Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-12-13-Speech-1-084"

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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	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20101213.16.1-084"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-12-13-Speech-1-0852
lpv:speaker	lp:Marije Cornelissen2
lpv:spokenAs	member; FEMM (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; EMPL (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 vice-chair; G/EFA (2009-07-14--2012-01-31)3 unknown; GroenLinks (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, we have a situation where a number of misguided Serbs and Macedonians have applied for asylum in Belgium, Sweden and Germany since the introduction of visa-free travel. I support the call of the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) for us to ensure that the inhabitants of the Balkans are better informed, but there is something else important to bear in mind here. First of all, there are other people, too, who do not understand what visa-free travel actually entails. I have heard Dutch members of this Parliament saying, in all seriousness, that we are now going to have hordes of asylum seekers coming to take our jobs, just like the Poles did, and I am not even talking about the delegation of the Dutch Freedom Party (PVV). That suggestion is not only absolutely ridiculous, but could also do a great deal of harm. They are playing on the fear and ignorance of our citizens. Secondly, those asylum seekers were almost exclusively members of ethnic minorities. If there is anything on which we need to call Serbia and Macedonia to account, it is that they have to do much more to improve the position of these ethnic minorities. So yes, let us ensure that the inhabitants of the Balkans are better informed, but let us ensure that members of this House and citizens and ministers of the EU are better informed of what visa-free travel actually entails."@en1
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