Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-10-11-Speech-3-089"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-10-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Informal summit in Lahti and EU-Russia relations following the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20061011.14.3-089"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-10-11-Speech-3-0902
lpv:speaker	lp:Martine Roure2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2004-09-21--2007-03-13)3,3 substitute; BUDG (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 member; LIBE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3 unknown; Parti socialiste (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 member; Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (2006-01-19--2007-02-14)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, Madam President-in-Office of the Council, Mr President of the Commission, the most recent summits in Tampere and Luxembourg again showed the limits of European immigration policy and the limits of solidarity amongst European governments. We therefore hope that you will be able, in Lahti, to at last tackle the underlying causes of immigration. If we want to have fewer people arriving on our southern borders, the answer is not, and never will be, to increase patrols and speed up return flights. I have met these immigration applicants: all the hope of their family and of their village rests on them and some of them would prefer death to failure. Combating illegal immigration, therefore, does not mean condemning these victims by sending them back to a destiny from which they were trying to escape; it means targeting the people who organise the trafficking, who deceive people by holding out the prospect of a better future in Europe, and targeting those who exploit them in Europe. Should we not also make European policy on visas more flexible? That is the way to fight against clandestine activity. If it is true that we need workers, we need people with rights, not slaves. We have to accept that regularisations may be necessary in order to fight against the exploiters. Trafficking in human beings can only be combated effectively if we take action against undeclared employment and the exploitation of migrants in our own countries. We also have to admit that we have been paying for Africa for a long time, we have to admit that our codevelopment policies have not been fair, and we have to allow for massive development of poor countries. Until now Europe has been happy just to make declarations of good intentions. We have to invest massively in these countries and also help to create public services that are accessible to everyone and to set up businesses that will pay their employees fairly, which, it has to be said, is not always the case at present. Workers are often exploited by European businesses in their own country and that, I repeat, is something that we must not be afraid to say. Finally, our Member States have to realise that we must work together and that we will not be able to really do anything by each keeping ourselves to ourselves. Let us go beyond our national selfishness which is leading straight into disaster."@en1

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