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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2009-02-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20090219.35.4-240"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-02-19-Speech-4-2412
lpv:speaker	lp:Lena Ek2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Centerpartiet (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2007-03-27--2009-07-13)3 substitute; FEMM (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; ITRE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ENVI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"( ) I voted in favour of the report on sanctions against employers of illegally staying third-country nationals. The proposal aims to prevent the exploitation of illegally staying third-country nationals by employers and to strengthen the rights of workers. The person who is to be punished in the event of illegal employment is the employer who breaks the law, not the worker. There is an absence of this type of legislation in certain countries within the EU. Other countries have legislation, but it is not implemented or observed. Common EU rules to prevent exploitation and the employment of illegally staying workers are therefore one way of raising the bar for many EU countries. The proposal that we are voting on today has many shortcomings. If the decision had been mine, many parts of it would have been different. I would have liked to see greater protection for women involved in domestic work, for example. However, the alternative is to have no directive at all and therefore less protection for the four to eight million illegally staying third-country nationals who are currently working illegally within the EU and who, in their very vulnerable situation, are repeatedly exploited by employers. While it is important to prevent illegal immigration and the exploitation of illegally staying third-country nationals, we must also ensure that we increase the opportunities for people to settle and seek work within the EU on a legal basis. This is regulated in other directives that we, in the European Parliament, have been involved in negotiating over the last year."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Lena Ek (ALDE ),"1 "SV"1 "in writing."1

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