Seanad debates
Thursday, 13 November 2003
Address by Ms Mary Banotti, MEP.
I have to confess that I think this problem will become even bigger. That is not meant even as a mildly racist comment – I simply wish to recognise the reality that we may be dealing with these problems far more often. The President of the European Parliament decided to appoint a mediator in 1994 after hundreds of women from Belgium and France walked across Europe to the European Parliament to bring to the President's attention the fact that hundreds of children were removed from these jurisdictions, mainly to north Africa. The women could not see their children. It was decided at that time that the problem needed to be examined and addressed in the best way possible. We needed to inform ourselves, as best we could, about the issues of concern.
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