Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-04-04-Speech-1-171-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-04-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU response to the migration flows in North Africa and the Southern Mediterranean, in particular, in Lampedusa - Migration flows arising from instability: scope and role of EU foreign policy (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110404.19.1-171-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-04-04-Speech-1-172-0002
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, what we are now witnessing in Lampedusa was described and predicted as early as in 1973 by the French writer, Jean Raspail, in his prophetic novel . The only difference is that reality is surpassing fiction. Europe needs to take control of this situation instead of just letting it happen. It is absurd to first applaud regime change in Tunisia and Egypt and to then immediately accept migrants or, more precisely, so-called refugees, from those countries. Everybody knows that virtually no one on those boats, which are mooring in Lampedusa, is eligible to be recognised as a political refugee. However, those people are now being allowed into European territory and, with the support of all kinds of subsidised groups, human traffickers and expensive lawyers, they will be starting procedures, drawing them out as long as possible and, if need be, going underground if they are not recognised as refugees. Judging by current events, Frontex is not protecting the external borders of Europe; it is treating them as a sort of welcoming committee. Those boats should be escorted back to the places they are coming from and genuine refugees should, as far as possible, be accepted in their own region instead of in Europe. It is also of fundamental importance that a number of international conventions are adapted to the needs of today."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"en masse"1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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