Allister objects to EU 'Open House' for Guantanamo detainees
05 February 2009
Traditional Unionist MEP Jim Allister has condemned and voted against a European Parliament demand that EU countries should receive detainees released from Guantanamo.
Speaking in the Strasbourg Parliament the Ulster Euro MP said:-
"Ever eager to jump on any passing bandwagon, today the European Parliament demanded that Member States throw open their doors to Guantanamo detainees. On the very day when security services reveal that Mullah Sakir, who was released last year, is now on the High Command of Al Qaeda, leading attacks on British and other NATO forces in Afghanistan, we declare the EU as an open house for such terrorist leaders. Are we mad?
Remember, once admitted and regularised in citizenship, such people can move freely through every member state in the EU.
I trust those who vote for this madness will stand over it when it all goes wrong."
Commenting after the vote Mr Allister said, "I was not at all surprised to note that the ever terrorist-friendly Sinn Fein representatives voted for this proposal. They've embraced ETA, FARC, Middle East insurrectionists, so there is no surprise in them welcoming Al Quade suspects."
