Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-12-18-Speech-3-152"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-12-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Immigration policy2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021218.7.3-152"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-12-18-Speech-3-1532
lpv:speaker	lp:Carlos Coelho2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2002-02-07--2003-03-09)3 unknown; Partido Social Democrata (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I wish to begin as Baroness Ludford began, by saying that in the field, of asylum and immigration, there has been a lack of speed and a lack of balance. I also agree with the words of Mrs Terrón i Cusi, who said that a global approach to these issues is needed. A global approach means that we need to focus on the two aspects of the set of problems posed by asylum and immigration; the causes underlying them and how we can combat their abuse. And on this point I wish to say that I do not agree with those who oppose repressive measures on the grounds that they are not necessary. Unfortunately, they are. Combating illegal immigration must be a priority for the Union, because this phenomenon represents the greatest threat to human dignity, it allows criminal networks and trafficking in human beings to flourish. Illegal immigration and our inability to control migratory flows allow people to react in exaggeratedly xenophobic, racist and intolerant ways. It would probably be easier to make everything that is illegal legal, but we cannot do this. Not everyone who wishes to enter EU territory can do so. And therefore, as Mr Watson said, we must have a policy of repatriation that ensures the credibility of our immigration policy. And this is crucial and must be done without any complexes of an ideological or any other nature. What we have, therefore, is a lack of speed and a lack of balance. As to the lack of speed, I have confidence in the energy of Commissioner Vitorino; with regard to the lack of balance, I think that this Parliament will have to shift the balance of some of its positions. Concerning the wisdom of Commissioner Vitorino, I wish to emphasise something that he said and which I believe to be extremely important: on this matter we must have a policy made up of small steps; small steps, but steady ones."@en1

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