Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-02-19-Speech-4-243"

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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	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20090219.35.4-243"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-02-19-Speech-4-2442
lpv:speaker	lp:Pedro Guerreiro2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; TRAN (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3,3 member; EUL/NGL (2005-01-13--2009-07-13)3,3 unknown; Partido Comunista Português (2005-01-13--2009-07-13)3,3 vice-chair; PECH (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3,3 member; Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (2005-03-08--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2005-01-18--2009-07-13)3,3 member; REGI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Regardless of the need to strengthen procedures aimed at combating the use of illegal workers, it is unacceptable that this directive punishes both the transgressor and the victims. The aim of this directive is to complement the shameful ‘Return’ Directive – which the Socialist Government in Portugal has adopted – by applying sanctions to employers of illegally staying workers and laying down, as a general and automatic rule, the procedure for expelling these workers, with rare exceptions. Expulsion should not be the alternative to over-exploitation of illegally staying migrant workers. This directive does not adopt the principle of protecting migrant workers and safeguarding those who, being forced to work in unacceptable conditions, report them. In addition, the directive does not fully protect the rights of these workers as it states that ‘when back payments are not made by the employer, Member States should not be obliged to fulfil this obligation’. By not protecting the rights of illegally staying migrant workers, given that it does not provide in general for their regularisation and instead exposes them to the threat of expulsion, this directive will make these workers more vulnerable and encourage illegal work situations which are even more hidden. This is yet another directive which lays bare the inhuman immigration policy of the EU, which is why we can only reject it."@en1

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