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"Mr President, this is the first time our Parliament has discussed this issue, on both the internal and external aspects of the refugee crisis together. I think that is a sign of what has been missing so far in our debate, namely a holistic approach, looking at the two things together.
I was in Turkey three weeks ago with a delegation from the Committee on Development and we could see that lack of coherence in our policy there. I think you are absolutely right: we have to talk to Turkey, because without Turkey we are not going to get a solution to the problem, and we have to work more with the United Nations agencies. What we saw there was that we – that is the Member States – have cut our budgets to these agencies, and we have to change that.
And yes they were refugees, these people in Turkey. We met children who have lost their limbs: they are refugees, no doubt about it.
We need more resources for immediate needs, we need money for education for those children. The families are losing hope, they are getting weary: that is why they are coming here. We need education, and I hope people will support the budget amendments we have to increase money for education. We need a legal route to resettlement, directly from the camps to the EU. And, finally, we need more support for NGOs working directly in Syria. They are not getting enough support. They are the only people getting humanitarian aid into parts of Syria and that is very urgent."@en1
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