newsitems CoE rapporteur on Migrants/Refugees'Crisis+EPP Head Agramunt to Eurofora:Hope process in Origin area
CoE rapporteur on Migrants/Refugees'Crisis+EPP Head Agramunt to Eurofora:Hope process in Origin area
*Strasbourg/CoE/Angelo Marcopolo/- CoE's Rapporteur on the "Migration and Refugee Crisis in Europe", President of the Biggest Group in the PanEuropean CoE's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), that of ChristianDemocrats/EPP, Pedro Agramunt from Spain, speaking to "EuroFora" just after a landmark Debate this Afternoon in Strasbourg, expressed the "Hope" that Europe will, sooner or later, adopt a System of processing Asylum Demands in the Countries of Origin, and near the External EU Borders.
- "I Hope" that this will be done, sooner or later, in one way or another, told us, in Reply to a relevant Question, the Experienced PanEuropean Politician, who is normally expected to become PACE's New President, from January 2016, as even Other Political Groups' Heads have just Confirmed to "EuroFora".
+ But "Let's See", at first, How things will Evolve, President Agramunt also Added, carefully, while also Witnessing the Fact that various Other European Political Leaders have already started to advise similar Solutions, including, f.ex., the former President of France, and current Head of main Opposition Party "the Republicans", Nicolas Sarkozy, the Prime Minister of Hungary, Victor Orban, certain German Top Politicians, f.ex. from the ChristianSocials (CSU) of Bavaria, which faces the bulk of the recent Mass Irregular Immigrants' sudden "Tsunami", etc.
Agramunt said that to "EuroFora" on the occasion of a Reminder of the Fact that even a "Joint" Draft for Resolution, initialy Tabled by all its mainstream Political Groups, "Asked (EU) Member States to consider the possibility of Allowing People in Need of Protection to Apply for Asylum at their Embassies and Consular Offices in 3rd Countries", particularly those who are Neighbouring EU's External Borders, also as a "Tool for the Protection of Asylum Seekers".
I.e. by providing "Measures for Safe and Legal Access", according to that "Joint" D EU Parliament's Draft Resolution's text, other than Risk their Lives in Dangerous and Controversial Attempts to f.ex. cross Seas, etc. in order to Enter the EU irregularly, becoming also Victims Exploited by unscrupulous Smugglers linked to various Criminal Netwoks, as it was Discussed, also Earlier Today, at a CoE-sponsored "Hearing" organized on the Sidelines of PACE's Plenary Session by its "Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons", in the Context of a relevant Report prepared by Liberal MEP fIrakli Chikovani from Georgia, on "Organized Crime and Migrants", with the Partipation of Key Experts both from EUROPOL and UNO's Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
- "We (European Countries) Need to Move towards a System in which Asylum Requests are processed in the Regions of Origin", cleary Stressed Presidenty Pedro Agramunt, as he also pointed out earlier this Afternoon at PACE's Plenary, where he had been "Chosen by the Bureau" of the Paneuropean Parliamentary Assembly's Leaders, to Open officialy its Debate on Migrants and Refuges' Crisis in Europe, in which was invited to participate also Italian National Parliament's President Laura Boldrini.
+ This (i.e. the "Processing of Asylum Demands at the Regions of Origin", Comp. Supra), should be also completed "at the External Borders of the EU", in order to "Regularise the Process and Mitigate the Risk of those People Falling into the hands of Criminal, Human- Smuggling Networks", Agramunt explained on that same occasion.
- "We warned years ago that if Europe did not go to the Middle East, the Middle East would come to Europe. We are duty-bound to defend our external borders and establish an effective policy for humanitarian safety and secure borders", he added
- "We (CoE) must Guarantee that the right to request Asylum is respected for those who Truly need protection, while Swift, effective measures of Return are put in place for those who do Not meet the conditions for staying in Europe. At the same time, our (European) Citizens Need Protection from possible Infiltration by Jihadist Terrorists", he also Warned, as a matter of Principle.
Significantly, even if in Italy the Summer 2015 Wave of Massive Irregular Migration was radicaly Diverted this Year towards Greece, via Turkey, (See spectacular Official Data, f.ex. at : ...), nevertheless, it's, Paradoxicaly, in the, a priori, Most Exposed EU Country to such Sea and Land Influx : Spain, because of Direct Links to the Biggest and Poorest Continent in the World, with various Conflicts still going on, i.e. obviously Africa, that, howeever, EU's Sanish External Borders have the Least of Irregular Mass Immigration, and almost Not Dramatic Deaths of Fragile People desperately trying to enter the EU irregularly. (Contrary to the Growing Number of such Tragic Deaths towards Italy and/or Greece, via Turkey, etc), simply after the Madrid's National Governement implemented a Secure Fence and Borders' Control policy at its area adjacent to Morocco, where the situation is, notoriously, Much Better, in this regard, than in Greece's area facing Turkey)...
- "We Warned, years ago, that, if Europe did not go to the Middle East, the Middle East would come to Europe !", reminded President Agramunt, speaking also as a Rapporteur of a Recent Visit of PACE's "Presidential Committee" (comprised by all the Presidents of Political Groups), last June 2015, in order "to see, at first hand, the Situation of Refugees in Turkey" . "We are Duty-bound to Defend our (EU's) External Borders and establish an effective policy for Humanitarian Safety, and Secure Borders", he pointed out.
