Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-10-14-Speech-4-099"
| Predicate | Value (sorted: default) |
|---|---|
| rdf:type | |
| dcterms:Date | |
| dcterms:Is Part Of | |
| dcterms:Language | |
| lpv:document identification number |
"en.20041014.7.4-099"2
|
| lpv:hasSubsequent | |
| lpv:speaker | |
| lpv:spokenAs | |
| lpv:translated text |
".
Just days from the European Council of 5 November, an important struggle has taken place in Parliament in defence of freedom, justice and human rights, particularly those of immigrants.
Our group has sought to improve the Bourlanges report, both by re-establishing a balance between security requirements and the need to respect and promote human rights, and by refusing to resort to ‘European charters’ and to mass expulsions of immigrants.
Whilst it is true that some of our suggestions were adopted in the vote, most were rejected. The report therefore continues to fall short of what is required and takes positions in important areas with which we do not agree.
I should therefore like to stress the importance of adopting the following amendments:
acknowledges that immigrants must not be considered a temporary workforce, but are in fact essential to our society’s future;
underlines the importance of the decisions and the framework decision on protecting the rights of migrant workers and their family members adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 18 December 1990;
acknowledges the bad experience of refugee camps even within the territory of Member States of the European Union.
Regrettably, many others were not adopted. I was therefore unable to vote in favour of the report."@en1
|
Named graphs describing this resource:
The resource appears as object in 2 triples