Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-10-21-Speech-1-099"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-10-21"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Refugee status for third country nationals and stateless persons2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021021.7.1-099"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-10-21-Speech-1-1002
lpv:speaker	lp:Johannes Blokland2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; ChristenUnie - Staatkundig Gereformeerde Parti (2002-03-18--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; ECON (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 co-chair; EDD (2001-01-30--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I should like to congratulate the Commission and Commissioner Vitorino on their sound proposal. I have one point of criticism. The Commission proposes an asylum system that includes a refugee status and a subsidiary protection status. It thus creates the possibility of treating persons with refugee or subsidiary protection status differently. Given the importance of equal treatment of persons in the EU Member States, it would have been preferable if the Commission had not drawn this distinction. Fortunately, the directive in question concerns minimum harmonisation and Member States may go further when they transpose the directive into national legislation. They are free to give persons with a subsidiary protection status equal treatment. The Lambert Report is keen to extend the Commission's proposal. Although meant well, the proposed amendments will, in my view, in fact, hamper the proper implementation of the directive on account of their subjective content. Accordingly, an asylum seeker must be given the benefit of the doubt when he makes conflicting statements as a result of traumatic experiences. In evaluating whether fear of persecution is real, consideration must be given to the gender, sexual identity, sexual orientation and health of the refugee and the habits and customs in a country. The Member States should retain a certain level of policy freedom. In addition, a workable system requires that the officials who carry out the policy should have a certain level of discretion. The proposals tabled by the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs unnecessarily restrict this discretion. They will at best lead to more bureaucracy and less freedom in the assessment of individual cases. I will therefore not be endorsing these proposals."@en1

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