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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2010-12-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU-Georgia agreement on facilitation of issuance of visas - EU-Georgia agreement on readmission of persons residing without authorisation - Visa liberalisation scheme in Serbia and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - Implementation of the EU-Russia visa facilitation agreement (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20101213.16.1-080"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-12-13-Speech-1-0812
lpv:speaker	lp:Nikolaos Salavrakos2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Popular Orthodox Rally - G. Karatzaferis (2009-10-14--2014-06-30)3 member; AFET (2009-10-21--2012-01-18)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-11-25--2014-06-30)3 substitute; PECH (2009-10-21--2012-01-18)3 member; PETI (2009-10-21--2012-01-18)3 member; EFD (2009-10-14--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, as we all know, the visa exemption has applied to biometric passport holders from FYROM, Serbia and Montenegro since 19 December 2009. Nonetheless, concerns are being voiced by Member States of the European Union – and were voiced today by Commissioner Malmström – about the increase in the number of asylum applications by Serbian and FYROM citizens and the possibility of a situation arising which will jeopardise the issuing of visas and the point of the measure. My country, Greece, backed the prospect of abolishing visa requirements for citizens from all Western Balkan countries, as real proof of their European prospects. This was first formulated on the agenda in Thessaloniki in June 2003 and in the spirit of the Greek initiative for Agenda 2014. This notwithstanding, I must express my concern as to whether the criteria of the road map are being applied by these countries and as to whether immigration flows from these countries to Member States of the European Union are being controlled, especially now that the European family is being shaken by the financial crisis and cannot bear the weight of more immigrants. We have to understand that more visa facilitation agreements are designed to facilitate travel within the European Union, not immigration or other illegal activities, such as human trafficking."@en1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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