+ Moreover, "we need to ask the European Commission and the member States to set up processing centres in the EU Countries that are on the Front line", he added.
- In this regard, "the defence of our international Commitments and Values, including the Security of our (EU's) Borders, must be our common Goal", concluded the 1st Speaker of COE's PanEuropean Organisation for Human Rights, Democracy and Rule of Law.
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They voted to "freeze" UK Government's draft to put People in jail for 42 Days on "anti-terrorist" suspicion without charge, or they abstained. Don't they look suspect ?
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CoE's debate on UK controversy stirs PanEuropean check of anti-terror suspects' imprisonment
Former Leftists of the Sixties would boil in hot water if they heard PACE's debate on the controversial 42 days detention without charge, currently drafted by the British Government :
A "Socialist" Government, a Socialist PACE Rapporteur and a Socialist Chair of PACE's Legal Committee, opposed a .. "Conservative" amendment (supported by .. Liberals, Democrats, etc), to freeze the measure, in order to protect Citizens' Freedom, by "waiting" until CoE's Venice Committee checks its conformity with Human Rights' principles.
"Left"'s support to Conservative-Lib.Dem's criticism, wasn't enough to obtain a majority, nor to make things as they were back in the good old days, when "Left" and "Right" had a clear meaning, as "liberty" and "restrictions"...
Conservatives and most Democrats were joined by the Left in voting for the "freeze", as well as Liberal Paul Rowen, while Socialist MEP Ivan Popescu, an experienced MEP from Ukraine (PACE Member since 1996-2008) abstained. But most Socialists, added to a few Liberals and EPP's Right, voted against.
Fortunately, someone inside PACE had the wise idea to shorten the Debate for less than 1 Hour, and put it on the Agenda only at the end of an exceptionally busy day, towards the end of the Evening, when most MEPs had already gone to taste wins and foods at various Receptions all around Strasbourg's "European" area : As a result, not even 42 MEPs weren't present..
Socialist Lord Tomlinson accused the leaders of the PanEuropean Assembly, in its highest body : the "Bureau", to "lack wisdom" by deciding to hold a Debate on an issue that neither the Socialist Chair of the Legal Committee, nor its Socialist "reluctant Rapporteur", did "not want to do", ...
Finally, everybody (critics and supporters alike) was happy to agree, in substance, that the controversial measure "may" gravely violate Human Rights, and therefore, PACE asked Legal Experts of Venice Commission to check UK Government''s plans.
But this might take more than .. 42 Days to do, since PACE's Rapporteur asked the Experts to enlarge their study in a PanEuropean comparison of all that is happening on "anti-terrorism" legislation in 47 CoE Member Countries, including Russia, Turkey and Azerbaidjan..
Bad lack : "The existing 28 days’ detention without charge in the UK is, in comparison with other CoE member countries, one of the most extreme : In Turkey, the period is 7,5 days, in France 6 days, in Russia 5 days, and in .. the U.S. and Canada just 2 and 1 days respectively", denounced Democrat MEP Ms WOLDSETH from Norway..
"Numerous respected human rights organisations, including Liberty and Human Rights Watch, have expressed serious concern" "The proposed legislation ...could easily lead to extensive abuses. ...Detention for 42 days means six weeks in which one is taken away from one’s family, friends, home and livelihood only to be let off without being charged. That will destroy lives and isolate communities", she added.
- "3 years ago, the UK Government sought to increase the period of pre-charge detention from 14 days to 90 days. Not long before that, it had been only 7 days. There was a vigorous debate ...and a ...compromise was reached of 28 days. We have to ask whether there are proper safeguards in place to extend the period to 42 days. I suggest that there are fatal flaws", reminded British Conservative Clappison.
- "What sort of society holds someone in detention for 42 days and does not have to tell the person who is in prison why they are there, or explain the suspicions that arose and led to their detention? What sort of society believes that that is the way to treat its citizens? That is an appalling injustice, ...A 42-day detention period will not make the UK safer. Instead, it will be the first step to giving in to terrorists; it is saying that we are prepared to sacrifice our democratic rights and the principles for which we have stood for centuries", criticized British Liberal Michael Hanckock
"Comments made ...by Norwegian delegates are unfortunate", replied British Socialist MEP Ms.Curtis-Thomas, accusing them to "besmirch the reputation of our police force, which is one of the Best in the World", as she said, believing that "there are significant safeguards ...to ensure that individuals are not subjected to unlawful detention"
PACE "has serious doubts whether ...the draft legislation are in conformity with the ...case-law of the European Court of Human Rights. A lack of ..safeguards may lead to arbitrariness, resulting in breaches of ... liberty and ...right to a fair trial". PACE "is particularly concerned that: ..the judge ..may not be in a position to examine whether there exist reasonable grounds for suspecting that the arrested person has committed an offence;"; that "... representation by a lawyer may be inappropriately restricted or delayed;" that "information on the grounds for suspicion of a person ...may be unduly withheld.. ;" that this "may give rise to arrests without the intention to charge;", and; in general, that "prolonged detention without proper information on the grounds for arrest may constitute inhuman treatment", says Klaus De Vries' Report, adopted with 29 votes against zero.
Records don't say if it took him 42 Days to draft his Report, but, at least, he knew why...