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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-03-28"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Refugee Fund 2008 to 2013 (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"mt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120328.21.3-212-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-03-28-Speech-3-213-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Simon Busuttil2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EPP (2009-07-14--2013-04-05)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2013-04-05)3 unknown; Partit Nazzjonalista (2009-07-14--2013-04-05)3 member; Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo (2009-09-16--2013-04-05)3 member; PETI (2012-01-19--2013-04-05)3 substitute; IMCO (2012-01-19--2013-04-05)3 substitute; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-09-16--2013-04-05)3 member; LIBE (2012-01-19--2013-04-05)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I will be fully supporting the decision to establish this programme for two main reasons. First and foremost because, for the first time ever, we will have a programme operating on a European level through which we will be able to resettle or transfer refugees from countries outside the European Union to countries of the European Union. This programme will also be providing financial aid to countries which are willing to accept refugees from outside the European Union. The United States, for example, have implemented a similar programme which is achieving very good results and has proven itself to be highly effective. Through this programme, the United States are able to provide help to people requiring international protection. This is a noble gesture, and we will be organizing and encouraging a similar effort on a European level, as necessary. In July last year, the Parliamentary delegation to the border between Libya and Tunisia which I was leading came across 5000 people who were forced to live in tents in Xuxa after fleeing from the conflict taking place in Libya. These people were mainly from countries like Somalia, Eritrea and Sudan, and they had to flee Libya although they did not have any other place to go to. These refugees could have easily qualified for transfers under the programme which we will be adopting today. The second reason why I will be supporting this programme is that such an initiative will give these refugees the chance to enter Europe without having to pay criminal organisations in order to board boats and cross the Mediterranean Sea, and without having to risk their lives in the process. Therefore, this programme will allow us to fight organised crime and reduce the number of deaths occurring in the Mediterranean Sea, since it will allow the direct transfer of refugees to any European country willing to accept them. Thank you very much."@en1
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