Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-12-13-Speech-1-117"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2010-12-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Creation of an immigration liaison officers’ network (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20101213.17.1-117"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-12-13-Speech-1-1182
lpv:speaker	lp:Philip Claeys2
lpv:spokenAs	member; NA (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Vlaams Belang (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, it goes without saying that every agency working in the fight against illegal immigration can count on my support. If immigration liaison officers can make the work of, for example, Frontex more efficient, then that is a positive thing. I would like to stress that we should not spend so much time staring at institutional and bureaucratic processes that we can no longer see the wood for the trees. The problem of illegal immigration is a political problem and one that requires political will if we are to come up with solutions to it. Well, we have found out today that there are still Member States, such as Belgium, which reward illegal immigration, for political and ideological reasons. They are rewarding illegal immigrants by regularising their status or granting them residence permits. That way, illegal immigration is not combated, but actively encouraged. We can have as many immigration liaison officers and Frontex staff as we want but, in the meantime, the problem will just keep on getting worse. What annoys me most about the present report is the recommendation that we should no longer speak of ‘illegal immigration’, but of ‘irregular immigration’, as it is now called. Well, I just cannot get my head around that: we seem to want to solve the problem by giving it another name or by pretending that the problem no longer exists. This is positively Orwellian. Let us just call a spade a spade; let us be clear and refer to illegal immigration and illegal immigrants."@en1
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