Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-10-06-Speech-3-185"

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dcterms:Date	"2010-10-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders of Member States (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20101006.14.3-185"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-10-06-Speech-3-1862
lpv:speaker	lp:Georgios Papanikolaou2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-10-06--2014-06-30)3,3 substitute; CULT (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3,3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3,3 member; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3,3 member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3,3 unknown; Nea Demokratia (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the abolition of visa requirements for citizens from all the countries of the Western Balkans is real proof of the European prospects of their people. It is very important that Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina now meet the terms and conditions and indicators required for exemption from the visa regime. However, I should like to add a few points to what has already been said and to draw our attention to the following three comments: firstly, we will need, from now on, to be particularly careful and strict in terms of compliance with obligations in the illegal immigration sector. More importantly, I would remind the House that, in 2009, the land border between Greece and Albania and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia accounted for the largest percentage, namely 34%, of illegal immigrants apprehended throughout the European Union. Secondly, we must not ignore concerns about a possible increase in the number of economic migrants from these countries to the countries in the rest of the European Union for one additional reason: experience here in Brussels about a year ago from the increase in the number of applications for political asylum from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro is still fresh. At that time, as we have been reminded, special action was needed by the Belgian Government immediately after visa requirements were lifted. Finally, the questions raised here by certain Member States need answers and the Presidency needs to keep its promise and organise a meeting of experts to examine the points which some Members feel are still outstanding. These are outstanding issues which need to be sorted out if the procedure is to progress smoothly."@en1
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