Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-06-04-Speech-3-209"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-06-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Question Time (Council)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030604.7.3-209"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-06-04-Speech-3-2102
lpv:speaker	lp:Baroness Sarah Ludford2
lpv:spoken text	"I regret to say I find that a rather thin answer. I am sorry if I made a mistake about the content of the 17 April conference but nonetheless, on many occasions, EU ministers in the Council have called for combating people-smuggling, people-trafficking and criminal gangs. I was disappointed that the Minister was unable to answer most of my points, saying that this has nothing to do with the Council and is more a matter for Member States. I would have thought that under Title VI of the EU Treaty – police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters – the Council could at least coordinate and give a fuller answer. The motivation behind my question is the gap between rhetoric and reality. It seems to be a low police priority in most Member States. The problem is that these women are both victims and illegal immigrants, but most governments treat them principally as illegal immigrants only. This misses two goals: giving them protection and catching the trafficking gangs. Governments have to decide if they really want to catch the traffickers, or if they only want headlines about how many illegal immigrants they have deported. Unless they make those choices they will never get to grips with the traffickers."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Liberal Democrat Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; ELDR (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 Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Ludford (ELDR )."1

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