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The proposal for a recommendation on the position of the European Union at the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance contains a number of positive points. But there is, indeed, ‘no room for complacency’ in Europe. In fact, 50 years after the Holocaust, certain member countries played an active part in the genocide in Rwanda and many European minorities, such as gypsies, are still being persecuted today.
The centuries of slavery and colonisation weigh heavy in the history of the member countries. However, many countries continue to be pressurised and remain dependent and immigration policies give cause for concern. We have expressed our views on this before. The criminalisation of immigrants is a real scandal against people who are fleeing from political or economic oppression.
If we are actively to combat racism and xenophobia, we must respect the right of asylum, formulate a policy for regularising the status of all those without the necessary papers in Europe and grant nationals of third countries the right to vote and stand at all elections. Those are a few of the measures with which we can fight racism and xenophobia effectively. If it wants to satisfy the citizens’ needs, the European Union must finally decide to cancel the debt and impose the Tobin tax."@en1
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