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"One in four women in Europe have experienced physical acts of violence during their adult lives and one in ten have been victims of sexual violence involving the use of force. In the face of figures like these, it is urgent that we act to combat this violence against women in the European Union. I am therefore supporting the report by Mrs Svensson. Rape, which at present is still not considered a criminal offence in several Member States, and other forms of sexual violence against women, must be recognised as crimes in all countries in the Union and the perpetrators must be automatically prosecuted. In order to protect women migrants and asylum seekers, I also call for a legal framework to be established that gives immigrant women the right to hold their own passport and residence permit and makes it possible to hold a person ‘criminally responsible’ for taking these documents away. Furthermore, I call for easier access to legal aid, in order to allow victims to assert their rights. I believe it is essential for this aid to be free and would have liked this point to have appeared clearly in the report."@en1
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