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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-10-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Results of the informal summit of heads of state and government (Lahti, 20 October 2006) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20061025.4.3-057"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-10-25-Speech-3-0582
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	"Mr President, the subject of immigration should in fact have been discussed more widely at Lahti. I believe that this was requested by all the countries situated on Europe’s borders, and in particular by the countries of the South. We are very concerned, because it is evident that the Member States are still dragging their feet with regard to drawing up a genuine common policy in the field of immigration. What is more, some people want to approach the issue of immigration solely from the point of view of cracking down on it. However, in my view, the urgency is first and foremost humanitarian. We must combat the exploitation of immigrants by networks seeking to lower labour costs and bypass labour laws and rules on social protection. In the European Parliament yesterday we had an enlightening hearing enabling us to observe that, on European soil, immigrants are considered as slaves. They are largely underpaid, forced to work extremely long hours and housed in terrible conditions. They are ill-treated. Some have suffered physical assaults. It is because it was confronted with these unacceptable living conditions and people without rights that Spain decided to regularise all those working in its territory, and I pay tribute here to the immense courage shown by that country. Mass regularisation is not, and must not be, a solution. In this case, however, to act otherwise was impossible. It had to be done. We must all now be vigilant in our countries in order to ensure that all working immigrants have rights and are considered in the same way as all other workers. That is what the credibility of the Union and its values requires of us. If we really want to be effective in the field of immigration, the Member States must finally agree to work together in order to put in place a genuine policy on legal immigration and, above all, a genuine co-development policy, as close to the people as possible. Member States must also take great care not to enrich dictators or fuel corruption."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"en masse"1

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