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"I voted against this report which was hugely negative and contained some very disconcerting provisions.
The Commission proposal provides the impression of a coast guard that will save lives of people in danger at sea. So far this year over 3 000 people have died in the Mediterranean while trying to come to Europe. Many others have been deported to Turkey or turned back at borders.
Rather than taking the necessary measures to avoid these tragedies, such as creating safe and legal pathways for refugees into Europe through humanitarian visas and complying with international law, instead we see FRONTEX being turned into the new European Border and Coast Guard Agency.
What is particularly alarming is that, under the Commission’s proposal, the Agency will be able to intervene in different Member States to close borders, even without the consent of the state concerned. It will take migrants’ fingerprints and other personal data – treating them like criminals. It’s a deportation agency, sending people back to bombs and starvation so that they do not set foot in Europe.
This is one more step in the racist policy direction that the European Union has been engaging in for too long."@en1
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