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lpv:speaker	lp:Hanja Maij-weggen2
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lpv:translated text	". Mr President, when the report by Mr Evans was being written, we were still oblivious to the tragedy of 11 September. In the opinion of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights and Defence Policy to this report, however, a number of recommendations were made which, precisely against the backdrop of 11 September, are very pertinent indeed. This Parliament has often called for a common and unambiguous policy on evaluating whether or not countries are safe. It is not acceptable that some Member States should declare countries safe, therefore refuse to receive refugees and asylum seekers, while other countries do. The security services and embassies of our Member States should join forces in this respect. Since 1992, there has been a structure in place, comprising CIREA and the High Level Working Group, but they do not operate well together. And they certainly do not work well with the Member States. We are therefore asking for an improved and transparent structure to be introduced in this field. In addition, in a Union with open borders, discrepancies in admissions policy are untenable, and a joint foreign policy is also totally inappropriate if we fail to sing from the same hymn sheet. In that sense, I would make an urgent appeal to the Commission to do something about this. Afghanistan is, in fact, a good illustration of how things can work. A second observation pertains to the aid to those countries that receive large groups of refugees. We should provide far more aid to those countries, and especially the UNHCR. In principle, it is better for people who flee to remain in the vicinity of their own country, so that they can return quickly. But they do need support. However, the UNHCR resources have been cut back drastically by the European Commission, and we believe that this situation should be improved promptly. Moreover, we also believe that people should receive more education in the camps so that they do not fall victim to radicalism and crime. Finally, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy would like to point at the need to be a lot more pro-active in terms of conflict prevention. It would be of great benefit to us if we could close the ranks better in the EU in this respect. In that way, conflict could be prevented. The recommendations made by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy have been adopted unanimously in the committee. It would be unfortunate, in my opinion, if Mr Evans’ report would lead to diversity. I would like to dare him to work closely with the other groups in order to reach unanimity. We would then, at least, be able to support his report."@en1

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