Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-09-05-Speech-2-063"
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"Today, we are once more discussing the fight against violence. It may seem unnecessary to discuss this issue again. However, nothing could be further from the truth. Every year, thousands of women and children are trafficked within the borders of the European Union to become the objects of sexual exploitation. There is much talk of prevention and of providing support for the victims. However, where are the actions of the services responsible for dealing with this phenomenon?
Of course, there is action taken simply for show. It yields little in the way of results other than generating media hype. What about the fact that there are labour camps in a large European Union Member State on the Mediterranean coast where, according to the press, 20 000 people from other Member States worked? They worked fifteen hours a day. The barracks in which they lived were surrounded by barbed wire and patrolled by guards armed with firearms. People who did not want to work were even murdered. Rape, in full view of spouses, was a common occurrence.
In spite of intervention by diplomatic services and pleas from escapees, the police only intervened after a few months. Yet the enlightened citizens of the European Union benefited from this slave labour. Is it possible that the local authorities did not know about it? After all, the matter affected thousands of people. These events took place a few weeks ago.
Thus, we are debating important matters which should have been resolved long ago. Some people, like the leader of the Socialists, create international uproar about controversial demonstrations not being permitted, yet we are turning a blind eye to the emergence of a new form ..."@en1
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