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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, there are growing numbers of cases of what are known as stolen babies in Spain, or as they prefer to call them, appropriated children: between 200 000 and 300 000 babies between the 40s and the early 90s.
These were genuine plots, involving religious people, doctors and civil servants. Initially, the plots were ideological in nature, where children of political prisoners and republican women were stolen to be given to conservative families. The motives behind these plots soon became purely financial in nature, as stated by Fernando Tena, a sociologist and expert in this historical phenomenon.
They assumed they had the moral authority to steal babies from mothers with no means of support and give them to traditional families. This has begun to be brought to light in the last year or so, thanks to the tireless work of the stolen children associations, to whom I would like to express my utmost respect and whom I encourage to continue with their work.
I call on the Spanish Government to ensure that justice is done in each case, and on the European Union to continue its efforts to fight slavery and people trafficking.
I end with a phrase, Mr President: time is of the essence. There are many fathers and mothers who are not going to have the opportunity to find their children."@en1
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