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"Madam President, very well, democratic developments may be afoot in North Africa, but they are also bringing with them obligations for Europe. The problems of North Africa cannot be resolved in southern Europe. On this point, I stand shoulder to shoulder with my Italian fellow Members.
My question to the Commissioner is: is there any possibility of shortening the procedures, introducing fast-track examination of applications and sending anyone who is not a bona fide refugee back to Tunisia straightaway? Because we are now seeing large groups of young men setting off for southern Italy. There are probably many economic refugees amongst them and we need to separate the genuine refugees from the economic refugees.
In addition, there is, of course, the public relations problem. Many Europeans are under the impression that a horde of Tunisians are heading for southern Italy. That is a public relations problem: not just for Italy, but for the European Union, too. Hence, the key things are: faster procedures and better public relations."@en1
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