Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-07-05-Speech-3-368"
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"I want to take this opportunity to bring to the attention of the European Parliament the plight of both the Maltese and the irregular immigrants in Malta. All feel abandoned by the European Union.
Almost daily, boatloads of irregular immigrants land on our shores. They are the lucky ones; many drown striving to make it. Malta has been left on its own to deal with this enormous problem. Everyone in the EU – Commissioners, Parliamentarians – knows we do not have the resources. But we have been left to our fate.
Obviously Malta is being bypassed for larger countries with more influence. Of course we have received an abundance of condemnation and sympathy but nothing else.
Before joining the Union we used to hear European representatives praising the principles on which the Union was built, foremost solidarity. We are steadily reaching the conclusion that this may have been only empty rhetoric. I wonder whether Malta will receive the same treatment when, not if, we start to enjoy the wealth beneath our seas. I am sure that then, like a jack in-the-box, the principle of solidarity will re-emerge."@en1
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