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"Mr President, as Chair of the Committee on Development, I agree with everybody here who said that this Parliament must be consulted before agreements like the Way Forward are signed and not just hear about them afterwards. I also think we are seeing a worrying drift in the EU’s relations with third countries because everything is being seen through the prism of the migration issues and no longer through the prism of tackling the root causes of migration, which are global poverty and inequality.
That is why my Committee has expressed reservations about aspects of the way the Commission proposes to use development assistance, DCI, to fund readmission for those not given asylum. We know that Amnesty are saying that between now and the end of this year half a million Afghans are expected to be repatriated to their country, mainly from neighbouring countries, not from the European Union.
If the European Union is to spend resources, it must be on regions, to tackle poverty for all the people in those regions, not just to focus on the EU returnees. Please Commissioner, make sure you respect OECD guidelines on the use of development funding."@en1
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