in Malta are roughly equivalent – in terms of impact – to as many as 140 000 people landing in Sicily. And this in the first nine months of this year alone. Therefore, the impact is massive and it is clear that my country needs support to be able to cope with this serious situation. On the issue of illegal immigration, it is very easy to point fingers at others. It is less easy to shoulder the responsibility of dealing with a constant influx of boat people when you have insufficient means to cope with them. Therefore, as a minimum, we must acknowledge that this is not just one country's problem, or that of a few countries: it is a common European problem. As such we should seek a common European solution. The European Union should therefore put its money where its mouth is and help the affected countries equip themselves better to cope with the situation. In particular, adequate financial resources should be allocated to help them improve their infrastructure and services to be better able to handle the situation. We say the European Union is built on the principle of subsidiarity. On this issue the time has come to move from words to action and to express solidarity in practice."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) (2004-09-20--2007-03-13)3 substitute; REGI (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; BUDG (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Partit Nazzjonalista (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; CONT (2004-07-22--2005-02-20)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Busuttil (PPE-DE )."1

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