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"Mr President, following the dismantling of the ‘jungle’ camp in Calais at the end of September, I wish to denounce here the organisation, by France and the United Kingdom, of forced returns to Afghanistan, a country in total chaos.
Like my colleague, Mr Désir, who spoke just now, I too call on the European Commission to put pressure on the Member States so that they stop putting these people’s lives in grave danger by forcibly returning them to Afghanistan.
We know that these migrants are unable to apply for asylum in France under the Dublin II Regulation because they are liable to be deported to Greece or Italy, where the detention conditions are unacceptable and the chances of them seeing their asylum applications succeed are slim.
The only effect that dismantling the ‘jungle’ camp has had is to make the tragedy suffered by these migrants in need of protection even more traumatic. In contrast to the objectives set by the French authorities, these migrants have become more vulnerable as a result of the camp closure, and they are even more likely to be handed over to people traffickers who, for their part, are not in the least bit worried.
Now more than ever, we must remember that the credibility of an asylum system is compromised if it fails to protect the people who need protection."@en1
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