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"I should very much like to support what Mr Pirker has just said. As a past Minister for Immigration and Asylum in the United Kingdom, I am well aware that the confusion with regard to determining which country should deal with any particular application has been an immense problem and one that has created a considerable level of friction between Members of the European Union. Unless it is tackled urgently, it will continue to be an area of friction as we look at the enlargement process.
The Dublin Convention in itself has always been important but it is the flaws in the Dublin Convention and our failure to administer the Dublin Convention properly, which has caused issues to arise which could even threaten the human rights of some of the applicants and individuals concerned.
All the countries that are signatories to the United Nations Convention of 1951 are well aware of the criteria for determining whether someone should be granted the extremely valuable and significant status of a refugee and I hope that nothing we ever do here would affect the right to make an application within those criteria.
However – with new technology, with new travelling arrangements, and indeed with people who want to abuse the system using that technology – it has become more and more difficult for the authorities to treat people in an appropriate and fair manner in handling their cases. Eurodac has to run hand in hand with the reform of the Dublin Convention and I am somewhat concerned at the attitude that the Council has adopted in the past.
Mr Pirker has spoken of the delays that have occurred and the numerous times that this vital issue has been reconsidered. My feelings are clear: if the Council wishes to reserve powers to itself when the information from Eurodac should be available to this democratic body, Parliament, then that is unacceptable.
That is all the more reason why we need to treat this matter with urgency, why we need to resolve it, and why Parliament should continue to play a strong role in the future in the superintendence and monitoring of vital issues relating to the granting refugee status to those who might apply.
I fully support Mr Pirker and I hope we make strong moves now to conclude this matter in the interests of everybody."@en1
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